An argument in Jerusalem over the Jewish day of rest By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man blows a trumpet to announce the start of the Sabbath, Judaism's biblically-mandated day of rest, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. Photo: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
Blog Post Assignment:
What is being debated in the article? Support your answer with 2-3 details.
Which side are you on? Support your answer with 2-3 details.
I think when the part when the mayor said that ther would not be aress
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Alisa P
5/1/2014 05:31:27 am
What is being deabated is that people want to be free but other people don't want the city people to be free. Whenever shops,theathers,and restraunts close they argue when shops reamin open. Sometimes ultra-orthox throw stones at drivers who break the sabbath.
I'm on the people who wants to be free side because our country is called freedom. There is a reason because people are free. I don't want anyone tellling me what to do and when to do it. ( sorry ms Brennan and
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Alisa P
5/1/2014 05:34:09 am
Some reson I couldn't write so... (continued part) mrs Pasculli!) Laura Wharton said she doesn't like anyone telling her what to do I agree with her. People in the city want the day people dont do anything to stop because they don't want to be told what to do.
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E!I@M LEE
5/1/2014 06:30:48 am
The religious jews and the nonreligious jews are having a debate about the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox cmmunity. Theyargue over whether shops, theaters and restarants can remaain open on the Jewish day of rest. I am on the religious team because they are trying to save there theater but the nonreligious are trying to destroy the theater. The nonreligious are really mean and the religious are really nice to save there own theater.
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Sadie K
5/1/2014 07:19:37 am
What is being debated is that people want to be free but people don't want the city people to be free. Some people want to close movie theaters stores and even resturaunt. I am going on the people side because people can't go any where consequently, that means they have to stay home and also I would help them be free. I don't get why they give us freedom here but not where the Jews live that is like unfair.
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George A
5/1/2014 07:30:16 am
The people want to be free
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Ms. Brennan
5/1/2014 07:56:26 am
Please read the directions and complete the assigned task.
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Andrew V
5/1/2014 07:42:05 am
The debate is that they can't go to shops on the jewish rest day. They can't go into the movies and they want to change that. A lot of people want to keep the laws the same and some people want to change it. When a win sees a person driving a. Car it hurts hey. I am on the side that should change the laws of the rest day.
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DANA
5/1/2014 08:07:15 am
The thing that was debated in this article was that these people mention in the article just want to be free but these other people mentioned dont let them. They cant even go to the same movietheater! Not to mention restraunts and shops too. Im on the Jewish side because theyre right people treat them unfair.
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Dren Sapunxhiu
5/1/2014 08:16:05 am
In this article, Jews and non-Jews are arguing wether if businesses should be open or closed during the Sabbath, a time when Jews rest and don't go out a lot, especially in Jerusalem, Israel. The secular side (non-Jew side) believes that it's unfair. The ultra-Orthodox side (Jew side) insists it's religious and is also an important law, since Israel has more Jews than any other religion. I'm on the secular side because, like non-Jews can't go to certain places during the Sabbath, I can't go to certain places in America, because there are a lot of Christians; more people in my country than Islam followers, who're me, my family, and about 6,000,000-7,000,000 other people in the world. I didn't want the same thing to happen in Jerusalem.
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yamilex
5/1/2014 10:15:50 am
I tottaly agree dren it is so unfair.and I think that you should be as free as a bird also
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Victor Su@rez
5/1/2014 08:29:49 am
The deabate was that the people wanted to free because they wanted freedom. I'm the jewish because there treated with goodness.
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Yamilex
5/1/2014 10:12:17 am
the dabate of this article is that Jewish and non Jewish are arguing wether bunnies, shops all of the above should be open
unlike non jewish are not aloud to do what ever they want the jewish can. who cares about other peoples religion worry about your self. worry about your self because in America were I live there is freedom. like the freedom tower. this is what I call RUDE! THSES GARDS DECIDED TO BLOCK THE WAY OF NON JEWISH PEOPLE TO SEE A FILM nown as a movie theater. I would tottaly be on the on the (NON) jewish side. not because my fellow dren cant go parts of America but because it is not fare!!
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Jhon
5/1/2014 11:49:29 am
The thing that is being debated is that the non jews want steerets open and pulblic servecies open im on the non jews side because as dren says its plain old "NOT FAIR" because saturday is like the only day off and we should have at lesat that day free.
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Amy
5/1/2014 12:14:09 pm
What is being debated is that people want to be free but other people don't want the city and the people to be free.The people deserve to be free.Whenever they come to movie theaters the pretend to be closed.
I'm on the people who want to be free because they all deserve to be free.It is a free country.It's so not fare to,the people!!!