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Last year, gedolei Yisroel in Eretz Hakodesh and the
US, headed by Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv,
shlita, issued a statement against trips for chareidi
youths from the US to Eretz Yisroel that cause numerous
stumbling- blocks, in tznius, kashrus and
hashkofoh. Maranan verabonon said these trips,
organized by a program called Birthright, have a detrimental
effect on the participants.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday that Israel Defense
Forces troops will take over the area in Gaza from which
Qassam rockets were fired at Israel for the past few days.
Mofaz was referring to the area between Beit Hanoun and the
Jabalya refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, and said
that troops would remain there for as long as necessary.
As of Friday, 8 Sivan 5764, the Security Department of the
Ministry of Construction and Housing has been operating a new
telephone hotline to reserve a security vehicle to escort
people visiting their loved ones' graves on Har Hazeisim and
to escort funeral processions when needed.
Justice Minister Yosef Lapid and Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom exchanged heated remarks during a government meeting
on Sunday to discuss a report called The Jewish People
2004.
How Many Hours are Required at Kollelim? MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni tabled an amendment to the law allowing
yeshiva students to defer military service, to allow
kollel students to learn 35 hours per week in their
main kollel and another 10 hours in a different
framework, instead of 45 hours per week in a single
kollel as required by the current law.
NRP votes helped defeat legislation proposed by MK Amir
Peretz (Am Echad) to apply the Civil Service Law to religious
council retirees, thereby requiring the State rather than the
religious councils to pay their pensions. City of Bnei Brak Cancels Dismissal Notices and Continues
With Recovery Program Labor relations at the City of Bnei Brak are looking up.
After months of tension that began with the recovery program
and reached a climax two months ago when the City Council
unanimously decided to send dismissal notices to 403
employees, there has been marked improvement following an
agreement between the municipality and the Organization of
Municipality Clerks' and Workers' Committees in which the two
sides pledged to make an effort to achieve a comprehensive
recovery program. MK Ravitz Proposes Changes in Adoption Laws "A lack of faith has been created between families in very
dire situations and [State] welfare services to the point
that there are families who should receive temporary
assistance and some sort of help and they do not turn to the
social bureaus out of fear and dread their children may be
taken away for adoption. Pair of Fraudulent Tzedokoh Collectors Uncovered
Two hucksters who succeeded in collecting large sums of money
from hundreds of families by claiming they were backed by
prominent rabbonim were caught in Jerusalem last week. Who Knows the Difference Between a Siddur and a Machzor?
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon summed up a heated exchange
between Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Justice Minister
Tomy Lapid at last Sunday's Cabinet meeting.
The Sheitel Debate
It's not in the `headlines' any more, but the sheitel
issue is still a subject of discussion with women round the
world. Will something have changed? Will the impact of a
tremendous Kiddush Hashem have its permanent repercussions in
our daily lives? In what way?
Not the last word... Collaboration Between the Chareidim and the Zionists
During the Holocaust One Big Family: The Jewish Community of Antwerp
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