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Education Minister Limor Livnat on Monday unveiled a new plan
that she said will give every elementary school pupil the
same educational opportunity. Chareidi spokesmen were
concerned about the effects on the chareidi school system,
including the Bais Yaakov schools and Chinuch Atzmai. After the first day of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, it seems that there will not be a repeat of the
extensive Israel bashing inside the conference like there was
at last year's Conference Against Racism in Durban, South
Africa.
Hundreds of Bar Ilan Residents Witness Capture of
Terrorists A tremendous wave of rumors swept through Jerusalem's
chareidi neighborhoods motzei Shabbos parshas Ki
Seitzei following the capture of a band of terrorists on
Yirmiyahu Street, but no one knew exactly what had taken
place. Later reports revealed a tight gag order even
prohibited reporting any court order had been issued. Arson Attack on Beis Knesses in Bnei Brak An emergency meeting was held in Bnei Brak last week to
address the refurbishing of Beis Knesses Heichal Shmuel,
which was burned in an arson attack. The beis knesses
was built by local avreichim and other residents after
Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Mordechai Karelitz apportioned the
building site. Rabbonim and roshei yeshivos were
present at the meeting, calling on the public to extend the
boundaries of kedushoh in the neighborhood. Joint Institutes Try to Send Conversion Candidates to
Religious Schools
The Directorate of the Chief Rabbinate's beis din is
requesting of religious schools to accept children of
students in the Joint Conversion Institutes, operated
together with representatives of Conservative and Reform in
Israel, since one of the demands placed on conversion
candidates is a religious education for their children. Giant Chesed Fair In New York City The "Chesed L'Yisrael" organization was established just half
a year ago in New York to serve as a bridge between
institutions here in Israel and donors and benefactors in the
United States. The organization's purpose is to assist
institutions in Israel in light of the terribly painful and
difficult security and economic situation that plagues us by
way of fundraising. Bnei Hayeshivos Beis Knesses Opens in Second Phase of
Beitar Illit With joy and high spirits the bnei Torah kehilloh
living on Hill Beit (Giv'a Beit) of Beitar Illit
welcomed the opening of the large, spacious Bnei Hayeshivos
beis medrash on Shabbos. New Neighborhood in Beit Shemesh The high-quality housing project for bnei Torah called
Kiryat Avi Ezri, a neighborhood in Beit Shemesh dedicated to
the holy memory of Maran Rosh Hayeshiva zt'l, has
attracted wide interest among potential buyers.
Challenges of the Modern World: Keeping Too Busy
Not all of the challenges raised by modern life to Torah
living are new. Some were familiar to earlier generations.
Unfortunately, the extensive collective experience we have
with them does not make them easier for us to meet. DAYS GONE BY
"Remember the days of old; consider the years of many
generations..."
We have been stimulated and inspired by the memoirs of Anni
Rephun Fruchter and gained much.
Now, in her second appearance in Yated
("Kristallnacht" in Av was the first), Mrs. Zippora Hess, 81
years old and Berlin-born, tells of mesirus nefesh for
Yiddishkeit in the Yekkishe tradition. We have much to learn
from these past generations. IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Many Dimensions of Rabbi Nachman Bulman Rav Naftali Hertz (Hertzel) Krezmer, zt"l
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