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26 Tishrei 5767 - October 18, 2006 | Mordecai Plaut, director

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Atomic Technology is Threatening the World
by M Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

North Korea exploded one nuclear device and is reportedly working on a second test. Iran is working furiously to construct an atomic bomb. Mohammed El Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that as many as 30 countries may have technology that would let them produce atomic weapons "in a very short time."

Mesila: Family Money Management for Chareidim
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Philanthropists and askonim from the U.S., England, Canada and Israel joined hosts Melach Lehman of Jerusalem and Kurt Rothschild of Toronto on Wednesday of Chol Hamoed Succos at a Simchas Beis Hashoeva sponsored by the Mesila organization in recognition of its supporters and friends.

Shema Beni's New English-Language Hotline
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Shema Beni Educational Counselling Center will begin operating a English language hotline. The hotline will operate three times a week during evening hours, and will provide counselling on educational issues. The educators manning the hotline are specially trained in the unique needs of English-speakers.

Jerusalem Sponsors Activities During Chol Hamoed
By Betzalel Kahn

During Chol Hamoed, the City of Jerusalem held hundreds of activities for the chareidi public, including Simchas Beis Hashoevoh events in numerous locations.

City of Haifa Issued Permission to Build Succos on Sidewalk
By Y. Ariel

The City of Haifa gave notice that it permitted the building of succas after avreichim representing the local kehilloh asked the municipality to issue a written notice of its approval in accordance with the halachic ruling by Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita, who says one needs prior permission to build a succah on public property.

Islam Threatens Europe
By Arnon Yaffe, Paris

Fear of Islam has reached the schools and cultural institutions of Europe. Jewish-French intellectuals accused French authorities of refusing to protect a philosophy teacher who fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats from the Algerian branch of al- Qaida.

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