Reply To: Buying at a Jewish shop vs. a Non-Jewish shop

The EY perspective on this is a great deal different. It is not really hard to patronize Jews, but the perfusion of cheap Arab labor is sometimes hard to avoid. I regard as a rare treat doing the shabbos shopping in a supermarket with Jewish stock help. In my sector, home repair and construction, Jewish labor is really rare, in part because most Jews are averse to physical labor, and many wrongheadedly judge only by price. There is also and issue of lo sechaneim, but who would worry about a simple lav when there is shekels to be saved?