What You Missed: Dennis Prager’s Case for Judaism (and Shabbat)
The Timothy Birdnow blog has an exhaustive recount of popular radio talk show host Dennis Prager’s event last week at the Y where he presented “The Case for Judaism”:
Mr. Prager went into a discussion of the Sabbath by first stating the word “holy” means separate in Hebrew, thus the holy day (holiday) of the Sabbath must be separate from the rest of the week. An event that changed his life occurred when he was twenty-one, traveling in a train to Helsinki. Living as a somewhat secular college student then, the days “started to run into one another” for him. Friday night was just like any other day - and he realized he missed the holiness of the Sabbath, where he can leave the world one day a week - and he considers that “awesome.” Prager feels sorry for people/kids that play video games frantically seven days a week. On Saturday, Mr. Prager doesn’t read newspapers, even though Judaism permits it. Reading newspapers to be informed on world and local events is part of his job as a radio host and he wants his mind turned away from his weekday job on the Sabbath. He has been asked to appear on the Larry King Show on Friday night more than once, and has refused that valuable media exposure. Prager didn’t consider it a conflict. It gives him “inner peace not available outside the practice.” And he stated that the G-dly punishment for missing the Sabbath - is missing the Sabbath. It gives him happiness, he stated. He urged people to “don’t’ go with the flow of society.” He also once turned down a very lucrative offer to be an afternoon radio talk show host in drive-time because half a year, he would be required to work when Friday afternoon turned into Sabbath time.
The Timothy Birdnow blog has an exhaustive recount of popular radio talk show host 
