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Illustrative photo of a Jewish man reading from a prayer book. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 18, 2026, 6:48 am
Why Orthodox Jews in the US are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time
Orthodox groups urge US Senate to oppose House-approved bill that promises more evening light, which would create challenge for observant Jews who take part in early morning prayer
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
March 26, 2026, 12:50 pm
Israelis lose even more sleep as clocks move forward for daylight saving
2 a.m. became 3 a.m. in the early hours of Friday; daylight saving time to end on October 25
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)
October 25, 2025, 11:04 am
Israel turns back clocks overnight as daylight saving time ends
Israelis get an extra hour of sleep overnight Saturday-Sunday as clocks wind back an hour at 2 a.m.
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
March 28, 2025, 3:14 am
Clocks in Israel leap forward an hour as daylight saving time begins
People in Israel got an hour less sleep overnight Thursday-Friday as 2 a.m. became 3 a.m.
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
October 26, 2024, 5:14 pm
Clocks in Israel turn back as daylight saving time ends
People in Israel get an extra hour of sleep overnight Saturday-Sunday as clocks wind back an hour at 2 a.m.
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
March 28, 2024, 12:10 pm
Clocks in Israel leap forward an hour as daylight saving time begins
People in Israel got an hour less sleep overnight Thursday-Friday as 2 a.m. becomes 3 a.m.
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)
October 28, 2023, 3:03 pm
Clocks in Israel turn back an hour as daylight saving time ends
People in Israel get an extra hour of sleep overnight Saturday-Sunday as clocks wind back at 2 a.m. back to 1 a.m.
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People swimming in the Dead Sea as the sun rises over the hills at Ein Bokek beach on September 6, 2022 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
March 23, 2023, 5:07 pm
Clocks in Israel jump forward overnight with start of daylight saving time
Israelis lose an hour of sleep, with clocks moving one hour forward at 2 a.m.; daylight saving time will end on October 29
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)
October 28, 2022, 4:30 pm
Clocks in Israel turn back an hour as daylight saving time ends
People in Israel get an extra hour of sleep as clocks wind back at 2 a.m. back to 1 a.m.
By ToI Staff
Wrapped in tefillin, Rabbi Haim Ovadia holds a Torah scroll up toward an electronic tablet so that the 32 people attending his Zoom meeting can see it during a virtual morning minyan transmitted from Ovadia's home in Potomac MD, on April 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
March 26, 2022, 10:23 am
All-year daylight saving time threatens US Jews’ morning prayers
Sunshine Protection Act will make it nearly impossible for Jews to pray communally and get to work on time during winter months, rabbis say
By Michele Chabin
Snow falls in the northern Golan Heights on March 23, 2022. (Avimor/Flash90)
March 24, 2022, 8:30 am
Israel’s clocks spring forward amid unseasonably cold and stormy weather
Unusually low temperatures forecast till weekend, with snow in northern mountainous areas, rain drenching rest of country; clocks moved forward from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)
October 31, 2021, 1:01 am
Clocks in Israel turn back as daylight savings ends
With time change, people in Israel get an extra hour of sleep
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
October 30, 2021, 8:56 am
Clocks in Israel to turn back overnight Saturday-Sunday
As daylight savings ends, people in Israel to get an extra hour of sleep
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
March 25, 2021, 2:27 pm
Clocks in Israel sprung forward overnight with start of daylight saving
Clocks moved at 2 a.m.; daylight saving time will end officially on October 31, 2021
By ToI Staff
A clock in a Tel Aviv hotel. (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
October 25, 2020, 1:25 am
Clocks in Israel turn back as daylight saving ends
Israelis get an extra hour of sleep Saturday-Sunday as winter begins
By ToI Staff
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