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NEWS
Dozens of National-Religious Rabbis Went Up to Har
Habayis
Proposal to Provide Chareidi Schools Equal Funding Being
Prepared for Final Reading
A Plan to Boost Jerusalem's Jewish Population By M. Halevy Instead of holding the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, this week's meeting was held at the Menachem Begin Heritage Building in the Mishkanot Shaananim neighborhood just outside the Old City to mark the 40th anniversary since East and West Jerusalem were united under Israeli sovereignty. Jerusalem Municipality Advances 20,000 Housing Units on Southern and Northern Edges of the City By Betzalel Kahn Some 20,000 new apartment units are slated for construction in the coming years within Jerusalem in order to strengthen the Jewish majority in the city, replacing a plan to develop the western periphery of the city. Mayor Rabbi Lupoliansky asked that the western plan be taken off the agenda in favor of new plans for construction within the city limits. Lev L'Achim Battles to Cancel Missionary Gatherings in Jerusalem By Betzalel Kahn Workers from Lev L'Achim's anti-missionary department are continuing their battle to cancel two gatherings that missionary organizations are scheduled to hold in Jerusalem next week: the Women to Women conference, sponsored by Bridges for Peace, and the Women's Summit, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ). Western Wall Police Station Razed to Make Room for Visitors Facility By A. Ben Aharon A ranking Syrian official claims that streets and parks were built on the gravesite of Eli Cohen Hy"d, the famous Israeli spy who operated in Damascus until he was captured and hanged. Former Syrian Official Says Neighborhood Built Over Eli Cohen's Grave by Yated Ne'eman Staff After years of planning the new museum of the Jewish community of Florence (Firenza), the capital of Tuscany, opened in a building adjacent to the local beis knesses, a splendid Moorish shul built from 1874-82. Mayor Lupoliansky Marches Alongside Mayor Bloomberg at Salute to Israel Parade in New York by Yated Ne'eman Staff Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky joined over 100,000 participants at the Salute to Israel Parade in Manhattan, including Jewish activists and communal heads, and thousands of students from schools throughout New York and elsewhere. Young Jewish Teacher Murdered in St. PetersburgBy R. Hoffman Dmitri Nikulinsky was murdered by skinheads as he left his St. Petersburg apartment on his way to shul last Shabbos. The 22-year-old, who taught at a local Jewish school, was brutally assaulted and suffered multiple stab wounds. The attackers took nothing and left him to die. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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