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According to figures released by the Central Bureau of
Statistics on Monday (July 15) the Consumer Price Index shot
up 1.3 percent in June, far exceeding even the most
pessimistic forecasts. The CPI has risen 6.3 percent in the
last six months. This compares with a rise of 6.6 percent for
the entire secular year 2001. The ad hoc committee preparing the yeshiva student draft
deferral legislation for its second and third readings
approved the legislation on Tuesday morning. However, a
controversial proposal -- entirely unacceptable to the Torah
world -- to require all yeshiva students to serve for two
weeks every year in the Civil Guard was, unexpectedly,
approved. Therefore, instead of going directly to the Knesset
for final approval, there will be a revote in the committee
next week. In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision that educational
vouchers do not violate the U.S. Constitution, attention is
turning to the states, where most of the actual voucher
programs to be proposed will be crafted.
Chareidi Jew Murdered in Toronto Toronto police are not sure if the murder of 49-year-old
charedi Jew David Rosenzweig, stabbed by a skinhead outside a
kosher pizza restaurant just after 1 A.M. motzei Shabbos, was
a hate crime. "The evidence and research that we've done does
not support this as being a hate-related crime," Staff Insp.
Bob Clarke of the Toronto police said at a news conference on
Monday. Two suspects were arrested. Israeli Packers Now Meet Halachic Requirements Regarding
Wax on Apples Following extensive efforts and an uncompromising battle,
rabbonim from the Jerusalem Rabbinate's Department for
Mitzvot Haaretz, in cooperation with rabbonim from the Center
for Agriculture According to Torah Law -- Kashrus Lemehadrin
headed by Rav Yosef Efrati, began to enjoy the fruits of
their labors as Seipack of Kfar Saba, Israel's largest apple-
coating manufacturer, joined other companies that already
produce kosher wax for polishing apples. Chareidi Environmentalist
Chareidi MKs usually deal only with topics closely connected
with the public that elected them. This is only to be
expected, since they were sent to the Knesset for that
purpose. However, the Chairman of the Knesset Interior and
Environment Committee, Rabbi Moshe Gafni, has proven that
when a chareidi MK accepts a task upon himself, he goes out
of his way to do a superb job in every respect, even when he
is dealing with issues that do not interest the chareidi
public at all, per se. Looking to the Immediate Future
Things have been much worse. Only four short months ago we
were battered almost daily. Over a hundred were murdered in
one month. Now things are much quieter and the security
forces even claim that there are no senior criminal
terrorists at large in Yesha. For several weeks, bli ayin
hora, there have been no bombings. We pray that this
continues.
Social Pressure
Who hasn't encountered this phenomenon? Social pressure puts
stress on the child and on the parents as well, forcing them
to give in. Often, children have not thought through whether
they need something or if they are doing something merely
because of social pressure, and it seems to them, or so they
convince themselves, that this is something they really want
or need. It is impossible to ignore the influence of the peer
group on the child's behavior and desires, especially among
adolescents, and it is important to know how to relate to
it. IN-DEPTH FEATURES Doing Something about Media Bias Against Israel The Jews of Libya
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