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

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New Israeli Government Budget has News for Chareidim
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

For the first time ever, one of the original goals of Degel Hatorah was achieved: the entire government support for yeshivas was included in the basic budget and not in special allocations. About a billion shekels are included in the budgets for fiscal 2011 and 2012 that were passed by the Knesset on Wednesday.

House Committee Advances IDF 'Conversion' Bill to Constitution Committee
By Yechiel Sever and Eliezer Rauchberger

United Torah Judaism representatives in the Knesset told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu early this week that advancing the IDF Conversion Law is a blatant violation of the coalition agreement and of clear pledges he made not to advance the law beyond the preliminary reading and not to appear at any committee meetings to discuss the law.


Experts Answer Questions on Alzheimer's

To mark the first anniversary since the founding of the Tzipporah Fried Alzheimer's Support Center, a panel of top experts gathered to respond to questions posed by patients' family members regarding strategies to cope with the disease on a day-to-day basis. The panel was part of a professional workshop held this week.


Cities of the Future: Beit Shemesh, Yavneh and Hadera
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The new real estate map of Israel is changing. The real estate market is responding to price increases by heading out to peripheral areas, some of which have never been at the top of real estate activity in the country.


Finance Committee Decides to Prevent Bikur Cholim from Closing
By Eliezer Rauchberger

At the end of a heated meeting the Knesset Finance Committee united to issue a unanimous decision to prevent the closure of Bikur Hospital in central Jerusalem, but a Finance Ministry representative said the government does not intend to channel funds to the hospital to keep it afloat.


Bnei Aliyoh-Mo'ach Velev to Gather in Jerusalem
By Yechiel Sever

Mo'ach Velev, an organization set up to foster the study of Mussar and good character traits among bnei Torah, is holding a gathering in Jerusalem on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Va'eiroh.


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