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Gurock Featured in Hamodia Article

gurockDr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, is interviewed in Hamodia Magazine's "The Good Old Days Were Not So Good for Shemiras Shabbos," a feature on the history of the five-day workweek that appeared in the magazine's November 25 edition. In the article, Gurock discusses how Jewish immigrants struggled with the need to work on Shabbat and the desire to maintain a religious lifestyle.