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NEWS The Knesset Law Committee met on Monday to discuss the implications of the regional court ruling requiring the Interior Ministry to register Reform converts as Jews on the Conversion Law (see separate story).
Archaeologists Desecrate Jewish Graves Under The Cover of Shabbos Archaeologists of the National Antiquities Authority last week again wantonly desecrated an ancient Jewish burial cave in Israel, this time on Shabbos, when they were certain that their work would not be interrupted by chareidim who had been trying to protect the site. Russian Jewry Calls For Help From The West By Arnon Yafe, Paris Rabbonim have joined with other leading Russian Jewish figures in issuing a plea to the West to help them to overcome a Communist campaign against the Jews of Moscow and outlying regions. David Levi is Losing His Supporters in Franceby Arnon Yaffeh, Yated Paris Correspondent David Levi's French supporters who established a branch of Gesher for recruiting funds for the Israeli elections, are dropping it as a result of his defection to Labor. A Judge in Jerusalem Orders That Non-Jews with Reform and Conservative "Conversions" be Registered as Jewsby B. Kahn A very serious ruling of Justice Vardi Zeiler of the Jerusalem Regional Court, regarding 23 non-Jews who were "converted" by a Reform clergyman a number of years ago, was published last week. Manof to Attorney General: Curb Am Chofshi's Verbal Violence Against Chareidi Publicby B. Kahn "The verbal violence currently directed at the chareidim is unprecedented in scope and in venom. The material circulated by the Am Chofshi organization in postcards and ads in the newspapers, is far more gruesome than anything we have known until now, with the clear intention to divert public sentiment against the chareidim and to delegitimize that sector of Israeli society," writes Rabbi Danny Nasi, director of Manof, the Chareidi Information Center. Shearis Yisroel Warns: Check Packaged Bakala for Non-Kosher Fishby B. Rabinowitz Recently, significant amounts of non-kosher fish, included in packages of codfish (bakala), both cases and bags, were
discovered in simcha halls and stores in chareidi
neighborhoods, causing many people to unwittingly eat non-
kosher products.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff After nearly a year of deliberations, the representatives of the Labor and Welfare Ministry, the Income Tax Department and
the National Insurance (Bituach Leumi) informed the Knesset's
Labor and Welfare Committee of the following arrangement,
meant to ease the situations of foster families.
by B. Kahn On motzei Shabbos, Parshas Vayigash, the prestigious Jerusalem Awards for Torah Literature were granted at an
impressive ceremony, headed by roshei yeshiva, public
figures, members of UTJ, and guests from the entire spectrum
of chareidi Jewry.
by Moshe Schapiro Hundreds of yungeleit filled the main Beis Medrash of
Yeshivas Hanegev in Netivot last Monday night to hear a joint
address by Maran HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman and the
Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow.
by A. Cohen Europe's 27th annual Yarchei Kallah took place last week at the Normandie Hotel in the British vacation town of Bournemouth. 81 Students Enrolled in Torah Institutions by Acheinu ActivistsEighty-one new students have recently been enrolled in
religious schools -- this, as a result of wide scope efforts
of Acheinu's activists.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff A large crowd gathered in the Yeshiva Letze'irim Manchester
Beth Medrash and adjacent rooms on Monday to hear words of
Torah and his'orerus on the gaon and tzaddik
Reb Chaim Shmuel Lopian, zt'l.
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