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

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Mekorot to Supply Water from Desalination and Wells During Pesac
By Yechiel Sever

Knesset Finance Ministry Chairman MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni contacted Mekorot director Ido Rosillio to confirm - as he does every year at the beginning of Nisan - that the water supply will come from wells, not the Kinneret, during Pesach.

Rubashkin Bail Request Taken To U.S. Supreme Court
by the Committee To Ensure Justice For Sholom Rubashkin

Renowned lawyer Nathan Lewin, who is representing the former CEO of the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, Sholom Rubashkin, on March 11 petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision of the lower courts denying Mr. Rubashkin bail pending his forthcoming sentencing. Mr. Lewin has now taken the additional step of making a direct application to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who presides over the Iowa judicial district in which Mr. Rubashkin's case is being heard, to grant Mr. Rubashkin immediate release on bail pending sentencing and appeal.


Netanyahu Sets Up Team to Assess Site for Ashkelon Emergency Room
By G. Lazer

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Washington this week for the AIPAC conference, sent instructions to the director of the Prime Minister's Office, Eyal Gabai, to set up a special team to assess the possibility of building a bombproof emergency ward at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon that would be safe from rocket attacks and not sited within a cemetery.


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