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Article: Haredi boycott sparks secular protests in Bnei Brak. After ultra-Orthodox sanction Shefa Shuk over decision to keep AM:PM stores in Tel Aviv open on Shabbat
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- April 15, 2008
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DAVID WAINER
Jerusalem Post
04-15-2008
Headline: Haredi boycott sparks secular protests in Bnei Brak. After ultra-Orthodox sanction Shefa Shuk over decision to keep AM:PM stores in Tel Aviv open on Shabbat
Byline: DAVID WAINER
Edition; Daily
Section: Economics
Page: 19
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 -- The power of the haredi community to mobilize itself and impact business decisions through boycotts of varying degrees is well-recognized in Israeli society. On occasion, a given company's "unkosher" business practices may rub influential haredi rabbis the wrong way, causing them to place a herem (boycott) on a business, threatening to take away major clients.
In 2006, for instance, a decision by El ...
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