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Although the progress is uneven, the economic numbers
continued their march up, indicating that the economy
improving after several bad years. The Finance Ministry
announced that its new budget will require further cutbacks
in government spending but it said that the social welfare
portions will not be cut back further.
Recently, government officials have been applying heavy
pressure on talmudei Torah defined as mosdot
petur (free of all government control of the educational
program) to transform them into mosdot mukarim, which
would make it possible for the Education Ministry to
interfere with curricular arrangements.
Fatah, Hamas, the Popular and Democratic Fronts and other
Palestinian political and terror groupings issued a joint
statement strongly opposing the security role proposed for
Egypt and Jordan in the territories once Israel withdraws.
Yeshivos gedolos will be eligible for discounts on
local taxes following extensive efforts by Betzedek.
At an impressive crowning ceremony in Antwerp the local
rabbinate made HaRav Alter Eliyohu Rubinstein, until now the
rov of Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, the new
gavad of the city, replacing HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth
zt"l who was niftar more than two years ago. A Frum Multinational Company in Jerusalem It began in the summer of 2002 with a skeleton staff of 20
employees. Within a mere 2 years, CSM (Customer Service
Management) has become Israel's leading call center. Its
primary services, offered by telephone, are customer service,
sales, and fundraising. Already 25 times its original size,
CSM now has more than 500 employees and anticipates growth to
more than 1,000 employees in the coming years. Kiryat Ata to Crack Down on Shabbos Violations Members of the Kiryat Ata City Council called for a council
meeting to address the rise of Shabbos desecration in the
city. Council members, including those not representing
religious parties, said they oppose Shabbos desecration by
store owners and therefore request that the municipality step
up efforts to enforce the Shabbos Work and Rest Hours Law,
imposing fines on violators. Calls to Enforce Modesty Guidelines on Mehadrin Bus Lines
to and from Rechasim Rabbonim in Rechasim are calling on the public to complain
about breaches in the standards of modesty they set for the
mehadrin bus lines to and from the town. Their call
was issued after numerous complaints about passengers from
nearby places who violate the guidelines. Degel HaTorah Representative in Netanya Proposes Adopting
Jerusalem's Recovery Program as a Model
Netanya City Council Member Rabbi Kobi Levy of Degel HaTorah
sent a letter to the Mayor officially proposing the city
formulate a recovery program using the City of Jerusalem as a
model, claiming it could save Netanya tens of millions of
shekels.
All public institutions in a democratic society must take
into consideration that they are creations of the society and
they are, in important ways, in a dialogue with the public.
Even if the public cannot talk back to them for various
reasons, what they do must ultimately be at least
understandable to the broad community.
The Empty Nest Syndrome
The festivities are over, everyone has gone home and
suddenly, the two of you are alone, as you were thirty, or
forty years ago. It does not take you as long to shop, cook
and plan meals for the two of you as it did in those early
years. An Exclusive Interview with Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri
Lupoliansky at the End of His First Year in Office Keeping the Faith: The Yemenites of Rechovot
Revisited
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