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UTJ MKs Work for Arrested Iranian Jews Members of the Federation of Former Iranians in Israel said
that it is rumored that an additional wave of arrests of Jews
in Iran has occurred. This statement was made at a meeting
between the organization's head and Chief Rabbi of Israel
Yisroel Meir Lau. Immigrants 25 and Over are Not Drafted Due to Budgetary
Considerations Immigrants from the CIS who are age 25 and older are not
drafted into the Israeli army due to budgetary
considerations, even if they want to serve. This was already
disclosed two years ago, and the security system is aware of
it. Study Reveals: Income in Bnei
Brak, Ofakim, Beitar Illit and Emanuel Among Country's
Lowest In a study of the socioeconomic level of Israel's residential
centers, the country's three largest cities were ranked as
middle and high. Jerusalem was placed in group 5; Tel Aviv-
Yaffo in group 8; and Haifa in group 7 (group 1 is lowest;
group 10 is highest). Bnei Brak Municipality To Hold Courses for Professional
Training The Department for Social Services of the Bnei Brak
Municipality and the city's Employment Services are
conducting a series of new courses in the areas of religious
services and hi-tech professions. Charge Beit Shemesh Mayor Discriminates Against the
Chareidi Community The mayor is following a policy of discrimination against the
chareidim and seeks to establish ghettos for their community,
claim chareidi officials in Beit Shemesh. These claims are a
result of Mayor Dani Vaknin's continual abuse of the chareidi
community of the city and his stubborn refusal to allocate
areas for building chareidi schools. Ancient Bones Desecrated by
Archaeologists are Reburied A group of volunteers on behalf of the Federation for the
Prevention of the Desecration of Graves displayed
considerable mesiras nefesh and cherdas kodesh
last week, when they reburied a vast quantity of bones of our
ancestors. The bones had been desecrated and crushed by
archaeologists in a most disgraceful manner. The Extreme Left is Not In the
National Consensus Even though Ehud Barak won and he is the candidate of the
Left, his difficulties in putting together a government have
made it clear that the country as a whole -- and certainly
not the Jews -- did not vote for the Left. This is the
reality that the Left has never come to terms with: they are
in the minority in Israel. Standing By Our Brother's
Blood
In the late afternoon this week, I stood behind my closed
third floor window, looking down at the flames of a fire
raging below me. The flames were leaping out of the huge, new
garbage bin which the Jerusalem municipality had recently
brought for the buildings in my neighborhood. The garbage bin
had been bright, shiny green, and new, and now it was
blackened and partially misshapen, with flames leaping out.
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