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Sharon Preparing Diplomatic Plan; No More Senior Wanted Terrorists in Territories
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that he is working with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on a new diplomatic initiative to complement the current military plan to restore security. On Monday knowledgeable sources in the security services said that there are no more senior terrorists at large in the territories of Yehuda and Shomron.

Electricity, Transportation Rise
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

On Friday, electricity rates to private homes are set to rise 8 percent. Altogether, electricity prices have risen in the last two months by 13 percent. Of this, 8.6 percent is attributed to the combination of the increase in the CPI, an increase in the price of fuels and the depreciation in the value of the shekel.

After School Voucher Approval, U.S. Aguda Plans Next Steps
by Yated Neeman Staff

The Supreme Court finished its term with the most important ruling in many years on religion in the schools, upholding the constitutionality of taxpayer- financed vouchers for parochial school tuition. A program that is neutral and lets parents choose between religious and nonreligious schools will pass muster, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's majority opinion made clear.

Announcement and Warning

In order to prevent michsholim and debasement, we have been asked by the gedolei Yisroel shlita, to publicize these letters concerning organized tours to Lithuania and other sites outside of the Land of Israel under the guise of pilgrimages to gravesites of our great rabbis.

Maranan Verabonon Call on Avreichim to Participate in Lev L'Achim Enrollment Drive
by A. Cohen

Thousands of avreichim are set to begin one-day enrollment drives in 15 towns and cities throughout Eretz Yisroel as part of ongoing efforts to boost the placement of children in Torah-based schools in the coming year.

The Bostoner Rebbetzin a"h
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the Bostoner Rebbetzin Raichel Horowitz, the wife of the Bostoner Rebbe ylct"a. The Rebbetzin passed away last Wednesday in Boston at the age of 84, shortly after celebrating her sixtieth wedding anniversary. She was brought to Yerushalayim for burial.

HaRav Moshe Weinberger z'l
by A. Cohen

In a heart-rending levaya, thousands of Kiryat Sefer residents accompanied HaRav Moshe Weinberger zt'l, rosh Kollel Berdichev in Kiryat Sefer, who passed away at the age of 47 following a tormenting illness.

Menorah Grammar School Siyum and Seudas Preidoh
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The annual Menorah Grammar School Seudas Preidoh was celebrated last Shabbos parshas Pinchos at a seudo shlishis to mark the end of the school year, and to bid farewell to the talmidim leaving for yeshiva.


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