WHAT'S WORTH KNOWING

 

Government: Eid Al-Fitr holiday begins next Thursday morning

https://alquds.com/en/posts/67125

 

Popular Resistance Committees Attempts To Establish a Foothold in the West Bank

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/03/popular-resistance-committees-attempts-to-establish-a-foothold-in-the-west-bank.php

 

 For Palestinians, holiest Ramadan night starts at checkpoint

https://apnews.com/article/9ee5701119c837ff8d25d977604cd27e

Who bears the burden, and how much, when religious employees refuse Sabbath work?

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1169103260/supreme-court-sabbath-workers?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=c523dc2d0a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_18_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c523dc2d0a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

 

Can the Post Office Force a Christian to Deliver on Sunday?

Under existing case law, yes. In Groff v. DeJoy, a mailman asks the Supreme Court to revisit the question.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-post-office-works-on-the-sabbath-but-must-its-religious-staff-usps-supreme-court-religious-freedom-3f9e710b

 

Comparing Popularity of Iran and Saudi Arabia is Select Muslim Countries

http://app.e.gallup.com/e/es?s=831949997&e=2378504&elqTrackId=efd74c1a1b7a40299e524d6e5aa03bea&elq=b7bbc92e272542e98049a3af5b64dbb8&elqaid=11277&elqat=1

UK progressive Judaism bodies merge to give movement more reach and voice

New organisation will represent about 30% of British Jews who are affiliated to synagogues

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/uk-progressive-judaism-bodies-merge-to-give-movement-more-reach-and-voice?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=c523dc2d0a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_18_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c523dc2d0a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

 

Leave New York’s Yeshivas Alone

Hasidic Jews don’t need the Times’s input on how to educate their kids.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/leave-new-yorks-yeshivas-alone-religious-education-public-schools-compulsory-standards-parents-494cc627?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=c523dc2d0a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_18_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c523dc2d0a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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Nota bene - I am not endorsing the editorial slant of these articles; I am saying they are worth knowing about.