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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 589

Sabbath observant

Then-Britain's Prince Charles, right, speaks with chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a visit to Yavneh College, an Orthodox Jewish School, in north London, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
May 5, 2023, 7:04 pm
King Charles praised for helping chief rabbi observe Shabbat at coronation
Ephraim Mirvis touts ‘respectful, sensitive’ way that royal office handled situation, including inviting him and his wife to spend the night at St. James’s Palace
By Jitendra Joshi
The Backstreet Boys announced their 2023 world tour, including a performance in Israel on May 13, 2023. (Courtesy: Backstreet Boys)
February 23, 2023, 6:35 pm
Backstreet Boys announce Israel performance in May
The 90s boy band returns to Israel, much to the satisfaction of its (mostly) female fans
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on May 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 8:52 pm
600 join Jerusalem SlutWalk against sexual violence
In conservative capital, some demonstrators march half-dressed carrying signs lamenting rape culture and perpetual state of emergency that places women at risk
By ToI Staff
Women who took their tops off at a protest by ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem on May 18, 2019. (screenshot)
May 21, 2019, 3:22 pm
Jerusalem Haredi protesters flee after women strip down to bras
Ultra-Orthodox males demonstrating against Eurovision Shabbat ‘desecration’ leave scene rather than look at immodestly clad females
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 17, 2019, 12:10 pm
Chief rabbi calls for 20 minute Shabbat extension over Eurovision ‘desecration’
Ashkenazi religious leader says work should stop 10 minutes before lighting candles, 10 minutes after the end of the Sabbath because competition finals require Saturday rehearsals
By ToI Staff and AFP
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road during a demonstration against light rail construction work on Shabbat on the outskirts of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on September 21, 2018. (AFP / JACK GUEZ)
May 15, 2019, 1:10 pm
Rabbis decry Eurovision Shabbat ‘desecration’
Ultra-Orthodox leaders call for mass prayer, allege Sabbath-observant Israelis will be forced to work Saturday preparing song contest final
By AFP
Part of the technical area of the Eurovision stage in Tel Aviv, May 5, 2019. (Thomas Hanses, Eurovision)
May 6, 2019, 7:25 pm
UTJ freezes coalition talks in protest of Eurovision work on Shabbat
Senior lawmakers ask why thousands of permits were suddenly issued for preparations to be made for song contest final while the Saturday sun is still in the sky
By ToI Staff
A car belonging to a Palestinian couple is seen after it was involved in a deadly crash reportedly due to stone-throwing by Israeli settlers at the Tapuah Junction in the northern West Bank on October 12, 2018. (Zachariah Sadeh/Rabbis for Human Rights); Aisha Muhammad Talal Rabi (Courtesy)
November 1, 2018, 10:24 pm
Growing Shin Bet conviction that Jews threw rock that killed Palestinian woman
Hours after Aisha Rabi was murdered, far-right activists drove on Sabbath to West Bank yeshiva and coached students on how to endure Shin Bet interrogations, defense official says
By Jacob Magid
Akiva Gersh
March 23, 2018, 5:52 pm
Akiva Gersh
In college, I was an activist; then I found Shabbat
The day of rest reminds me that changing the world begins with improving myself
Alec Goldstein
January 19, 2018, 3:34 pm
Alec Goldstein
I used to check the Sabbath eruv
Those who observe the letter of Jewish law are not about to stop using an eruv that lets them carry on Shabbat
Chairman of the Finance Committee, Moshe Gafni, leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2018, 10:45 pm
Hundreds of non-Jewish inspectors being trained to uphold Sabbath store closure
Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Moshe Gafni taped telling closed meeting that religious status quo is changing ‘for good of ultra-Orthodox’
By Sue Surkes
Ben Sales
May 25, 2017, 11:25 pm
Ben Sales
Ivanka, Jared, and Jewish law
Rabbis shed light on what it means to be presidential advisers, Sabbath-observant, and in the public eye
December 18, 2016, 3:12 pm
The big black box in the road on Shabbat
Shattering the peace of the Sabbath day to make sure that the suspicious object was nothing worse
Celtic defeats Hapoel Beersheba 5-2 in Champions League match, August 17, 2016. (Screenshot/FoxSoccer)
November 4, 2016, 6:49 pm
Israeli court questions soccer on Jewish Sabbath
Attorney general must explain within 90 days why sport is exempted from the country’s ‘hours of work and rest’ law
By AFP
Nathan Lewin
October 31, 2016, 2:46 pm
Nathan Lewin
Sticking to your guns
US sports programs adapted for kids who refused to compete on Shabbat; Israel’s Shooting Federation should too
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