While the title is accurate, the following story is likely to differ from what most believe to be the case. It refers to a bill pushed by MK (Yesh Atid) Aliza Lavie, seeking to end what she calls “discrimination between religious and non-religious employees”. The Knesset Labor & Welfare Committee passed it, clearing it for its first reading in Knesset.
Under current law, a Shomer Shabbos resident may refuse to work on the “day of rest”, Shabbos; however, a non-frum employee does not have that same right. Lavie feels compelled to bring an end to this “discrimination” and the Knesset Labor & Welfare Committee passed the bill despite audible objections from the cabinet. Lavie feels that all workers are entitled to a day off, even if one is not frum to permit them a break “from the rat race”.
Objections to the bill seem to surround a clause in the bill that includes workers who have permits to work on Shabbos, now included in Lavie’s bill.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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4 Responses
Why is any yid working on Shabbos?
Does this mean that someone who isn’t shomer Shabbos should have a right to take off Shabbos? Why not?
What does the picture have to do with the story?
“a Shomer Shabbos resident may refuse to work on the day of rest”. Doesn’t Israel have a law that businesses and stores must be closed on Shabbos?
Why is Israel forcing the world to recognize them as Jewish when it’s not?