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Israel announced new building projects in Yehuda and Shomron
and the United States did not issue a protest.
The State of Israel is opening its gates to non-Jewish
children through a regulation Interior Minister Avraham Poraz
is formulating. Recently Poraz decided to allow children
officially defined as non-Jewish to immigrate if one of their
parents already residing in Israel married a Jewish spouse.
While the media constantly focuses on alleged irregularities
in the administration of Torah institutions, reports that
turn out to be unfounded and inciting, a highly critical
report on corruption at Israeli universities received minimal
coverage in the mainstream press.
The City of Beit Shemesh agreed to the majority of requests
by chareidi directors of educational institutions and United
Torah Jewry city councilmen to allocate classrooms and other
facilities in various neighborhoods, based on the needs of
the institutions and the composition of the neighborhoods. At
a press conference called by Mayor Daniel Vaknin, a list of
the new allocations was released, including 161 classrooms
designated for the chareidi sector, compared to just 40 new
classrooms for national-religious and secular schools.
Recently yeshiva managers took part in two working meetings
with chareidi MKs and Betzedek Director Attorney Rabbi
Mordechai Green at the offices of the Association of Yeshiva
Managers.
Meeting for Egged Drivers on Jerusalem's Mehadrin Lines Dozens of Egged drivers who man bus lines inside Jerusalem
designated for the city's chareidi sector participated in a
meeting--the first of its kind--to inform them of the needs
of chareidi bus riders and the operating guidelines on
special lines.
Thousands of Elad residents are joining ranks under the
united "Shasad" list, which represents people from every
color of the spectrum. Hundreds of activists in 15 local
party offices scattered around the city are reporting
unprecedented interest in the candidates' plans for the
coming term. Haifa City Councilman Reduces Funding Cuts for Torah
Institutions Rabbi Aryeh Blitental, United Torah Jewry's representative on
the Haifa City Council, blocked a sharp cut in support for
religious institutions in Haifa. When Mayor Yonah Yahav
honored his request, Shinui city councilors objected
strongly, storming out of the City Finance Committee meeting
following the reduction of the cut. Substantial Reduction in Traffic Accidents in Bnei
Brak The number of traffic accidents in Bnei Brak was down
significantly in the first half of 2004, according to a
report prepared by Superintendent Eitan Paamon of the Traffic
Department of Tel Aviv District Police. Look for the Fraud Where it is Being Committed
The State Comptroller published a scathing report of
widespread abuses in the research budgets of Israel's major
universities. The combined research budgets of these
institutions is over NIS 600 million -- more than the total
government support for yeshivas altogether. The total budget
of the universities is about ten times greater at some NIS 6
billion. Comfort on the Tablets of Our Hearts by Rabbi Mordecai Plaut, based on a shiur of a
rosh yeshiva in Yerushalayim
As we read the seven haftorahs of comfort that lead
up to the Yomim Noraim, these insights into the true
meaning of true comfort should prove very valuable. Observations: Nature Still Beats Industry An ocean sponge living in the deep sea grows thin glass
fibers capable of transmitting light better than industrial
fiber optic cables that are now used for telecommunication.
The natural glass fibers are also more flexible than
manufactured fiber optic cable that cracks if bent too
far.
What a Scare!
Yenta went to the marketplace, heading for the butcher shop.
Succos was fast approaching and everyone was in a rush, but
the friends and neighbors she met there could not resist
engaging in small talk. A Rav in Yerushalayim shel Maaloh -- HaRav Moshe Kopshitz,
zt"l Surviving the Inferno of Salonika
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