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NEWS
A recent Immigration and Absorption Ministry report proposes a change in the Law of Return to reduce the number of non- Jews immigrating to Israel and to deal with the inequities and distortions that have resulted from the demographic changes since the original law was passed and amended.
Unprecedented Anti-Chareidi Violence in Beit
Shemesh A virtual pogrom took place in the chareidi community of Ramat Beit Shemesh this past Shabbos (parshas Vayishlach, 18 Kislev). This is regarded as a result of the ever-increasing verbal incitement against the chareidi community in Beit Shemesh, particularly after the demonstration a week ago against the proliferation of new pork stores in the city.
MKs Tell High Court To Back Off Contentious Issues The Knesset plenum confirmed a decision on Monday to call on the High Court "to avoid becoming involved in value-based, halachic, ideological or political issues." Secular Legal Expert Assails High Recent developments in the judicial sphere in Israel - notably the Deri and Netanyahu affairs and the wave of gag orders - have led the noted law professor Ruth Gavison to speak out. Thousands Gather to Hear Gedolim on Motzei Shabbos If there were any empty seats on motzei Shabbos in the cavernous Garden State Convention Center, in Somerset, New Jersey, the site of Agudath Israel of America's 77th national convention, they were few and far between. The hall held more than 4000 seats -- and those standing in the adjacent exhibit area made the figure higher still. We hereby express our deep concern about recent developments and trends in Israel that are eroding the Jewish character of the Jewish State.
Confronting Contemporary Issues from a Torah Base: the 77th
American Aguda Convention The 77th annual Agudas Yisroel of America was new again as Torah is always new. Very impressively new, however, was the fact that this year, for the first time, the ever-increasing attendance at these annual gatherings made it necessary and desirable to hold it at a full-fledged convention center: the Garden State Convention Center. Publicizing the Miracle If one thinks that creating a successful ben Torah is anything less than a miracle, then they should not bother reading the rest of this article. With the world the way it is, it's nothing short of a miracle to become an accomplished ben Torah. Center for Halachic Agriculture's Efforts to Curtail Orlah
Begin to Bear Fruit Three years ago a representative of the Center of Halachic Agriculture walked into the offices of one of Israel's major citrus product manufacturers and presented company officials with a proposal they couldn't turn down. The center, run by Rav Yosef Efrati under the guidance of HaRav Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, is dedicated to raising the level of observance and knowledge of all the laws connected to the land of Israel. Yeshiva Midrash Shmuel Celebrates Hachnosas Sefer
Torah Yeshivas Midrash Shmuel celebrated a memorable hachnosas sefer Torah on 23 Cheshvan at the yeshiva building in Sha'arei Chessed, Jerusalem. The event was sponsored by the Dubiner and Wolff families of London, who dedicated the sefer Torah in memory of their brother, Reb Yechiel Michel ben Gavriel, zt"l. Yeshiva Be'er HaTorah is Growing The newly established but fast growing Yeshiva Be'er HaTorah in Gateshead has taken on two new maggidei shiur, both graduates of Gateshead Kollel. Rabbi Boruch Shimon Barnett will be taking an additional gemora shiur as will Rabbi Kasriel Wagschal who will also concentrate on halacha subjects.
London's Counseling in the
Community Project A large and attentive audience of about 150 crowded into the Vishnitz hall in Stamford Hill, London on the evening of Rosh Chodesh Kislev for the launch of Counseling in the Community.
Dayan Aharon Grunfeld Appointed Manchester Belz Community
Head The newly appointed dayan and menahel kashrus of the Machzikei Hadas (Belz) Community of Manchester, Dayan Aharon Grunfeld, received his heter horo'oh from HaRav S. Wosner of Bnei Brak, as well as from the Ujhel Dayan zt"l, former dayan of the Antwerp Belz community and rosh beis din, Yerushalayim, and from the moro de'asra, HaRav M. M. Schneebalg. He is the son of HaRav Yidel Grunfeld, the dayan of the Antwerp Belz Community.
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