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Likud ministers criticized the proposed state budget for 2005
when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented it to cabinet this
week. Health Minister Danny Naveh in particular said that it
will cause great harm to the sick and the elderly.
Attorney Yaakov Weintraub and David Glass will represent the
Forum of and Ownerships of Educational Institutions in filing
a High Court petition against the Education Ministry
following its decision to cut 15 percent of government
funding for chareidi and "recognized but unofficial"
kindergartens while government and government-religious
schools will remain fully funded.
The National Secretariat of Degel HaTorah with Vaad
HaRabbonim member HaRav Nosson Zochovsky met in Bnei Brak,
making a series of key decisions about coalition negotiations
with the Likud Party.
The Education Minister signed a series of new criteria for
funding Torah institutes, including a 24 percent increase in
the budget for yeshivas, bringing it up to NIS 39 million
($7.4 million) per month. Education Ministry officials said
funding for the past two months will be transferred this
week. Current funding had been withheld as long as the new
criteria were not approved.
A group of residents from Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev
neighborhood committed acts of vandalism and destruction at
the Ish Shalom government school after the municipality
decided to transfer part of the building to a Torah-based
school attended by 382 children from the neighborhood. The
City of Jerusalem is considering whether to file criminal
charges against those responsible for the incident.
HaRav Yitzchok Yosef Zilber, zt"l The Torah world lost a father figure just before Tisha B'Av
with the petiroh of HaRav Yitzchok Yosef Zilber
zt"l, the head of Toldos Yeshurun institutions who was
fully dedicated to the task of bringing wayward Jews back to
Torah and mitzvas.
The worldwide directory of Daf Yomi shiurim published
by the Daf Yomi Committee of Agudas Yisroel of America is
currently being updated in preparation for republication. Boruch Hashem since we first turned to the public in
Adar I 5760 a substantial reduction in the number of smokers
has been apparent among the chareidim ledvar Hashem. UTJ and Likud Representatives Meet Again United Torah Jewry representatives stressed they must know
who the partners in the coalition will be since they would be
unable to sit together with Shinui. Only after receiving
clear answers would they consult with maranan
verabonon regarding all of the issues raised during the
negotiations, including the disengagement plan. High Court Appeal to Force Labor Ministry to Publicize
List of Permits for Shabbos Employment
Since 1951 the Labor Minister has issued permits for
factories asking to employ workers on Shabbos, the official
weekly day of rest. The law contains stringent criteria for
granting these permits, which are only available if the
factory is considered vital to public security or the
national economy. HaRav Yitzchok Yosef Zilber zt"l
The extraordinary life and achievements of HaRav Yitzchok
Yosef Zilber zt"l are very different from what most of
us today know, boruch Hashem, but nonetheless the
outstanding qualities that he exhibited are of a kind that
can inspire each and every one of us.
Head-On Reflections
When I was a gullible little girl, my older friends played
`heads and tails' with me with pennies. They once tried this
one on me: "Heads I win, tails you lose." It didn't take long
for me to figure that one out. The Children Who Were Rescued from the Convent Sixty Years Since the Destruction of Jewish Hungary
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