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NEWS
Agudas Yisroel of America Sets Up New Board of Directors
for Office of Government Affairs
Avreich Assaulted at Paris Train Station as Elections Heat
Up Rabbi Eli Dehan was beaten at the Gard du Nord, a train station in northern Paris, by an Arab youth who assaulted him verbally, kicked him and knocked him to the ground before police intervened. The attack was apparently related to tensions and Muslim incitement on the eve of last Sunday's elections in France. Latin American Jewish Congress Shows Solidarity for Venezuela Jews by Yated Ne'eman Staff The plight of Venezuelan Jews is the worst in the world besides that of Iranian Jews, World Jewish Congress Secretary- General Stephen Herbits told the JTA. "Outside the Arab world, this is the most troubled place in the world for Jews," Herbits said while visiting Caracas for a meeting of the Latin American Jewish Congress. "The situation is not yet desperate here, but they certainly have to be very alert." Chareidi Schools in North to Receive Funding for War PeriodBy Y. Ariel A protracted, uncompromising battle by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni ended in success when the local authorities issued a notice saying chareidi schools would receive special equipment budgets following the war period in the North as part of the Israeli government's Putting the Heart in the North program. Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowitz zt"lBy Betzalel Kahn On Erev Shabbos parshas Tazria-Metzora, 2 Iyar, Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowitz zt"l, chairman of the World Executive Committee of Agudas Yisroel and one of its heads for over 50 years, passed away in Jerusalem at the age of 93. Zichron Menachem Sponsors Meetings on Helping Families of Child Cancer PatientsBy Yechiel Sever Zichron Menachem, an organization providing assistance to child cancer patients, is arranging special workshops and meetings for talmud Torah principals, educational counselors and mental health professionals. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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