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Silk-screened sifrei Torah, tefillin, mezuzas and
megillos, produced and distributed by a ring of
forgers, were uncovered recently in Eretz Yisroel. These
kisvei stam, invalid for use according to all
opinions, are virtually indistinguishable from the valid
product. Thousands of Kfar Saba residents participated in a
demonstration and mass tefilloh on Shabbos Vayeishev
in the city square, located near the Arim Shopping Mall, to
protest the mall's new policy of opening on Shabbos. Israeli, Kenyan, and American investigators' -- and almost
everyone else -- suspicion that al-Qaida was responsible for
last week's attacks in Mombasa, Kenya seemed borne out when
al-Qaida, in a statement published on an Islamist Web site,
took responsibility.
Al-Qaida: `We're waging war against U.S. because of
Israel' A statement titled "Letter to the American People," allegedly
written by Osama bin Laden and disseminated over the Internet
in Arabic a few days before last week's double attack in
Mombasa, says that Israel's very existence is the main reason
why Bin Laden's al-Qaida organization has declared war on the
United States. This is the first time that Israel has figured
prominently in al-Qaida's rhetoric and seems to indicate a
shift in strategy. Terror Groups Competing -- Rachmono Litzlan Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that the various terror
groups, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Fatah-Tanzim,
are now competing to carry out the biggest attack. Mofaz said
that the current wave of terror within Israel is liable to
"get worse in the next month." He also said that the country
should also brace for a wave of global terror he predicted
would also worsen following the double attack in Mombassa. Israel Second in Social Gap
Israel is now rated second in the Western world, after the
United States, in terms of social gaps in income, property,
capital, education and spending. Thousands in America Seek Hisorerus From Gedolei Yisroel A beyond-capacity crowd remained still, pensive and absorbed
in the thoughts its members heard for three hours on Thursday
23 Kislev-28 November. The hall is designed to hold
approximately 2000 people; it was filled, with hundreds of
others seated or standing in a large lobby area, which had
been outfitted with screens on which the proceedings were
projected. They were broadcast as well on a Jewish radio
station, and electronically transmitted to over a dozen
cities across the country. Shuvu Students Connect to Yiddishkeit Through Project
Shorashim Some of the schools that nurture descendants of the Vilna
Gaon and relatives of Rav Eliezer Menachem Mann Shach, among
others, are not tucked away in the chareidi neighborhoods in
Meah Shearim or Geula as one might expect. Some of their
students are not even aware of the importance of their
lineage. Beis Hamedrash Binyomin Yedid Hashem Of Yeshivas Heichal
Hatorah, Dedicated in the Name of R' B. Schimmel, z'l,
of London On leil shishi the eighteenth of Kislev, an
extraordinary event took place in Yeshivas Heichal Hatorah,
in Har Nof, Yerushalayim with the dedication of the main
beis hamedrash in the name of the late Reb Binyomin
Schimmel z'l of London.
Challenges of the Modern World: "They Got Their Hands on our Wealth"
Reading the business pages of the secular press lately can be
quite depressing. Japan is in an economic slump that has
lasted more than a decade and cannot shake itself out of it.
The worldwide telecommunications industry is in a huge slide
downhill: the second largest communications company in the
US, Worldcomm, is bankrupt. Lucent, a huge company that was
steady as a rock for three generations has gone from more
than 150,000 employees just two years ago to a planned 35,000
within the next three months -- and it is typical of many.
Could you Please Reframe That? To his teacher he is a wild nuisance. To me, he is a
vivacious joy.
To her brother she is a whiny pest. To me, she is an
expressive orator.
To me, it is a deafening racket. To my children, it is a
melodious tune. IN-DEPTH FEATURES Good Oil In Tempestuous Times: The Life And Achievements Of HaRav
Avrohom Kalmanovitz, zt'l
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