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Israel Seeks to Defeat Hizbullah
Israel is seeking to deal a decisive defeat to Hizbullah and
not just a strong blow. This is what is meant by Israeli
officials who say that they seek to change the rules of the
game in Lebanon.
The Rabbinical Conference for Correct Conversion and the
Prevention of Intermarriage of the Lillian Jean Kaplan
Jewish Pride Through Education Project opened at the
Metzudat David Hotel in Jerusalem on Monday this week. The
three-day event was graced by the presence of gedolei
Yisroel, prominent rabbonim who came to address the
hundreds of rabbonim in attendance, and dayonim and marriage
registrars and hundreds of other participants.
The Ministry of Construction and Housing is reporting a 23
percent reduction in the number of apartment units marketed
overall in Israel from February to May 2005. During this
period tenders were publicized for 1,519 housing units at 37
sites and winners were selected for 1,134 units.
Approximately one-fourth of the apartments offered in the
tenders were not sold to developers.
MKs and ministers are lodging harsh attacks against the
Movement for Quality in Government following the blow the
organization took when the High Court rejected its petition
against funding Education Ministry transfers to Merkaz
Chinuch Atzmai and Maayan Hachinuch Hatorani.
Betzedek is working to reverse a discriminatory Education
Ministry directive to compensate teachers for test
preparation only if the students take the Bagrut Exams,
thereby excluding teachers at chareidi high schools for
girls, where students take the Szold Exams.
Due to modest dress and a different leisure culture Bnei
Brak has the lowest incidence of melanoma (skin cancer) in
Gush Dan, according to figures published by Maccabi Health
Services.
The Chareidi Plan for Peace in the Middle East — II
Crucial to understanding the chareidi approach to this and
other issues is the distinction between practical issues and
ideological issues. Bein Hazmanim and Advice for Kiruv by a Ben Torah
Before we enter bein hazmanim we have to realize that
it requires preparation, like any spiritual endeavor. If one
does not prepare himself he would be like someone who
commits suicide. The foundation of bein hazmanim is
that we must have things to do.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 26: Later that Day in New York City
Daniel has met his parents in Jerusalem, and now they
have gotten together with his wife Esther and Rav Dov to
catch up on what has happened. Meanwhile, in New York . . .
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