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Israel Working to Ensure no Supply Crisis in Gaza Israeli authorities have been very careful to monitor the level of basic supplies in the Gaza area to ensure that there are adequate amounts of the basic necessities.
A delegation of rabbonim made a round of visits at the homes of gedolei Yisroel in preparation for the World Rabbinical Conference scheduled to take place in Jerusalem from Tammuz 21-23, addressing the issue of conversion.
The Reform Movement filed a High Court petition against the
Education Ministry and Chinuch Atzmai, demanding the
cancellation of transportation funding for Chinuch Atzmai.
Lacking any other controversial issues to bring before the
High Court, the Reform Movement is trying to force Chinuch
Atzmai students to enroll at institutions close to home.
Degel HaTorah did not send representatives to a seminar for Egged department managers and branch heads on the topic of the way of life and transportation needs of chareidi passengers.
The Knesset named its representatives to the dayan and judge
selection committees as well as the committees for the
selection of Muslim and Arab kadis. Five MKs vied for two
spots on the Dayanim Selection Committee. Of the 113 MKs who
took part in the vote on Monday five ballots were
disqualified. Each MK voted for two representatives.
A demand to restore the original arrangement for the ezras noshim at the Western Wall Plaza was among a list of requests women who pray at the Kosel Maarovi on a daily basis sent to PM Ehud Olmert.
Christian missionaries try to ensnare unsuspecting Jews around the world and recently they ventured into Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood. Furious residents tried to oust them from the neighborhood, but a show of violence by one of the missionaries led to a confrontation with the intruders and the police, who were summoned to protect the missionaries and even wound up beating residents.
Students from the Netivot Moshe School in Haifa's Kiryat Shmuel neighborhood demonstrated alongside their parents against Mayor Yonah Yahav to protest the municipality's failure to meet the school's basic needs. The municipality recently reneged on pledges to allocate land for the construction of a larger building, leaving the students to contend with crowded, difficult conditions.
Dozens of Lots Allocated for Botei Knesses and Religious
Institutions in Jerusalem The Jerusalem Municipality recently allocated dozens of lots for the construction of botei knesses and religious institutions around the city. The move was made possible following the success of Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky in reactivating the Municipal Siting Committee.
Most of Klal Yisroel — certainly most of the residents of Israel, judging by the way they answer surveys about their relationship to Jewish tradition — greeted as good news the announcement that Kibbutz Degania was building a beit knesset. Not so Reform Rabbi Dr. Dalia Sara Marx, a teacher at the Hebrew Union College. The Task of a Jewish Mother Dear Parent, I am writing with regard to the articles that appeared in the paper, on the topic of hosting married children in their parents' home for Shabbos, chagim, and the like. I wish to bring our readers' attention to a very important point and explain what I understand to be a basic problem, and even a fundamental error in hashkofoh.
Return Serializing a new novel. Chapter 25: Eli and Fay Tell their Story — Part 1 Daniel has been acting very strangely, since he has seen the New York mobsters who threatened him on the streets of Jerusalem. Eli and Fay, Daniel's parents, have also come to Jerusalem. They went to the Kosel for forty days to daven to find their son, and now Eli and Daniel have met.
"Something Strong Encompasses Me and Holds Me" We sat on a bench in Metzudah Park in Tzfas. The sun was leaning towards the west, casting long shadows, dancing all the way to the Kinneret that we saw reflected from where we sat. It had only been a week ago that I had met Limor. We're neighbors for two weeks of vacation in a wide courtyard in the Old City of Tzfas. More Home & Family . . .
Make a Lot of Laughter Among the Jewish People! HaRav Shteinman's Trip to Kehillos Yisroel Abroad: Chinuch
Guidance for Troubled Times
Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
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