#0202_A_View_from_West_Jerusalem

“Haredi and Eurovision? The connection might be stronger than you think.

[…] among my Haredi friends I saw that they understood quite well the different intrigues of the Eurovision, the words to the songs, and where the different countries placed in the final. This was surprising to me considering that the Eurovision up until now has been considered a program for the secular society. The Haredi society has been undergoing different changes and like the rest of society, it too is opening up to the wider world through social media. I think, because of this, more Haredi people watched the Eurovision this year. […]

Now that it’s been decided that the Eurovision will be hosted in Israel, in Jerusalem, the concern has been raised that the event might desecrate the Sabbath. The Deputy Minister of Health Rabbi Yaakov Litzman has turned to other ministers with the plea that the Eurovision will not cause desecration of the Sabbath […]”

– Yonathan Shor, Mynet Jerusalem [1]

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0202 Editor’s note:
Yonathan Shor is a Haredi opinion column writer for the local Jerusalem news paper ‘Mynet Jerusalem.’ This newspaper, however, is not particular to the Haredi society.

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