Shabbat desecration

Jewish Boxer's Dilemma: Weigh In on Sabbath or be Disqualified

As tens of thousands waited, Akiva Finkelstein of Bet El, Israel’s light welterweight champion, had only to step on the scale.

This is what happens when you take a wrong turn just before Sabbath, find a home to stay in but fail to tell family.

Security forces demolish Samaria outpost on Sabbath eve, confiscate residents’ phones and clothing.

A Sabbath bus from Holon to Tel Aviv drew just dozens, but Meretz remains determined to challenge religious-secular status quo.

Police demolish a building in the Mitzpeh Avichai outpost on the Sabbath. ‘They’re adding insult to injury,’ residents say.

Honoring the Sabbath is more important for President Shimon Peres than attending the opening of the Summer Olympics.

Soldiers say they were required to violate the Sabbath while in IDF prison.

Consumers are replacing politicians in the campaign to retain the sanctity of the Sabbath, say two Ben Gurion University researchers.

The Sabbath Manifesto's National Day of Unplugging advocates avoiding the internet, cell phones and electronic devices as a day of rest.