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MK Rabbi Gafni: "Conversion Must Only be Done According to Halochoh."
By Eliezer Rauchberger and Yechiel Sever

"Conversion must only be done according to halacha," MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni declared during a Knesset Interior Committee meeting on conversion in Israel.

HaRav Eliashiv Calls US a "Kingdom of Chessed"
By Yechiel Sever

When US Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones arrived at his home for a visit, Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita asked the Ambassador to convey his appreciation for the US' ongoing support of Israel, calling it a "kingdom of chessed," while at the same time stressing the dangers Am Yisroel faces from its many enemies.

Historian Denies that Israel Rose Up from Ashes of Holocaust
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

"Zion arose as a resurrection of the dead at the concentration camps," said French Christian writer Francois Mauriac after the War. This view became rooted in Europe through the Church — which could offer no other explanation for the return of the Jewish people to Eretz Yisroel, a historical development that lies in conflict with Christian thought — and through the Arabs and Jew haters.


German Chancellor Addresses Knesset
By Eliezer Rauchberger

"The Holocaust fills us with shame. I bow my head before the victims and all those who helped them survive," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, during a special Knesset plenum meeting held in honor of her visit.


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