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NEWS
Maranan Verabonon Warn Against Government Attempt to Force
Third Year at Women's Seminaries
Malam Group Brings Dozens of High-Tech Jobs to Beitar
Illit
Beis Din Rejects Machon Hamikdash Petition Against Yated
Ne'eman
by Yated South African Correspondent The South African Jewish community continues to show exceptionally high levels of commitment to Jewish religious practice and identity, and correspondingly low levels of intermarriage and assimilation, according to a comprehensive new attitudinal survey.
Continued Cuts in Children's Allowances Cancelled By Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee approved bringing a government law to cancel continued cuts in Children's Allowances for second and third readings. Surge of Activity in Torah Institutions in Azerbaijan by B. Kahn The Committee of friends of Torah Institutions in Azerbaijan, under the leadership of HaRav Moshe Kishon (Kashei), chief rabbi and av beis din of Azerbaijan, has decided to organize a special visit by a delegation of rabbonim, public personalities and philanthropists which will soon depart for the country, to strengthen the local community and to address the issue of how to increase spiritual rescue and strengthen Torah there. In the shadow of the serious security situation Countrywide Chinuch Atzmai Summer Programs End by Betzalel Kahn The annual Chinuch Atzmai summer day camps, which were held in 115 of the movement's schools all over the country from Dimona and Yeruchom in the south to Bet She'an and Chatzor in the north, have ended. The programs included rich and varied educational and social activities for approximately twenty thousand pupils who spent their time in an exciting, educational framework after the end of the school year. Meoros HaDaf HaYomi Holds Siyum in Natzeret Illit Bomb Shelter By Yechiel Sever Dozens of shiur members took part in a siyum of maseches Yuma held in the bomb shelter of a beis knesses in Natzeret Illit as Katyushas landed in the city. Funding for Jerusalem Talmudei Torah Approved by Betzalel Kahn The Jerusalem Municipality's Appropriations Committee approved a request by the Department for Chareidi Education for increased advances on criteria allotments for 2006 for talmudei Torah in Jerusalem, based on the Mayor's instructions to increase funding for talmudei Torah by 30 percent in the current budget year. Event for Nesivos Moshe Parents and Students as School Sends Forth Third Graduating ClassBy A. Cohen Hundreds of parents and students from Nesivos Moshe in Kadima, a Torah-based school started by the Nesivos Moshe Foundation and Chinuch Atzmai, gathered for an end-of-the- year party held at the local community center. R' Binyomin Zeev Bollack zt"lBy Betzalel Kahn The roshei yeshivos of Yeshivas Kol Torah and Yeshivas Ponovezh headed the grief-stricken bnei Torah laying to rest Rav Binyomin Zeev Bollack zt"l, a 27-year-old avreich who returned his soul to his Maker on Friday morning, Erev Shabbos Parshas Pinchos, two weeks after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident in Jerusalem. A Letter Concerning Bais YaakovIt is well known that Gedolei Yisroel, zechusom yogen oleinu, did not want to alter the study arrangements at the Bais Yaakov educational institutions, only reluctantly permitting a second year of seminary studies. Over the years additional studies were added, whose hetter remains unclear, Hashem yeracheim. Another Letter Concerning Bais YaakovUnfortunately it has come to our attention that the administration of one of the Bais Yaakov seminaries printed a pamphlet containing a hetter to continue chas vesholom the period of study (1-2 years) beyond 6th grade [Editor's Note: This refers to the sixth year of study after eighth grade]. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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