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NEWS
Call to Principals and Parents to Keep Pictures and Albums
Out of Schools Rabbonim and educators have issued calls to principals, teachers and parents to prevent talmidim from bringing pictures of rabbonim and the associated albums to their respective talmudei Torah due to the spiritual corruption and decline manifested among children in recent years as a consequence of this practice. High Court Reverses Ruling that Shabbos Begins at
Midnight
The High Court rejected an "interpretation" by a regional labor court that according to the law the term "Shabbat" applies to the period of time from midnight Friday until midnight Saturday. Several European Countries Attempt to Ban Shechitah
A movement to ban shechitah in Holland was withdrawn this month, although the referendum gained a "very disturbing" amount of popularity, says Dr. Avi Beker, secretary general of the World Jewish Congress. Who is a Jew in Peru? Peru, a South American country of 27 million, has fewer than 2,800 Jews. At its peak, the once-thriving Peruvian community was 5,500 strong in 1970. U.S. Aguda to Help Iranian Jews
On Dec. 12, Agudas Yisroel of America announced an agreement with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to pay the $2,100 fee that Iranian Jews seeking refugee status in the United States must pay to cover their living expenses while their cases are processed in Vienna. North Bnei Brak Development Plan to be Submitted At a recent meeting, the city of Bnei Brak's Local Planning and Construction Committee decided to submit Municipal Construction Plan 572, one of the largest such plans in decades, to the Regional Committee. The plan is slated to span an extensive area: from Kiryat Hertzog and the Eim Hamoshavot Road on the south to the Yarkon River on the north, and from Geihah Road on the east to Mivtza Kodeish Barnea Road on the west. Two Yeshaya Scrolls Donated to Kosel Plaza A fine Yeshaya scroll was brought to its new home at the Kosel Plaza during a mass tefillas Minchoh on Asoroh BeTeves at the Kosel Plaza and the occasion was marked by a seudas mitzvoh following the fast. NIS 132 Million Spent on Food for Simchas Wedding halls, other catered facilities and catering companies spend NIS 132 million ($28 million) per year on food, according to a special survey conducted by the Israel Manufacturers' Association.
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