Israel's Daylight Saving Time controversy

From its establishment until 2013, the issue of Daylight Saving Time (DST) featured on Israel's political agenda with the religious sector opposing by and large its implementation as an infringement on religious rituals and a disruption of the Hebrew-Jewish calendar and secularists presenting t...

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Published inIsrael affairs Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 698 - 715
Main Author Barak, Yair
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.09.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Daylight
Daylight saving
Daylight Saving Time
Disruption
Gregorian calendar
Hebrew calendar
Infringement
Israel
religious parties
Religious rituals
Rituals
secular activists
Shas party
Summer time
Israel
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Summary:From its establishment until 2013, the issue of Daylight Saving Time (DST) featured on Israel's political agenda with the religious sector opposing by and large its implementation as an infringement on religious rituals and a disruption of the Hebrew-Jewish calendar and secularists presenting their struggle for DST as a fight of progress (light) against reactionary forces (dark).
ISSN:1353-7121
1743-9086
DOI:10.1080/13537121.2020.1806564