[EDINVA]

That seems like a silly question to those of us older than @ 55 who grew up in the U.S.A. It used to be that businesses closed on Sundays but police, firemen, doctors, nurses, etc. worked. Until relatively recently, most businesses closed on Christmas Day but that’s no longer the case.

The very orthodox Jews don’t have exceptions, never have and probably never will. They WILL let a child die rather than pick up a phone on the Sabbath. Sometimes they can find a goyem to do for them what they can’t do themselves, but in communities of only Orthodox, G*d help anyone who gets sick between sunset Friday and Sunset Saturday.

[Karl Spooner]

I don’t think they/are were Jews, per say. Kenites saying they are Jews might be more appropriate. You know, the ones that instigated the murder of Christ. Yeah, they riled up a bunch of folks against him, but that is no different than they do today.

[af_vet_1981]

The very orthodox Jews don’t have exceptions, never have and probably never will. They WILL let a child die rather than pick up a phone on the Sabbath. Sometimes they can find a goyem to do for them what they can’t do themselves, but in communities of only Orthodox, G*d help anyone who gets sick between sunset Friday and Sunset Saturday.

Patently false; In Judaism, Pikuach Nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש) describes the principle in Jewish law that the preservation of human life overrides virtually any other religious consideration. When the life of a specific person is in danger, almost any mitzvah lo ta'aseh (Command to not do an action) of the Torah becomes inapplicable.[1]

[Gaffer]

I’m 65 grew up in the US and I don’t think it’s silly.