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Predictably, the High Court ruled on Monday, 17 Iyar (May
22), that the Religious Affairs Ministry must enable a group
of Reform and Conservative women to hold a prayer ceremony at
the Kosel, something which until now was forbidden by the Law
of the Sacred Sites. Hizbullah Moves in as SLA Flees Residents of the north were spending their nights in shelters
as Israel's strategic defense policy in south Lebanon
collapsed early this week with the desertion of hundreds of
members of the South Lebanese Army's (SLA) Shi'ite battalion
from the security zone. A number of weeks ago, the Ministerial Committee for
Administration and Organization decided to establish new
regulations which will levy taxes on businesses operating in
structures which haven't received building and occupancy
permits.
Rabbi Ravitz Demands End to Discrimination Against
Chareidim on Government Corporation Boards At a meeting last week of the Knesset Constitution Committee,
Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz demanded that the chareidi sector be
included in the proposed Government Corporation Law whose
purpose is to grant appropriate representation to Arab, Druse
and Circassian representatives on the boards of government
corporations. Roshei Kollel Committee to Minimize Government Office Red-
Tape Scores of roshei kollel met in Jerusalem during the
week after Pesach to discuss problems facing the
kollelim and the difficulties they encounter in
dealing with the Government. Tsefas Protest Against Absorption Ministry Plan to Place
Non-Jews in Chareidi Neighborhood A rally was held in Tsefas two weeks ago to protest an
Absorption Committee plan to place non-Jewish immigrants in
the city's completely chareidi Me'or Chaim neighborhood, as
well as in the religious Tzahal neighborhood.
"Meoros HaDaf HaYomi" Insights into the Week's Learning.
Stories, Mussar, Practical Halacha (Tractate "Kesubos" Daf 45-
51)(Vol. 51) Moshe could not believe his eyes. Standing not far from him
in the courtyard of the Hertzlia Beit Knesset HaGadol was a
fine, G-d fearing avreich who bore an amazing resemblance to
an old friend - the grandson of Zalman Oren, one of the top
ministers in the government of David Ben Gurion. Could it be? How Jews Purchased Land in Abu-Dis The lands on which the Jerusalem Municipality intends to
build the Jewish neighborhood of Abu-Dis -- with the massive
backing of the rightists -- were acquired seventy years ago
by 210 Yerushalmi Jews who purchased 598 dunams of land
through the Jerusalem Neighbors Association. (A dunam is
1,000 square meters or about 10,000 square feet.) Israel A Leading High-Tech Center The recent opening of a Bank of America office in Tel Aviv
highlights Israeli success in high tech. "Among the world's
three to four leading centers, there are two or three regions
in the U.S., and also some areas in Asia and Israel, but it's
a very short list," said Barry Newman, head of the bank's
Securities technology group in an interview with
Globes magazine.
Even the kibbutz secretary obviously felt that some red line
had been crossed. The rosh yeshiva of the hesder
yeshiva in Shiloh said that he usually tries to keep a
low public profile, but felt that he simply could not keep
silent about what had happened. What's in a Name? How does one go about getting a
Jewish name if one doesn't have one? "Klal Yisroel Is Indebted To Him":
The Life Of Rav Wolff Rosengarten Zt'l of Zurich |
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