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A special steering committee overseen by maranan
verabonon was set up to prepare for a mass demonstration
in defense of Shabbos Kodesh initiated and organized by the
Vaada Lemaan Kedushas HaShabbos Be'eretz Yisroel, a committee
started by businessman and philanthropist Rabbi Refoel
Halperin, founder and owner of the Optica Halperin chain.
Four hundred and ninety-nine conversion certificates signed
by Rabbi Chaim Druckman were issued in the month of Tishrei
alone, according to a report presented during a meeting of
the Knesset Constitutional Committee to discuss the issue of
conversion.
HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman set out last week for a two-week
visit in the US, after HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, rosh yeshiva
of Yeshivas Philadelphia, and HaRav Aharon Feldman, rosh
yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, paid a visit to
HaRav Shteinman two months ago, bearing a letter signed by
roshei yeshivos in the US asking him to come to strengthen
the Torah and yeshiva world there.
Following public outrage over the desecration of ancient
Jewish graves in Acco Prime Minister Ariel Sharon instructed
Transportation Minister Meir Shetreet to halt excavation work
at the site. As a result it was decided to postpone the mass
demonstration originally scheduled to take place in Jerusalem
last Thursday.
Radical anti-Zionists who support "the Palestinians' armed
struggle no matter what form it takes" and agitate among
leftists against the existence of the State of Israel "belong
to a modern form of antisemitism," says a report on
antisemitism released by the French Ministry of the Interior.
The author of the report, writer Jean Ropan, raised the wrath
of anti-Zionist organizations by recommending punishment be
meted out for anti-Zionist incitement.
Jewish leaders in South Africa are expressing concern that
isolated Jewish cemeteries in the small rural towns are being
singled out for vandalization.
Religious Council Workers Promised Back Wages by End of
October Religious Council workers and pensioners will receive their
pay by the end of October according to a promise by the
Director-General of the Prime Minister's Office and
instructions from the National Labor Court.
The fourth annual Shas cycle in memory of Maran
Rabbenu Hagodol HaRav Elozor Menachem Man Shach zt"l
began this week after thousands of lomdim everywhere
completed the entire Shas several times over as an
illui neshomoh for Rabbenu before the third
yahrtzeit. Questions about the Disengagement Plan
No one knows how the idea of the disengagement plan
originated, but everyone knows how it did not originate. It
did not start with extensive brainstorming sessions and
discussions with senior defense officials or diplomats. It
did not come out of long consultations with politicians and
colleagues, in which the various alternatives were considered
and the likely long-term consequences were thought through
and evaluated... Memoirs
Once when I was at the Kosel, something happened that brought
fond memories to my mind... Rabbi Alexander (Sender) Uri: Pioneer Ba'al
Teshuvoh Remembering Rabbenu -- Third Yahrtzeit: 16 Cheshvan
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