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HaRav Eliashiv on the Bais Yaakov school in Emanuel: "High Court Decision Reflects Judges' Personal Worldview"
Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita told the heads of Chinuch Atzmai and the members of United Torah Judaism during a visit at his home to seek guidance and instructions following the High Court decision on the Bais Yaakov school in Emanuel that "the High Court decision sets a precedent and reflects the personal worldview of the judges."
Court Accepts Reform Petition Against Equal Funding in Jerusalem Schools
The chareidi educational system was stunned when the Jerusalem Court for Administrative Affairs handed down a ruling in favor of an antagonistic appeal by the Reform's Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) to reduce the funding of the chareidi educational system in Jerusalem.
With the 2011 budget planning under way, Finance Committee Chairman MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni is demanding that the funding for yeshivas, kollelim and chareidi educational institutions be included in the basic budget and that it be removed from the coalition agreements. This issue was raised in a preliminary budget preparation meeting held by the Finance Ministry chairman with Udi Nissan, the Finance Ministry official in charge of budgeting.
The campaign to undermine the authority of botei din and rabbonim to issue halachic ruling which adhere to the traditions handed down through the generations and based on established rulings by gedolei Yisroel shlita has been stepped up at the behest of various figures — particularly on the issue of conversion.
Heads of the Mor Investment House board, Dror Krauss and Yitzchak Ilovitz, paid a visit to the offices of United Hatzoloh in Jerusalem and at the end of the visit decided to donate their ma'aser money towards the cost of maintaining the volunteer organization which works to save lives.
Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky's many acquaintances and family members were pleased with the former Jerusalem mayor's release from police custody on Sunday following his arrest in connection with the Holyland case.
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