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sabbath
Israel rabbi: Deadly parking garage collapse due to Shabbat desecration
An Israeli rabbi said the collapse of a parking garage under construction in Tel Aviv that killed six was due to lack of Sabbath observance.
Nevada Jewish vote in question due to Shabbat date, caucus confusion
Jewish voters in Nevada suffer the same affliction as anyone else ahead of caucuses in the presidential race: No one is quite sure how the damn system works.
Ben Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist. Here’s why it matters
When Joe Lieberman became the first observant Jew with a reasonable chance at being president – after Al Gore named him his vice presidential running mate in 2000 – he faced a host of questions about how his Sabbath observance might impact his presidential duties.
The Shabbos Project at Nessah
Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills drew more 1,000 people for a Shabbat of global proportions on Oct. 24 and 25, as it participated in The Shabbos Project, a worldwide movement initiated last year in South Africa.
Believing is Seeing (Exodus 33:12-34:26)
The reading for Shabbat Chol HaMoed, the Sabbath of the intermediate days of Pesach (and Sukkot), describes one of the more exciting moments in Torah: the closest encounter any human has with God.
Tel Aviv allowing some stores to do business on Shabbat
Tel Aviv will permit a limited number of grocery and convenience stores to stay open on the Sabbath and holidays.
The guy who missed the Malaysia Airlines flight
The popular travel discount blog Dan’s Deals is circulating a story that a Jewish passenger who was supposed to be on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane was switched to an alternative flight because his Orthodox Jewish travel agent in Israel refused to book him on an itinerary that would have him traveling on Shabbat.
Man gunned down as gangland crime wave rocks Israel
Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a man as he drove near Tel Aviv\’s bustling beachfront on Saturday, in what Israeli police suspected was the latest in a wave of gangland murders and attacks.
On the eighth day, God made oxycodone
New York City narcotics agents announced the indictment of five Brooklyn men yesterday, members of a Sabbath-observant drug ring that operated out of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.