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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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NEWS

Modi'in Illit Laying Groundwork for Kosher Power Station
By A. Cohen

Intense work has been underway for months at the future site of the kosher power plant in Modi'in Illit. Upon completion, the entire city will be connected to a power plant free of all concerns of chilul Shabbos, making it the first city ever powered entirely by electricity in accordance with the rulings of the Chazon Ish zt"l.


Jerusalem: Demolition Orders for 2 Neveh Yaakov Shuls and Construction of Ramat Beit Hakerem Mikveh Halted
By Yechiel Sever

Hundreds of mispallelim at the main botei knesses in Jerusalem's Neveh Yaakov neighborhood were stunned upon learning that demolition orders had been issued for two major botei knesses in the neighborhood. Meanwhile construction has been halted on a mikveh in Ramat Beit Hakerem.


Jerusalem Municipality's Legal Advisor Threatens to Stop Funding Bais Yaakov School
By Yechiel Sever

The Jerusalem Municipality's legal advisor, Atty. Yossi Chavilio, is threatening for the first time to impose budget sanctions on the city's chareidi education system.


Funding for 20 Yeshivos Ketanos Withheld
By Yechiel Sever

In an urgent letter to Attorney General Mani Mazuz, Atty. David Glass, representing the Union of Yeshiva Managers, stated objections to a decision not to approve the funding of 20 yeshivos ketanos that opened in 5768.


Antisemitism in Eastern Germany: 2 Cemeteries Desecrated in One Night
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Antisemitism is escalating in eastern Germany. In two separate incidents Jewish cemeteries were desecrated in a single night last week. At the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Gotha, anonymous vandals hung a bloody pig head alongside a sign reading, "Six million lies." Inside the cemetery police found several containers of red paint and shattered bottles.


OPINION & COMMENT

"Married" And The Mob

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

From the agitation and anger of the crowds, the din of the car horns and the shouts of "Civil rights now!" and "Bigots!" one would have been forgiven for thinking that the protesters were denouncing some horrific assault on human freedom.


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