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Last Thursday the Israeli High Court reiterated its position
that Israel does not have an inherent right to ownership of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip nor has it annexed the land.
Rather it is temporarily holding it in belligerent occupation
by right of international law. Therefore, the full extent of
Israeli law and rights does not apply in those areas.
Over 8,000 new Israeli book titles were published in 2004,
according to the Jewish National and University Library
(JNUL) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem which is
supposed to be sent copies of every new book published. More
than 1,600 of these were religious titles. According to
Business Data Israel, 35 million books are sold in Israel
annually. Hebrew Book Week is June 15-25. The dollar has risen by 12 agorot during the past three
months. "This is a small but sure increase," say
economists.
Merely 15 percent of all those working in the Israeli
agriculture industry are Jewish according to a survey
conducted by Oketz Maarachot. The survey included 5,000
workers at 276 companies in 2004 and 216 companies in
2005.
While the State of Israel moved numerous roads because of
problems with Jewish gravesites the Transportation Ministry
and the Trans-Israel Highway Company are refusing to alter
the route of Highway 6 despite damage to burial caves
forbidden by the leading poskim, said MK Rabbi Moshe
Gafni during a meeting of the Knesset Religious Lobby.
Modi'in Illit has been granted the status of an Employment
Advancement Town in a special Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Employment program to promote employment through the local
authorities. Organizers say Modi'in Illit meets the criteria
due to the heavy involvement by Council Head Rabbi Yaakov
Guterman in finding and creating sources of employment in the
city.
"Traitors. You destroyed the country. Where else in the
country is there a situation in which money is not
transferred because of criteria?" MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni
demanded, lashing out at the Likud during a Knesset Finance
Committee meeting over the prolonged delay in funding
transfers for Torah-based culture organizations for the year
2005 by the Education Ministry, which is headed by Minister
Livnat of the Likud Party.
Franklin Formally Charged with Passing Secret Data to
AIPAC Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin, who is not Jewish, has been
indicted on charges of leaking classified military
information to employees of AIPAC, according to court papers
made public Monday. Through his attorney, Franklin denied all
the charges.
At the behest of ateres rosheinu Maran HaRav Yosef
Sholom Eliashiv shlita, and with the consent of the
beis din that issued kashrus certification to readdress
the hechsher given to wigs originating in India,..
Route to Roots Campaign The head of a renowned kiruv mosad in Israel is in
England for a short visit. Rabbi Gavriel Ehrentreu of
Yerushalayim is the son of the late HaRav Yona Yosef HaKohen
Ehrentreu, rov of the Kahal Adass Yeshurun Congregation in
Bnei Brak and head of the kollel in Savion.
Good, Falsehood and Self-Interest
One can go a long way with just an apparently simple desire
to do good. Even deciding merely to "do good," will get one
started in the right direction. Of course, the achievements
will remain limited and far from their ultimate potential
unless they are supplemented with all the Divine guidance
that is contained in the Torah, but the aspiration to do good
is an important and essential first step, as Rav Leff has so
eloquently explained in the last issue and in this issue. How to Approach Torah Learning — and Interruptions
in Torah Learning
The following is an excerpt from a sefer called
Leket Reshimos Be'Inyonei Tefilloh (Notes About
Prayer)
A True Story
They were closer than two sisters, these neighbors, Ruthie
and Shoshie. Their names blended together, you said Ruthie
and Shoshie as one. When Ruthie's sister got married, Shoshie
was around. She took all the children and served them lunch
so that Ruthie could rest. When Shoshie went into hospital to
have a baby, Ruthie organized and cooked meals, besides
looking after the children.
In the Proximity of Maran R' Yitzchok Zeev of Brisk
Ztvk'l Glimpses of the Mashgiach, HaRav Shlomo Wolbe zt'l
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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