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Second Thoughts About Realignment?
Senior members of Kadima openly expressed doubts about future
pullbacks planned under Prime Minister Olmert's much-
discussed plans, but Olmert himself expressed a resolve to
continue in any case.
Concerned by the possibility of public unrest, the police
might order the cancellation a disturbing, divisive parade
that would undermine the sanctity of the holy city of
Jerusalem. Police officials say they lack the manpower needed
to provide proper policing for such an event due to current
security situation in the country. Unconfirmed reports are
that the event will be moved to Tel Aviv.
In our issue of 27 Tishrei 5752 (October 4, 1991), we
published a very important statement signed by HaRav Shlomo
Zalman Auerbach zt"l and ylt"a Maran HaRav
Eliashiv on the subject of removing organs for transplants.
The issue arose recently in connection with an unfortunate
occurrence at the Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Yerushalayim.
Final preparations are underway for a Conference to take
place 21-23 Tammuz in Yerushalayim to deal with the issues of
geirus and intermarriage. The Conference is being
organized by Horizons, an internationally recognized
institute of Jewish education and outreach based in Monsey,
New York, and is sponsored by the Lillian Jean Kaplan Jewish
Pride Through Education Project. It is in the framework of
the Eternal Jewish Family effort.
On Monday State Attorney Eran Shendar issued orders to permit
the burial of Shimon Zviker, the boy from Itamar who drowned
in Lake Nitzanim, without an autopsy.
Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky has initiated a project
to restore and elevate two important botei knesses in
the Old City, making them higher than the churches and
mosques, thereby bringing back a Jewish look to the Jerusalem
skyline.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee approved a
directive to include soldier-teachers at the Chinuch Atzmai
and Maayan Hachinuch Hatorani systems.
A decision by New York State's highest court last week
rejecting a challenge to the state's definition of marriage
as the sanctioned union of a man and a woman elicited strong
support from Agudath Israel of America.
Shomer Shabbos Pamphlets Available The publication of the Vaada LeMa'an HaShabbos in Israel that
lists shomer Shabbos vacation sites is available at
the Benswanger family in Telz-Stone. Until bein
hazmanim it is possible to drop them off in Yerushalayim.
Tel: 02-533- 2357; 052-763-2357; 052-761-4648.
The Chareidi Plan for Peace in the Middle East
After the poor soldier (Gilad ben Avivah) was captured
by Hamas and Israel responded by launching a major ground
operation in Gaza, the first thing the pundits analyzed was
how the developments affected what was originally known in
English as the "convergence" plan, but then became known as
"consolidation" and finally is currently known as the
"realignment" plan of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. On the Spectrum of Messianic Belief in Contemporary
Lubavitch Chassidism
The controversies that swirl around contemporary Lubavitch
Chassidism concern the deepest questions of faith and the
defining parameters of the Jewish religion, but they also
address a "simple" factual question: What do the chassidim
actually believe about the Rebbe? This question —
really a set of questions — is of course not simple at
all.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 25: Eli and Fay Tell their Story — Part
2
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. Fay has been looking through Esther's
sketchbook, and she suddenly spots a sketch of Fred
Smith.
Shabbos Laws
The hospital halls were subdued and serene. Shabbos had
mastered the hustle and flurry of the week. Shoshi approached
the emergency desk with her groaning husband. The nurse,
without glancing up from the papers, pointed them to the
plastic, orange chairs that lined the wall. Tamar, the nurse
on duty, rushed from patient to patient, checking,
questioning, measuring. She was kind to all, unruffled and
collected, as her feet tripped across the tiled, sterile
floors.
Kibbutz Goluyos
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