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Newspaper Expose Reveals: Following a nisi order issued by High Court President Judge
Aharon Barak in a petition filed by the Betzedek
organization, the Finance and Education Ministries were
forced to make a significant number of changes in their
inspections at yeshivas, making them fairer and moderating
the sanctions imposed if irregularities are found. The
discrimination against Torah institutions has also been
remedied.
Israel's security cabinet decided on Monday night to launch
"a major operation in Judea, Samaria and Gaza" against the
Islamic Jihad terror organization. The Palestinian Authority
will also be punished by the cancellation of the VIP status
granted leading officials which enables them to travel on
roads generally closed to Palestinians.
The following supplements our report of last week that
covered the large plenum sessions on Thursday night and
motzei Shabbos, as well as parallel activities. This
report covers Convention activities on Sunday.
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni sent a letter to Attorney General Mani
Mazuz asking why other funding pledged in the coalition
agreement — NIS 600 million for Labor and NIS 700
million for Shinui — was transferred long ago whereas
the NIS 150 million United Torah Jewry was promised for
chareidi educational institutions is still being withheld.
A burial cave was discovered along the southern section of
the Trans-Israel Highway near Sdeh Moshe in the area of
Kiryat Gat. Whether the graves are Jewish graves has not yet
been ascertained. In the meantime Transportation Minister
Meir Shetreet has ordered his Director General not to unearth
the graves until a solution is found.
Tourism Minister Avraham Hirshson told the Knesset Finance
Committee that the government decided to postpone tabling a
bill to open casinos in Israel.
The Netanya Country Club will serve the local chareidi public
and will not operate on Shabbos. The new policies follow the
work of Degel HaTorah Councilman Rabbi Moshe Lachover, who is
in charge of the Association for Informal Education. Rabbi
Lachover prevented another country club from operating on
Shabbos and worked to make accommodations for the chareidi
public at the country club now scheduled to open.
The Knesset Finance Committee gave approval to table for
second and third readings an amendment to the Kashrus Fraud
Law according to which manufacturers, importers and retailers
would be required to label every product milchig,
fleishig or pareve.
Community Patrol Car in Bnei Brak In its first week of operation Bnei Brak's community patrol
removed from parks dozens of young loiterers, mostly from
other cities, for disturbing the peace late at night.
Towards the Center — Away From Ideology
They have been talking about it and trying it for some 50
years but now it seems that Prime Minister Sharon may pull it
off: the formation of a political party that is located at
the center of the Israeli political spectrum. Prescription for Happiness
Happiness! A much sought-after commodity.
But how many acquire it? The world is full of advertisements
offering happiness — the holiday of a lifetime, a dream
house and other less worthy suggestions. But do these really
bring happiness? They may achieve short-lived pleasure, but
long-term happiness is another matter.
Observations: Sunni Arabs Fear Shiite Emancipation The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq is the silence
with which it is greeted in other Arab lands. Abu Musab al-
Zarqawi has exposed the pitilessness and the moral emptiness
of so much of official Arab life. Zarqawi is a bigot and a
killer. In the way he rails against the Shiites (and the
Kurds) he expresses that fatal Arab inability to take in "the
other." Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 6 — Part 2
New York (July, 2000)
Dean has returned to his parents apartment to overhear
Fred Smith and others plotting to murder him. Dressed in a
suit, he has escaped by joining a group of yeshiva boys.
However he does not have a kippah. His parents are
missing.
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Memories of HaRav Shach zt"l Writing for the Chareidi Public
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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