https://hiddush.org/subchannel-70-0-Shopping_and_Culture_on_Shabbat.aspx This is an RSS update from channel Shopping and Culture on Shabbat on Hiddush website Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:42:11 GMT He-il https://hiddush.org/article-23334-0-Hiddush_in_the_legal_trenches.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23334-0-Hiddush_in_the_legal_trenches.aspx Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:40:00 GMT Hiddush legal advocacy ranges from cases dealing with the abuse of religious IDF draft exemptions for young women to elderly hot dog vendors who legally operate their carts in Jerusalem on Friday night. https://hiddush.org/article-23207-0-New_polling_reaffirms_Hiddush_finding_.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23207-0-New_polling_reaffirms_Hiddush_finding_.aspx Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:11:00 GMT The January 2018 issue of the monthly Peace Index, published jointly by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Democracy Institute, touches upon key confrontation points along the spectrum of religion-state issues on the public's and political class's minds at this time. https://hiddush.org/article-23191-0-The_Knessets_pending_vote_on_the_Convenience_Store_Bill.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23191-0-The_Knessets_pending_vote_on_the_Convenience_Store_Bill.aspx Tue, 02 Jan 2018 08:46:00 GMT Hiddush sent all members of the Knesset the following report in advance of the Knesset vote on operating convenience stores on Shabbat in Israel. What does the public think of the Government's acquiescence to the ultra-Orthodox parties' demands to use legislative and policy channels in order to pass a law against operating local businesses on Shabbat? https://hiddush.org/article-23165-0-72_of_the_Israeli_public_supports_permitting_work_on_Shabbat.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-23165-0-72_of_the_Israeli_public_supports_permitting_work_on_Shabbat.aspx Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:56:00 GMT 72% of the public opposes the dictates of the ultra-Orthodox parties and supports permitting work on Shabbat https://hiddush.org/article-17088-0-Supreme_Court_Tel_Aviv_minimarkets_may_operate_on_Shabbat.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17088-0-Supreme_Court_Tel_Aviv_minimarkets_may_operate_on_Shabbat.aspx Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:30:00 GMT Israel's High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday in favor of Tel Aviv’s battle to expand facilities open to the secular public on Shabbat, saying that the municipality can permit mini-markets to operate on the Jewish day of rest. https://hiddush.org/article-17051-0-Politicians_and_Shabbat_–_this_is_not_the_way.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17051-0-Politicians_and_Shabbat_–_this_is_not_the_way.aspx Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:14:00 GMT Shabbat appears in the Ten Commandments twice; once anchored in Divine Creation and once in the context of social justice, concern for society’s weak. https://hiddush.org/article-17048-0-78_support_permitting_Tel_Aviv_shops_to_operate_on_Shabbat.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-17048-0-78_support_permitting_Tel_Aviv_shops_to_operate_on_Shabbat.aspx Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:46:00 GMT 78% of Jewish Israeli support permitting convenience stores to remain open on Shabbat in Tel Aviv, including 67% of voters for the Zionist Orthodox Jewish Home party. https://hiddush.org/article-16875-0-71_Israeli_Jews_attach_importance_to_marriage__divorce_freedom.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-16875-0-71_Israeli_Jews_attach_importance_to_marriage__divorce_freedom.aspx Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:14:00 GMT 60% of the Jewish Israeli public supports the involvement of American Jewish organizations in advancing marriage freedom in Israel. There is no doubt that for Israelis – breaking the yoke of the fundamentalist Orthodox Rabbinate in marriage and divorce is a top priority among the religion/state battles. Israelis welcome American Jewish partnership in advancing this cause, both for the sake of Israel and for the sake of world Jewry! https://hiddush.org/article-4646-0-Oped_The_Shabbat_Ordinance.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-4646-0-Oped_The_Shabbat_Ordinance.aspx Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:47:00 GMT In his latest op-ed, Rabbi Uri Regev suggests that wile addressing the Shabbat prohibitions and limitations – let’s not forget the need to invest in alternative, contemporary ways to enhance the positive spirit of Shabbat. https://hiddush.org/article-4645-0-Interior_Minister_Gideon_Saar_jeopardizes_accessibility_to_Tel_Aviv_convenience_stores_on_Shabbat.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-4645-0-Interior_Minister_Gideon_Saar_jeopardizes_accessibility_to_Tel_Aviv_convenience_stores_on_Shabbat.aspx Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:06:00 GMT Interior Minister nixes amendment that would allow small markets and convenience stores to operate on Shabbat in Tel Aviv. Hiddush CEO Rabbi Uri Regev wonders if this is a move for ultra-Orthodox political support. https://hiddush.org/article-2119-0-Modesty_Police_Militant_Convicted_Of_Assault.aspx https://hiddush.org/article-2119-0-Modesty_Police_Militant_Convicted_Of_Assault.aspx Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:16:00 GMT Shmuel Weissfish was alleged to have hit employees of a computer store during Shabbat Square protests