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US Receptive to Disengagement
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement proposals, including plans to vacate settlements in the Gaza Strip, were well received in Washington. However Washington does not want a thickening of West Bank settlements in response.

US Stock Market Rise Helps Israel
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

According to Israeli economists, a 10 percent rise on the US NASDAQ stock market average adds 0.2 percent to Israel's GDP, as reported in Globes. NASDAQ has risen 21.5 percent in the six months since August 2003. In accordance with this formula the bull market in the US will add at least an additional 0.5 percent to Israel's GDP in 2004 regardless of other factors.

New Premises For HaRav Nissim Karelitz's Beis Din In Bnei Brak
By A. Cohen

Spacious new premises for the Beis Din headed by HaRav Nissim Karelitz were dedicated at an inspiring and impressive gathering that was attended by gedolei Yisroel. Scores of HaRav Karleitz's talmidim, who serve as rabbonim and dayonim in Torah communities all over Eretz Yisroel were also present, as were the members of the Beis Din.

Increase Support for Jerusalem's Mikvas
by Betzalel Kahn

The Working Committee for Mikvah Affairs in Jerusalem is boosting its activities within the public as part of efforts to help maintain Jerusalem's mikvahs.

Improved Service on Line 54 in Jerusalem
by S. Fried

Following a difficult adjustment period, Line 54 to Jerusalem's Neveh Yaakov East is operating to the satisfaction of neighborhood residents.

Bnei Brak Budget Cuts
by A. Cohen

"The difficult economic situation requires the City to conduct itself like a commercial enterprise by avoiding even slight irregularities in the municipal budget," said Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Yissochor Frankentahl at a special gathering of the directors of the municipality's various departments and sections to prepare the new annual budget.

Knesset Education Committee Continues to Lash Out at Chareidi Education System
by Eliezer Rauchberger

MKs Rabbi Moshe Gafni (United Torah Jewry) and Meshulam Nehari (Shas), both members of the Knesset Education Committee, are considering how to respond to inappropriate conduct by Committee Chairman MK Ilan Shalgi (Shinui), who they say acts abusively toward the chareidi education system, seeking every opportunity to lash out at it.

Tula Meeting of the Conference Of European Rabbis
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

From the 26th to the 29th of January, a group of Russian rabbis gathered for a conference in Tula, a three-hour drive south of Moscow. The Rabbis represent communities in a 5,000 square mile radius, from St. Petersburg in the west, to Irkutzk in the east.

Final Decision on Expansion of Har Hamenuchos Postponed
by Betzalel Kahn

The City of Jerusalem's Local Construction and Planning Committee has postponed a decision on the expansion of the Har Hamenuchos Cemetery in Givat Shaul.

Interview with Degel HaTorah Secretary General MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni
by Betzalel Kahn

How do you sum up Netanyahu's first year as Finance Minister?

Binyamin Netanyahu has a liking for the chareidi sector. He does not have what others in this evil government have--the hatred, the antipathy, the desire to do harm.

Interview with Degel HaTorah Chairman MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz
by Betzalel Kahn

How do you sum up Netanyahu's first year as Finance Minister?

A bad year for Am Yisroel. I don't know whether Netanyahu is the guilty party. But from an economic standpoint this has been a bad year.

Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld zt"l: Twenty Years Since His Petiroh
A TRIBUTE

by H.J. Loebenstein, President of the Adass Yisroel Synagogue

First published in the aftermath of Rabbi Schonfeld's petiroh.

Although the death of Rabbi Dr. Schonfeld on his 72nd birthday -- after lying in a coma for some eight weeks -- did not come entirely as a surprise, the entire Anglo-Jewish community was stunned and grief-stricken when the news of his petiroh spread like wildfire.

Excavation Work for Jerusalem Tunnel Completed
by Betzalel Kahn

Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky, Municipality Director-General Eitan Meir, Moriah Managing Director Yaakov Edri, representatives of the Italian embassy and other distinguished guests were on hand at an inaugural ceremony held to mark the completion of excavation work on a new tunnel leading from Kikar Tzahal near the Old City's Nablus Gate toward downtown Jerusalem.


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