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NEWS After several days of direct talks in Washington, capped by a three-hour one-on-one session, Prime Minister Barak of Israel and President Clinton issued a joint statement indicating broad cooperation in many areas and significant specific agreements on important issues that span virtually the entire gamut of Israel-U.S. relations.
In the Knesset, the Religious Wars
Begin A number of anti-religious bills put forward by MKs from One Israel have drawn fire from chareidi and religious MKs, who denounced the bills as being a total contradiction to the coalition agreement. One of the bills, sponsored by MK Avi Yitzchak (One Israel), calls for the draft of yeshiva students. U.S. House Passes Religious Protection Billby Yated Ne'eman Staff Jewish boys wearing yarmulkes in public schools would be better protected from government restrictions under legislation approved by the House of Representatives. The bill, passed 306-118, has broad support from the Clinton administration, major religious groups and organizations ranging from the Christian Coalition to the Anti-Defamation League. But some civil rights groups also warned of people using new religious protections to justify racial discrimination. Soldiers Participate in Missionary Programs in the Galilby Betzalel Kahn Last Monday, Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz demanded of Ehud Barak, who is both Prime Minster and Security Minister, that all missionary activity in the IDF be halted immediately. Rabbi Ravitz made this demand in the wake of a document he received which contained a report of missionary activity among the IDF soldiers, as part of an "informative educational" program for them. According to the document, these programs are even subsidized and coordinated by the IDF. Only Left Can Undermine the Rule of Law By Changing Basic Lawby Eliezer Rauchberger At deliberations over the change in the Basic Law of Government which enabled the broadening of the Government to allow more Cabinet Ministers (to 24 from the original 18), UTJ representatives did not hide their opposition to the Law nor the fact that they have been compelled to support it because of their obligation under the Coalition agreement. With Egged to Vosikin at the Koselby Betzalel Kahn Bus service to the Kosel with Egged buses #1 and #2 will now begin at 4:45 A.M., to enable people to reach the Kosel for the early summer vosikin minyan. Egged has taken this step as part of its policy of facilitating transportation for Jews who seek to pour out their hearts to Hashem at the Kosel. Rabbi Ravitz to Knesset: Learn from the Ways of the Beis Medrashby Yated Ne'eman Staff At the Knesset's debate on the violence rampant among today's secular youth, Rabbi Ravitz said that all should learn from the Torah model of education. "For the sake of our future and the future of our children, let's go to the beis medrashand learn from its ways," he fervently cried out. Division of Functions in UTJby Eliezer Rauchberger At last week's meeting of United Torah Jewry, it was decided which functions its representatives would assume in the various Knesset committees and institutions. Seminar on Character Improvement in the Jewish HomeBy Betzalel Kahn Improvement of one's middos is the stepping stone for spiritual advancement and the attainment of yiras Shomayim. With this principle in mind, a group of askonim has organized an impressive all-day Hebrew seminar to be held this bein hazmanim in Bnei Brak. Warning: Heretics Call Yeshivas to Persuade Students to Join Themby A. Cohen Heretics, anonymous nudniks, have recently been calling yeshiva public telephones or telephone booths near yeshivas to try to persuade yeshiva students to leave the yeshivos kedoshos and to join heretical organizations. Secular Residents of Kiryat Yovel Protest the Opening of a Chareidi-oriented Swimming Poolby Betzalel Kahn The objection of the representatives of the residents of the secular neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel to the transferring of the ownership of the local swimming pool to a private chareidi investor, who wants to it to be exclusively for chareidi use, is continuing. Tel Aviv Air Pollution Quandaryby S. Fried Last Yom Kippur, Dan region air pollution monitors were turned on automatically, just like any other day. However, since Yom Kippur is the once-a-year-day when all vehicular transportation, as well as industries, halt operation, the monitors recorded a drop of 90% in the region's air pollution. In other words, the air was nearly pollution- free. New Trend: Arabs Solicit Alms at Kivrei Tzaddikim by Yated Ne'eman Staff The difficult financial situation in a number of Arab villages in the Galil has encouraged many Arabs to visit graves of our tzaddikim to try their luck at begging. Laboratory for the Investigation of Food Infestation Expands its Activitiesby Betzalel Kahn The Laboratory for the Investigation of Food Infestation, part of the scientific department of the Institute for Agricultural Research According to the Torah, is currently expanding its activities. The institute provides professional scientific services to the country's kashrus systems through laboratory investigations and consultation services in the fields of insect and worm infestation of basic food items, including fruits and vegetables. Tifferes Girls School Dinner in Londonby Yated Ne'eman Staff The Tifferes Girls School hosted a dinner at the Hendon Hall
Hotel last Monday night, at which Rabbi Zev Leff, rov of
Moshav Mattisyahu and a regular columnist in these pages, was
the guest speaker.
by B. Rabinowitz Last week, terumos and ma'asros were separated
from wheat which was harvested for baking matzos for Pesach
5760, at the Matzos Hamehudoros Bakery -- Yad Binyomin.
Present at the occasion were the members of the BaDaTz of
Shearis Yisroel: HaRav Tzvi Weber and HaRav A. Halevi
Dunner, as well as HaRav Shoul Reichenberg, the head of the
Keren Hamaasros committee, and the kashrus supervisors of
Shearis Yisroel.
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