{
  "id": 2140610,
  "title": "Could Brazil's election day force Jews to choose between religion and the ballot?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/could-brazils-election-day-force-jews-to-choose-between-religion-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:39:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2026-08-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/could-brazils-election-force-jews-to-choose-between-religion-and-the-ballot/000001a0-1a14-df5c-afeb-bbbc96340000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brazil's October 4 election will take place on the holiday of Simchat Torah, during which observant Jews cannot vote. A Jewish candidate for Sao Paulo's state assembly is asking the country's top electoral court to extend voting hours",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}