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Though everyone in the political system and especially in the
media assumed that Shimon Peres would be the next president
of Israel, Likud MK Moshe Katsav was elected the country's
eighth president by the Knesset on Monday by a vote of 63 to
57 on the second ballot. Air France Refused to Purchase Israeli System that Grounded
British Airways Concorde According to Globes, the Israeli business daily, a
system designed by an Israeli company was responsible for
revealing faults in the wings of the British Airways Concorde
airliner. Air France, whose Concorde airplane crashed a week
ago, refused the Israeli company's sale offer for the system.
113 persons, including passengers, crew members, and people
on the ground, were killed in the tragic crash. Lulav Cartel Suspects Charged The Unfair Business Practices Authority has issued orders to
charge those suspected of forming a lulav cartel last
year at Succos time. It was coverage by Yated Ne'eman
that led to the investigation of the cartel. The Beis Din for Problems in Computer Usage has issued a
warning against the new phenomenon of infiltration of
television and films into the chareidi sector by means of CD-
ROM discs.
Beilin Would Dismantle Religious Affairs Ministry Minister of Justice and now also of Religious Affairs Yossi
Beilin has formulated a detailed plan to dismantle the
Religious Affairs Ministry. Shearis Opens Bnei Brak Marriage Registration
Bureau An bureau for marriage registration has opened in the Bnei
Brak offices of the BaDaTz of Shearis Yisroel. The initiative
for founding this office has received the blessing and
encouragement of maranan verabonon the gedolei
haTorah. News About Chodosh in America According to the latest information released by Yosef Herman
of the American "Guide to Chodosh," the harvest of the new
grain crop in America this year has already begun 1-2 weeks
earlier than usual. According to the information gathered
about planting, even though Pesach was quite late in the
secular year, almost all of the crops in America were planted
too late to make them yoshon in the coming year.
Successful Torah Day for Israel's French Speaking
Jews A large gathering of French speakers in Israel was held in
Jerusalem's International Convention Center (Binyanei Ha'Uma)
at the beginning of Tammuz. This unique event was coordinated
by Rabbi Yaakov Sitruk, son of the chief rabbi of France who
is a rosh kollel in Jerusalem and chairman of the
Aleif Ladorot (Teach the Generations) organization. How We Hope to Solve the Problems of the Middle East
Ignoring the advice of all the experienced negotiators who
said not to offer anything without reciprocity from the
Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak laid just
about all his cards onto the table with the Palestinians. Eretz Yisroel is Acquired Through Yisurim We are in the midst of that period of the year which has been
historically difficult for our people. Below, we focus on a
space of suffering, a trying period for the residents of
Eretz Yisroel two centuries ago. HaRav Nissim Yagen, zt"l |
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