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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon proposed in talks with
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that an international
peace summit be convened to discuss the Middle East. Chareidi Candidates Sweep Har Nof Elections All of the chareidi candidates on the ballot won seats on the
neighborhood council of Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood in
last week's elections there. Here in the US we are not in the thick of the Middle East
action, but we feel close and we are closely following the
developments and share in the concerns of all Jews in
Israel. The following are excerpts from remarks by B. Netanyahu,
former prime minister of Israel, before a group of U.S.
senators in Washington D.C. discussing the current events in
the Middle East. At the breaks, material was left out. Mr.
Netanyahu was on a publicity tour of the U.S. on behalf of
Israel.
Thousands Draw Chizuk From P'eylim/Lev L'Achim Assifa in Bnei
Brak An estimated 5,000 men and women traveled from throughout
Eretz Yisroel last Tuesday to attend P'eylim/Lev L'Achim's
annual assifa in Bnei Brak. They came in search of
chizuk and inspiration with which to face these
troubled times. Dedication of Renovated Makva Beis Medrash in Sivan The renovated beis medrash of Makva, in the south of
Hungary, will be rededicated in a special ceremony next
month. It was once the beis medrash of the Ohel Moshe,
HaRav Moshe Vorhand, zt"l, and the Ateres Moshe, Rav
Moshe Nosson Lemberger zt"l. The ceremony will be
attended by Makva chassidim and former residents of the city
who, led by the current Admor of Makva, will arrive from all
over the world. Sweeping Success for the 46th Yom Iyun of by the Beis
Medrash Lehalochoh Behityashvut
Hundreds of rabbonim, bnei Torah, kashrus workers,
public figures and farmers packed into the central beis
knesses of the Blumenthal Children's Home in Jerusalem
last week for the 46th Yom Iyun sponsored by the Beis Medrash
Lehalochoh Behityashvut under HaRav Yosef Efrati.
In addition to the difficulties that we all suffer and grieve
-- the deaths, murders and worldwide antisemitic attacks --
the remaining secular Zionists are going through an
ideological crisis. Professor Amnon Rubinstein, a former
minister of justice, current MK (Meretz) and university
professor, recently wrote: "A hundred years after opening the
Zionist gate, secular -- not religious -- Jewish nationalism
is suffering a great crisis. The sheer power of the Moslem-
Arab hatred for Israel and its Jews forces despair into our
hearts.
A Kosher Yid
Nowadays, if we want to buy a kosher chicken, we just go into
the supermarket or butcher shop and pick one out, either
packaged or fresh, with an assortment of supervisions from
which to choose. We so rely on others to provide us with
certain staples that I wonder how many children today
actually understand what consitutes the kashrus we all
take for granted. IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Stolen Yemenite Children Affair Revisited Poland Comes to Life
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