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Arsonists Firebomb Swiss Shul
by M Plaut, Arnon Yaffeh, and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Arsonists in Lugano attacked a synagogue, a Jewish-owned store and an apartment nearby on Sunday night in what Jewish community leaders termed "antisemitic" attacks. Local police declined to characterize the attacks and were investigating the motive along with their investigation of the crimes.

New "Kosher" Cell Phones Free of Content Services
By Betzalel Kahn

After several months of exhausting negotiations a solution has been found to make cellular communications available without risk to the chareidi community. MIRS has now begun to sell cell phones that allow only talk, after the Vaadat Harabbanim LeInyonei Tikshoret, founded by maranan verabonon gedolei Yisroel shlita, reached an agreement over the manufacture and sale of cell phones completely disconnected from content services, as per instructions of maranan verabonon.

Enormous Siyum in Jerusalem Wraps Up Week of Daf Yomi Festivities
By Betzalel Kahn

Over 10,000 men gathered at Binyanei Ha'Uma in Jerusalem last week to commemorate the completion of the 11th Daf Yomi cycle and the start of the 12th cycle. In attendance were Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita, members of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, roshei yeshivos, admorim, rabbonim, dayonim, maggidei shiurim, Daf Yomi learners and public figures.

Bnei Brak Promotes Business
By A. Cohen

"The City of Bnei Brak can serve as an example of a strategic vision and willingness to work to promote the city and its development in order to boost business and business enterprises on a wide scale," said Finance Ministry Director- General Dr. Yosef Bachar at a conference for CEOs of large businesses in Israel, held at Keter HaRimon Halls in Bnei Brak following an initiative by Mayor Rabbi Yissochor Frankenthal.

An Overnight Outrage
by Amnon Goldberg, Tzfas

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!" went a famous American song of the 60s.

Conference on Holocaust Instruction in Chareidi Institutions
By S. Fried and Yated Ne'eman Staff

At the initiative of the Claims Conference, a conference on teaching Holocaust studies at chareidi institutions-the first of its kind-was held in Jerusalem recently. Hundreds of educators, researchers and other professionals took part in the displays, the written material and the workshops on teaching Holocaust studies, as well as researching and memorializing the Holocaust.

The Daf and the Amud
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

For nearly three years, Shonei Halachos has been quietly revolutionizing the study of halacha by introducing and encouraging HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner's proposal to study the amud yomi — a daily page — in the Mishnah Berurah.

New Volume
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A new volume in the series "Halichos VeHalochos" has come out on aspects of Purim. This one is arranged according to the simanim of the Shulchan Oruch, beginning with the halochos of the Four Parshiyos, and includes many current issues, such as the status of outlying neighborhoods, matonos le'evyonim, costumes, and much more.

HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l
Guest Column by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Recently Yated Ne'eman received a letter which Maran HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l wrote to a ranking physician to protest his conduct. Though he had served for many years as the rabbinical authority of Shaarei Tzedek, he resigned from his position. The letter speaks for itself:

Rebbetzin Sheina Golda Goldstein, o"h
By Betzalel Kahn

Rebbetzin Sheina Golda Goldstein o"h, the eishes chover of HaRav Tuvioh Goldstein, the late rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Emek Halochoh, passed away suddenly in the US at the age of 84 last week.

Ramos Gilad: A Two-Volume Compilation on Eliyohu Hanovi
Reviewed by Yated Ne'eman Staff

HaRav Eliezer Weissfish, the author of the newly published Ramos Gilad, was given a special privilege when he had the opportunity to produce this unique work in the realm of Torah publications.

Divrei Boruch—Discourses of Chochmah and Mussar by HaRav Boruch Rosenberg zt'l, the rosh yeshiva of Slobodka Yeshiva
Reviewed by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The publication of the first volume of Divrei Boruch, mussar discourses that were delivered in the Slobodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, by its rosh yeshiva HaRav Boruch Rosenberg zt'l, is doubtless a noteworthy event. These shmuessen were presented during the years 5748- 5764/1988-2004 and were written down by the Rosh Yeshiva himself.


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