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There was a flurry activity of the diplomatic sort known as
"confidence building" in Lebanon this week, as a German
mediator was allowed to visit Elchanan Tannenbaum, as Israeli
businessman who was captured by Hizbullah nearly three years
ago. On Monday, Israel turned over to the International Red
Cross (ICRC) the bodies of two Hizbullah fighters who
transferred them to Lebanon. FULL COVERAGE
A Palestinian bomber boarded a packed Jerusalem bus making
its way from the Western Wall last Tuesday night and blew
himself up, murdering 21 people and wounding more than 100
others, a dozen seriously, in one of the deadliest bombings
in the past three years of violence. Eight children were
among the dead, Hy'd, and at least 40 youngsters were
wounded in the bus blast.
A `world-first' for the Melbourne Jewish community was the
recent official launch of the Melbourne Tay Sachs Prevention
Program which took place in the local Bnai Brith hall. The
launch was attended by the local Federal member of
Parliament, Mr Michael Danby, and leaders and representatives
of shuls, Jewish communual organizations and
schools.
Though most (but not all) of our readers will be seeing
this after the fact, we are nonetheless including these calls
from the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel and the
Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in America. The need for prayer will
certainly not have passed. Government Plans to Transfer Rabbinate Botei Din to
Justice Ministry In the latest of its efforts to destroy Israel's religious
institutions, the Ariel Sharon government is expected to
announce plans to transfer three departments currently in the
Religious Affairs Ministry to other ministries. In addition,
67 religious councils across the country will be closed
immediately and their functions merged into other
councils. Novominsker Rebbe to Head Agudah "Leil Hisorerus" Agudath Israel of America's national headquarters announced
this week that a "Leil Hisorerus" will take place at the
Brooklyn Marriott Hotel on the evening of September 21, the
first day of Selichos.
A male reporter with a ponytail visited the Schwartz family
early in the shiva. He wanted details about Mrs. Leba
Schwartz Hy'd, the mother of the house, who had been
among the innocents murdered in the ghastly attack just a few
days earlier on Shmuel Hanovi street.
Perele
She was a slender woman who wore a drab, flat sheitel
and the same outfit every day: a faded black skirt and a
striped blouse. As she rushed to the bus in the mornings, she
barely uttered more than a hurried "Shalom" to those she
encountered along the way. Kelm -- The Silent Furnace The Goblet
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