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NEWS Led by maranan verabonon, gedolei haTorah vehaChassidus, hundreds of thousands of Jews, from all circles and sectors of the religious and chareidi community of Eretz Yisroel assembled for a prayer rally in Yerushalayim
Why Are we Afraid of the Bagatz? -- Important High Court
Statistics Complied by Manof Manof, the Center for Chareidi Information, quoted a long list of former judges, writers, professors, politicians, and lawyers criticizing the interventionism of the court, especially in its capacity as High Court of Justice. How Many Were Actually There? by Mordecai Plaut At 2:45, just before they began to daven mincha, they announced from the podium that 200,000 had already arrived for the atzeres tefilla. After they finished mincha and just before the program of Tehillim and selichos started, someone announced that the crowd numbered 300,000. Favorable Reactions in Europe to the Prayer Rally in Jerusalem by Arnon Yaffeh, Paris "250,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in black suits, as well as women
in modest dress, are praying with devotion. On the other side
of the boulevard are a few thousand secular Jews, who could
easily be American students demonstrating on a Los Angeles
campus...
by Betzalel Kahn While anti-chareidi incitement and antisemitic behavior
toward the chareidi public is raging full force, and while
chareidi public figures are being interrogated by police for
supposedly provocative remarks, the State Prosecutor has
decided not to open a criminal investigation against Am
Chofshi for last month's campaign of incitement.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Dr. Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, who appears undecided between opposition to the Reform and working for "cooperation" with all Jews, went one step further last week toward cooperation. What About Jewish Property in Arab Countries?by S. Fried Europe is not the only place where there is a current
struggle to return Jewish property to its rightful owners.
Many Jews originating from Arab countries, notably from
Morocco, Iraq, and Egypt, have long been asking that their
demands for the return of property that they were forced to
leave be raised during the peace talks.
by B. Adler At the same time that the chairman of the Labor Party is leading a
campaign to force yeshiva students to be drafted into the army, the
IDF is busy granting exemptions to soccer players.
by S. Yisraeli Recently, this column ran an article that included quotes of sharp
criticism leveled against the judicial system for its refusal to reexamine
possible errors or grant retrials for people who may have been unjustly
sentenced to jail.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff At a meeting of the Jerusalem City Council, religious and other factions
expressed satisfaction over the final configuration of the municipal
coalition.
by Eliezer Rauchberger Torah loyal Jewry in Jerusalem has never yet seen so amazing a spectacle. Whoever did not see the prayer rally yesterday, has never in his life seen a massive prayer rally. Statement of the Atzeres Tefilla of 28 Shevat, 5759The leaders of the Jewish people assembled here in Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, on Sunday, the 28th of Shevat 5759, for a prayer and outcry rally over the persecution of religion and tradition in the land of our forefathers, and formulated the following statement: Coalition Demands Did not Break the Budgetby Yated Ne'eman Staff Finance Ministry Budget Director David Milgrom has stated
that the NIS 215 billion state budget and arrangements law
approved by the Knesset on February 4 did not deviate from
the planned budget framework which had been submitted in
August 1998, and maintains the 2% planned deficit.
by N. Katzin The chareidi community suffers 90% of all cases of carbon
monoxide poisoning from home Junkers-type heating systems,
according to Laniado School of Nursing Director Penina
Binkowitz.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Since the recent ruling by the Attorney General allowing scheduled
flights by private Israeli airlines doesn't seem to preclude Shabbos
flights, El Al Israel Airlines has petitioned for complete abolition
of the Shabbos flight ban.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Kiryat Sefer, established only five years ago, has become an important
city in Eretz Yisroel.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff A joyous celebration accompanied the hachnosas sefer Torah at the Antwerp Beis Hamedrash of the Belz Chassidim. A Stimulating Visit to Bnos Yisroelby Yated Ne'eman Chinuch in Manchester recently benefited from the visit of Rav Shmuel
Strickman, Menahel of Darchei Torah, New York, and well known to those
who attend Torah Umesorah Conventions.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff In our last issue we carried the news of the passing of Mrs.
Nelly Schwob, o'h. Regrettably, her last name was
incorrectly spelled as "Schwab."
by S. Fried One cannot talk much about shemiras haloshon and the
ways of correcting this sin without mentioning the
tzaddik, HaRav Yehuda Ze'ev Segal, zt'l, of
Manchester, England.
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