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Last update - 06:46 26/02/2008 Store manager fined for employing Jewish workers on Shabbat By Haim Bior, TheMarker Tags: jews, shabbat, work, israel "When I hire a new employee, I can never tell whether he is Jewish or not," the manager of the Ashdod store 'Melekh HaJungle' Avi Levinstein, told the court during a hearing held in the Beersheva Regional Labor Court. "There is no nationality noted on his I.D. card, and the name doesn't always indicate his religion." The hearing was part of criminal proceedings instigated by the state against the store for employing Jewish workers during Shabbat and holidays. Levinstein said that when he had hired the employee, "there had been no signs or red lights warning him that the employee is Jewish, who could not be employed for work during Jewish days of rest." Levinstein added that most of the workers in the store are of Russian descent, which makes it difficult to identify them as Jewish. Advertisement Judge Moshe Tweivh noted Levinstein's comments, but ruled that he was in violation of the law of work and rest hours when he employed three workers over Saturday. The judge levied an NIS 18,000 fine against the store, out of a maximum of NIS 37,000. Related articles: Chief Rabbi Amar allows Shabbat work at Ben-Gurion Airport Israel Electrical Corp. VP fired for moving transformer on Shabbat Stop forcing people to work on Shabbat, Eli Yishai urges businesses Israeli-Arab Acre businesses petition court to allow work on Shabbat More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Chicken or the egg? A UN human rights expert says Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation. A reason to kvell Jews are America's top-earning religious group, according to a new survey.   1.   Banana republic in the way to fundamentalism 06:31  |  Ulf 26/02/08   2.   Shut Down The Store 06:55  |  Yishai Kohen 26/02/08   3.   Fined for Hiring Jews 07:21  |  L. 26/02/08   4.   Store manager fined for employing Jewish workers on Shabbat 07:59  |  Gerald Zang 26/02/08   5.   Hey Haaretz, did they VOLUNTERILY work Shabbat??? 08:10  |  B`Galil 26/02/08   6.   Judge is RIDICULOUS 08:22  |  Albert 26/02/08   7.   Hey Yishai - Shut Down The Rabbinate 08:53  |  B`Galil 26/02/08   8.   Ulf #1 - Don`t Blame Israel - Blame Those in Power and 08:58  |  B`Galil 26/02/08   9.   Court could tell they were Jewish, but store manager could not? 08:59  |  Susan 26/02/08   10.   Freedom of work and Movement 09:05  |  Naser Abu El Haj 26/02/08   11.   Strange 09:25  |  Martin 26/02/08   12.   Yishai Kohen from Ayn 09:47  |  Michael 26/02/08   13.   Hey B`Galil: Israel Is The JEWISH State 09:49  |  Yishai Kohen 26/02/08   14.   Work on Yom Ha`Atzma`ut disallowed 10:07  |  Binyamin Dissen 26/02/08   15.   i bet hospitals and police stations are closed on saturdays too? 10:08  |  Leona 26/02/08   16.   Leona- everyone knows that saving lives supercedes Shabbat 10:38  |  Jew 26/02/08   17.   the judge is an idiot yes obey the law 10:45  |  v hardman 26/02/08   18.   Binyamin is confused 10:56  |  chayal 26/02/08   19.   No, the reformed do not know 11:09  |  Binyamin Dissen 26/02/08   20.   Shame on the fundamentalist country 11:32  |  Boris 26/02/08   21.   to Yishai Kohen 11:40  |  Puhi 26/02/08   22.   Yes, they are leftist RELIGIOUS holidays 11:43  |  Binyamin Dissen 26/02/08   23.   yishai kohen # 13 No Israel is a democratic State 12:25  |  SJ 26/02/08   24.   B`Galil - you are missing the main point. 12:58  |  S Judah 26/02/08   25.   "Leftist Holidays" 13:07  |  NOT Binyamin Dissen 26/02/08   26.   Shut down Yishai and ppl like him! 13:09  |  Puhi 26/02/08   27.   Yesha self-protraited heroes live alone 13:41  |  Ulf 26/02/08   28.   YISHAI KOHEN 13:53  |  DANNY 26/02/08   29.   Do as I say, not as I do 14:14  |  Teddy 26/02/08   30.   Yishai # 2 AMEN, SHUT DOWN THE STORE. 15:50  |  petra 26/02/08   31.   B`Galil # 7 Shut down the Rabbinate 15:58  |  petra 26/02/08   32.   #10 NASIR WHILE YOU`RE RUNNING, KEEP GOING. 16:05  |  petra 26/02/08   33.   # 11 sTRANGE MARTIN you got it, bingo! 16:06  |  petra 26/02/08   34.   Petra and her dreams world 16:08  |  Puhi 26/02/08   35.   # 20 Boris sabbath is a commandment dummie. 16:14  |  petra 26/02/08   36.   Petra - No comments 18:10  |  Albert 26/02/08   37.   Pera`s No.35 06:03  |  Victor 27/02/08

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