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The city of Torah and Chassidus has made its own preparations
for the threats of problems caused by the computer glitch
known as Y2K, or the millennium bug. Dulberg Court Custody Decision Annulled
An Italian Court of Appeals has annulled a decision by the
country's Minors Court, which had granted custody of two
Orthodox Jewish girls to their self-professed Catholic
father. Another custody hearing will be held at a date to be
determined. Work To Marry off the Children Joyfully and Honorably The recent discussion about the need to solve the problem of
the expense of marrying off children brought a wave of
responses. What was truly remarkable, however, was the
nationwide organizing of avreichim and communal
activists to seriously and practically address this need. The Vaad LeInyonei Giyur Demands That
Melchior's Membership in the Conference of European Rabbis be
Revoked Last week, in a very controversial step, the Israel
Government's Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Michael Melchior,
said that even though the Orthodox establishment speaks only
about conversions conducted for those who declare that they
will observe the mitzvos,... Retired Supreme Court deputy president
Menachem Elon has told the Knesset Law Committee that over
the past seven years he has turned from a cautious supporter
of basic human rights legislation to an outspoken opponent--
because of the activism of the High Court under President
Aharon Barak.
UTJ Makes Impressive Achievements in the Budget UTJ's representatives in the Knesset have made important
gains for the entire religious community during deliberations
over the budget for the year 2000. A Biased Press is Unhealthy for a
Democracy
Unfortunately, in Israel it is not only the courts that are
unhealthy, democratically speaking. The press is also
behaving in a way that is not compatible with its generally
assigned role in a healthy free society. Battle of the Spirit in Tzoran Rikva A. and Rachel R., women employed in
the secular workfield in top positions and formerly of the
secular society of the settlement, Tzoran, tell of the
spiritual upheaval in their lives, and of their struggle to
establish a Chinuch Atzmai Torah school in their settlement.
Italian Jewry -- Impressions from a
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