Sabbath

Warsaw residents join Sabbath dinner to mark anniversary of start of World War II

A few hundred people, mostly non-Jews, took part and for most it was the first time they ever sat at a Jewish Sabbath table.

Brazil’s national high school exam moved from Shabbat after Jewish lobbying

In 2016, some 76,000 applicants were confined to classrooms between 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday in order to start the test after sunset without the possibility of cheating.

Ideas

A Shabbat to have the ‘conversation’ about end-of-life issues

"There's no cure for mortality," writes the Rev. Rosemary Lloyd of The Conversation Project. That's why synagogues — and churches — should encourage discussions about death-related issues now.

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