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Al-Qaida has set its sights on Jewish and Israeli targets
around the world, planning to strike by "land, sea, and air,"
according to a statement attributed to the group's spokesman
that was broadcast last Sunday. The latest semiannual State Department report on the
Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Liberation Organization
explicitly states -- for the first time -- that the PA's
failure to rein in terror raises questions about the
Palestinians' recognition of the State of Israel's right to
exist. The Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office, Avigdor
Yitzchaki, informed the Chairman of the Knesset Interior
Committee, Moshe Gafni, that the next stage of the
archaeological excavations planned by the Antiquities
Authority near Moshav Maor, on the route of the Trans-Israel
Highway, is to be postponed until a meeting takes place the
middle of this week among all the parties involved, however
as we went to press it was not clear if this promise was
honored.
Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Beis Knesses in Antwerp Unidentified figures threw a Molotov cocktail at a beis
knesses in Antwerp, Belgium following a week filled with
demonstrations and riots against immigrants. From Adversity, Strength: 80th US Agudah Convention Planned
for Parshas Shemos The National Convention of Agudath Israel of America, which
each year attracts thousands of Jews from across the Orthodox
spectrum and around the world, will open Thursday 21 Teves,
December 26 at the Stamford Westin Hotel in Stamford,
Connecticut. This year's convention will focus on the theme
"Umimenoh Yivoshei'ah: From Adversity, Strength." White House Opens Doors to Orthodox Jewish Leaders
Rabbis and executives of Agudath Israel, the Orthodox Union,
and the Rabbinical Council of America joined other Jewish
religious and communal representatives in a meeting with
President George W. Bush at the White House on Wednesday
afternoon, 6 Teves-December 11. Chanukas Habayis Ceremony for National Beis Hatzala in
Israel The opening of the National Beis Hatzala in Bnei Brak on 7th
Kislev was enhanced by the presence of many gedolim
and Admorim. They expressed the value of the
chesed enterprise of the Hatzala volunteers and its
tremendous accomplishments since its founding fifteen years
ago. Cornerstone For Chazon Nochum Yeshiva of Bnei Brak Over a thousand well-wishers convened on motzei Shabbos 5
Kislev, 5763 (November 10, 2002), the yahrtzeit of R'
Nochum Yoel Halpern zt'l to celebrate the cornerstone
laying for the Chazon Nochum Yeshiva named after him.
There has been a need for translation since Bovel, but its
difficulties have been evident since then as well.
Preparing for the Future Dealing Directly With
HaShem Yossi reads the headlines: "Rabbi Ploni involved in major
financial swindle!"
Yossi emits a groan, "Why should I be frum if a big
rabbi like that can do such a terrible thing?" IN-DEPTH FEATURES A Mokom Torah In Switzerland -- Lucerne Yeshiva Celebrates
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