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Palestinian and Israeli security officials met with CIA
Director George Tenet at Jerusalem's King David Hotel Monday
night to discuss their responses to his cease-fire proposal,
but the gaps between the sides remain wide. Tenet met with
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israeli security officials
Monday afternoon. "The strategic balance in the Middle East is clearly in
Israel's favor. This positive strategic balance prevents the
struggle with the Palestinians from deteriorating into a
regional war," according to Professor Shai Feldman, head of
the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv
University. The surrounding Arab nations have nothing to
gain and much to lose if war with Israel breaks out. Gedolei Haposkim Urge Use of Otzar Beis Din Fruit Maranan verabonon, the gedolei haposkim; HaRav
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, the pillar of halachic authority,
HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner and HaRav Nissim Karelitz, have
issued a fervent appeal to Torah-observant Jews as well as
to yeshivos and institutions to rally to the aid of the
shmittah observant farmers, those "mighty men of
valor," and to use the fruits of the Otzar Beis Din headed
by HaRav Nissim Karelitz. On 14 Sivan, chairman of Shinui MK Tommy Lapid "apologized"
for his remarks against the Chevra Kadisha of Tel Aviv
comparing them to terrorists of the Islamic Jihad following
the horrendous terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on Shabbos night
parshas Nosso.
Preparations for Monument on HaRav Yisroel Salanter's Grave Underway A monument on the grave of Maran HaRav Yisroel Salanter,
ztk"l, will be put up in two months, at the beginning
of bein hazmanim. Preparations for this important
historic event are presently underway. It will be attended
by prominent delegations from the Torah worlds of Eretz
Yisroel, Europe and the United States. Israel Shipping Offices In Johannesburg Hit By Bomb
Attack In what is believed to have been a politically motivated
attack, the Johannesburg offices of the Israeli National
shipping company, Zim Shipping, were severely damaged in a
petrol bomb attack carried out in the early hours of Shabbos
Behaalosecha. Three petrol bombs were thrown into the
offices of Polaris Shipping, the representative office of
Zim Shipping in South Africa. Public Service as an Expression of Thanks to Hashem for
Being Saved
An Interview with Joe Lobenstein, Mayor of Hackney,
London.
His activities cover the whole spectrum of public life, and
he works on a totally voluntary basis. What impresses you
the most is the fact that he has been working continuously
for decades. That is how he raised his children, and his
grandchildren (and now great-grandchildren) are being raised
in the same atmosphere. Infant Dies after Palestinian Stoning Five-month-old Yehuda Chaim Shoham, who was mortally wounded
in the head by a stone thrown by Palestinians at his
parents' car last Tuesday night, died Monday afternoon in
Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem. He was
buried in Shilo Monday night, after thousands gathered
outside the Prime Minister's Office to pay their respects to
the bereaved family and vent their pain and anger at the
continued need to bury victims of terror attacks. Roshei Yeshivos and Bnei Torah at a Large Gathering in
Paris The Kehal Yereim community in Paris recently celebrated a
siyum and the completion of examinations on Yoreh
Deah, cheilek beis by avreichim of the
rabbonus kollel in a large gathering and seudas
mitzvah with the participation of roshei yeshivos
and rabbonim from all over Europe.
HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum, Hy"d Zurich police have detained a possible suspect in the murder
of 71-year-old HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum Hy"d,
on Thursday night, 17 Sivan. HaRav Greenbaum was the head of
the Beis Mordechai kollel in Bnei Brak and one of the
most prominent talmidim of the Ponevezh and Novardok
yeshivos. He was shot to death on his way to a synagogue in
a Jewish neighborhood in Zurich. Hatred of Jews Leads to Murder
The murder of HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum, Hy"d,
head of kollel Beis Mordechai in Bnei Brak and father
of 11, in Zurich last week is only a sharp, dramatic and
painful expression of the general tone of the prevailing
feelings in Europe about Jews. The Israeli public is not
directly exposed to the reporting and commentary in Europe
about events in Israel. The media there are very one-sided
and, if words could kill, there would be a lot more Jewish
casualties, Hashem yeracheim. MEMOIRS Years came and years went and one day we received a call
from Osher's Rebbe.
"Why has Osher left the yeshiva?" This was the first we
heard of it. When Papa came home from work, Mutti urged him
to stay calm. "Can anyone be compelled to study full time?
Against his wishes? First let's hear what he has to say.
Then we must express our confidence that whatever will be,
will not affect his religious observance and love of Torah
and mitzvos." IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Rov Who Turned Baalebatim Into Bnei Yeshiva |
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