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On erev Shavuos, maranan verabonon, members of the
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of both Degel HaTorah and Agudas
Yisroel, issued a statement expressing their opposition to
intervention in issues of halocho and Jewish tradition
by the Israeli judicial system. UTJ MKs force Finance Ministry to
Meet its Commitments In the wake of efforts by Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Rabbi Meir
Porush and Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, the UTJ representatives in
the Knesset Finance Committee, the Finance Ministry has
approved allocation money for of an additional 47 classrooms
for the chareidi sector for the year 2000. This brings to 286
the number of new, approved classrooms, as originally
agreed. Government Crisis Not Solved Prime Minister Barak continued to project his usual
confidence that everything would be worked out, but the basis
for this feeling was not evident with regard to the one-year-
old government's deep coalition crisis. The ideological rifts
that caused the discontent of NRP and Yisrael Ba'aliya have
not been closed, and the financial troubles of Shas have not
been solved. "The burden of addressing the needs of Klal Yisroel
tends to fall on a few yechidei segula. However, if
everyone would lend a hand, begufom, bezmanom and
where possible bemamonom, things would look quite
different."
Reform-Orthodox Row Rocks Jewish Cape
Town The decision of the majority of Orthodox rabbis in Cape
Town, South Africa's second-largest Jewish center after
Johannesburg, to boycott the recent Holocaust Day function
has sparked off a furious controversy in the local community. Judicial System Continues to
Undermine Jewish Nature of the State of Israel Two decisions made by the Israel High Court last week make us
question once again if Israel's judicial system has made a
systematic decision to oppose every issue advocated by the
Torah observant community. The Secular Draft Dodgers It is not a secret that the left wing in Israel wants to see
the High Court force the draft on thousands of yeshiva
students. At the same time, however, it is becoming painfully
obvious to all that young Israelis themselves are less and
less interested in serving in the army.
Jewish Quarter Prayer Rally
Protests Mosque Renewal Hundreds of residents of the Old City of Jerusalem's Jewish
Quarter took part last week in a prayer rally in the Churvah
Square. The rally was in protest of attempts by Moslem
extremist elements to renew use of the mosque next to the
Ramban synagogue in the center of the Quarter. Labor Ministry To Enforce Work and
Rest Law According to Ministry officials, the Ministry of Labor and
Welfare will continue to enforce the Work and Rest Law. Its
inspectors will issue fines to businesses illegally employing
Jews on Shabbos.
The Knesset plenum gave a preliminary approval to a proposal
of UTJ MK Rabbi Shmuel Halpert to link the children's grants
distributed by the National Insurance Institute (NII --
Bituach Leumi) to the average wage rather than the
cost of living. CREATIVITY CORNER: The Jewish home is a creative center. Everything of value
begins in the home. By uplifting the level of creativity in
the home, we can add to our families' happiness, enthusiasm
and well being. Let's look at ways we may not have
considered, with Rebbetizin Altusky, teacher for many decades
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