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UTJ leaders -- with backing from the Likud -- have called a
special session of the Knesset this Wednesday to debate the
Prime Minister's decision to move a massive 300-ton turbine
component for the Israel Electric Company from Ramat Hasharon
to Ashkelon on last Shabbos. Illegal Organizations Appear to Have Aided One Israel in
Recent Election A detailed investigative report appeared in this week's
edition of Makor Rishon on the fictitious nonprofit
associations that may have illegally helped One Israel and
Ehud Barak win the recent election. Conversion Tidings In an interview in the national-religious newspaper
Hatsofe on 17 Av, Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, head of the
Conversion Authority in Israel who had just returned from a
trip to the C.I.S., claimed that he brought his new approach
to conversion to Judaism to chutz la'aretz. Gedolei Haposkim Say Buy Certified Stam Items The great poskim of our times have issued a heartfelt
appeal to those in the Stam (Sifrei Torah, Tefillin,
Mezuzos) field, as well as to the entire chareidi public,
not to purchase Stam items lacking certification from
a rabbinical body. The Y2K problem is liable to cause massive Shabbos
desecration with legal backing. This is evident from the
demands of officials to permit local authorities' personnel
to man their posts on the 1st of January, 2000, which falls
on Shabbos. A Convert Must Join All the Jewish
People If conversion to Judaism means something, it must be
performed by people who have some demonstrated sensitivity to
the line between Jew and non-Jew, and who can determine the
essence of what is shared by all Jews. Chessed Shel Emess "Chevra Kadisha? How could you do it? Isn't it depressing?
Aren't you getting rather morbid?" Such are the questions
asked by astonished friends. Mrs. Chana Belsky -- Remembering an
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