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Paris is Burning; Jews Not Targeted The suffocating smell of burning tires hangs in the air in
the Arab suburbs north of Paris. Out past the road circling
Paris, pillars of black smoke rise from the towns on the
outskirts of the city. On Sunday morning an enormous fabric
warehouse set on fire with Molotov cocktails the night
before, was still burning.
An Israeli biotech startup company is developing a flu
vaccine that is expected to be effective against all flu
viruses, both present and future. It could provide an
effective answer to the widely feared avian flu threat.
At the initiative of leading educators in Jerusalem's
chareidi neighborhoods, the Achsania Shel Torah committee has
been set up to arrange housing for yeshiva students—
especially bochurim from abroad—who come to
Jerusalem to study at the city's holy yeshivas.
At an emergency meeting held at the offices of the Union of
Yeshiva Managers on Sunday 27 Tishrei, MKs Rabbi Moshe Gafni,
Rabbi Meir Porush, Rabbi Shmuel Halpert and Rabbi Eli Yishai,
public figures and managers of Torah institutions presented
worrisome figures regarding the inadequacy of the basic
budget of NIS 400 million allocated for the yeshivas and
Torah institutions.
HaRav Matisyohu Salomon, mashgiach ruchani at Lakewood
Yeshiva in the US, was the keynote speaker at last Sunday's
dinner celebrating 30 years of Bais Yaakov in South Africa.
Amongst the many esteemed rabbonim present were Chief Rabbi
Dr. Warren Goldstein and Rosh Beth Din Rabbi Moshe Kurtstag.
Following advertisements for organized trips to Mini Israel
and Chai Keif in Rishon Letzion and advertisements by
attractions that desecrate Shabbos such as Keif Tzoba,
tractor rides outside of Beit Shemesh, Holiday sailing
excursions in Herzeliya and other sites that trample the
sanctity of Shabbos in public, the Rabbinical Committee is
asking the public to conduct thorough inquiries to ensure
that sites keep Shabbos before setting out to visit them.
When a power cut hit Ben Gurion Airport's freight security
checking facility last week, the most important consignment
to be held up was one and a half tons of materials for Avos
U'Bonim programs around the world. So argued the program's
director, Rabbi Dovid Herskowitz, and shipper Yossi Landau.
Two New Seforim on HaRav Shach's Teachings on Maseches
Yevomos Bnei Torah everywhere are waiting in eager
anticipation for two more volumes of shiurim and
chiddushim by Maran HaRav Shach zt"l on
maseches Yevomos scheduled for release next week to
coincide with his fourth yahrtzeit.
The Mikvah of East Denver (MOED) has temporarily CLOSED due
to problems with their roof. They are desperately in need of
funds in order to make the repairs that must be done before
they can reopen. They have launched a community campaign to
"Raise the Roof."
A Realistic Solution to the Moslem Problem
For the first four or five days, the only reports of the
riots in France that we saw were those filed by Arnon Jaffe,
our Paris correspondent. But after they persisted for seven
and eight days, reports started to appear in the major media
as well.
The Yeshiva Regimen
There is one thing that is vital to all yeshiva students:
reinforcing their strict adherence to the yeshiva time
schedule. This is a guarantee for success.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 4
Dean Barton sat in his room at Harvard, but his thoughts were
not on his current assignment. He was thinking of his
parents' forthcoming trip to Brazil. He was pleased that his
mother was also going on the trip. He was pleased that his
father continued the Jewish custom of giving ten percent of
the business profits to charity.
Mind What You Say
When Channy met her friend Dassy, she told her excitedly
about her marvelous holiday. The hotel room had the most
wonderful view: the bathing facilities, both in the pool and
in the sea had been terriffic. There had been family programs
and special programs for the children. They had come back
invigorated and refreshed.
Gateshead's Ish Ho'eshkolos Is No More Le'Oro Neileich — Stories about HaRav Shach
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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