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The ink was hardly dry on the most recent economic plan when
then Israeli government announced that it would present a new
one in a month. However, the old plan refers to the current
year, and the new plan applies mostly to the next fiscal
year. US President Bush is expected to outline his vision of what
peace in the Middle East could look like in a speech on
Tuesday or on Wednesday. According to press reports, United
States recently gave Israel and Egypt the main points of its
plan regarding the establishment of a Palestinian state. With a population of 145,414--up 3 percent in two years--Bnei
Brak is the tenth largest city in the country according to
the Interior Ministry's current Population Registry.
An End of an Era in Relations Between Israel and
Germany For the last several decades Germany was known as Israel's
most loyal friend in Europe and perhaps in the entire West
because of its efforts to compensate Israel for the horrific
deeds of the past. Since Israel's founding Germany supported
it on the international front, supplied arms and provided
reparations to its respective governments. Chaim Leyeled Plans Camp in Switzerland for Young CF
Patients The Chaim Leyeled staff has been working around the clock to
finalize logistical preparations for the organization's
annual summer camp in Switzerland for children suffering from
the lung disease known as CF. This year's camp will be held
at the Post Hotel near Arosa, a crossroads town between St.
Moritz and Chur. U.S. Aguda Rejects Armed Citizen Patrols
In response to press reports of plans to organize armed
citizen patrols of Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Agudath
Israel of America issued the following statement: Israeli Assimilation' is Eating Away at the Jewish
Majority Every year on Israeli Independence Day the Central Bureau of
Statistics publishes figures on the demography of the State --
the balance between Jews and non-Jews in Israel. This year
the balance was 81 percent Jews and 19 percent non-Jews. A Poor Ideology that Targets Children
It is clear that strong measures had to be taken for the
Israeli economy. The economic slowdown caused reduced
revenues from taxes for the government, at the same time as
security needs to counter the awful terrorism forced
increased spending for defense.
Cast Your Bread
"Poor Mrs. Cohen," thought Michal as she hurried across the
street, hoping Mrs. Cohen hadn't noticed her walking away.
"What could I possibly tell her?" she thought to herself.
"What could I say about her three- year-old daughter? Should
I have said she's cute? How could I? After all, she's
deaf." IN-DEPTH FEATURES A Mashgiach's Loneliness in Faraway Lands Public Health Hazard: Excess Noise
END OF FAST - SHIVAH ASAR BE'TAMMUZ
Yerushalayim: 8:20 P.M.
Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and nearby area: 8:22 P.M.
Haifa: 8:24 P.M.
Beer Sheva: 8:20 P.M.
Elad: 8:21 P.M.
Beit Shemesh: 8:20 P.M.
Kiryat Sefer: 8:21 P.M.
New York: 9:07 P.M.
London: 10:15 P.M.
Gateshead: 10:52 P.M.
According to the Chazon Ish, the end of Shivah Asar
Be'Tammuz is:
Yerushalayim: 8:23 P.M.
Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and nearby area: 8:26 P.M.
Haifa: 8:28
Beer Sheva: 8:24
Elad: 8:25 P.M.
Beit Shemesh: 8:24 P.M.
Kiryat Sefer: 8:25 P.M.
New York: 9:12 P.M.
London: 10:22 P.M.
Gateshead: 11:02 P.M.
(Birur Halocho Tinyana, Orach Chaim 562, and Yoreh
Dei'ah 262)
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