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Rabbi Gafni Proposes That All Students be Required to
Learn Torah
"Our existence as a people is in the merit of lomdei
Torah and in their merit we are here in Eretz
Yisroel," said MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni on Monday, responding
to a provocative law to require all yeshiva students to
perform civil service work and take part in one month of
military training per year.
After years of meaningless conversions by the special
conversion courts, there could be a significant slowdown in
the number of so-called conversions overseen by these
botei din following claims by the administration of
the Joint Conversion Institute that they are overly strict in
handling conversion candidates.
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni sent a letter of protest to the
administration of Katzir School in Rechovot, which sent out
letters notifying students taking part in the Roots Journey
to Poland next month that the food they would be receiving
during the trip would not be kosher and those who preferred
kosher food would have to place a special order.
Israelis spend an estimated NIS 600 million ($140 million)
per year on dried fruit according to a survey conducted by
the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. During the
period preceding Tu BeShevat there is a 300 percent increase
in dried fruit consumption, which means 34 percent of all
dried fruit sales take place during this period.
Israel Police will post a 24-hour watch at Kever Shmuel
Hanovi, Jerusalem District Commander Ilan Franco told HaRav
Shmuel Rabinovitz on Monday.
French Presidential candidates chasing after the Jewish vote
are prepared to eat a kosher meal and even Socialist
candidate Segolene Royal dropped by at last week's annual
CRIF dinner for French government leaders.
The budget funds transferred to yeshivas at the beginning of
the week included NIS 720 ($170) per avreich —
like last year — only because the yeshiva budget for
2007 rose following a budget increase through the agreement
between UTJ and the Finance Ministry and also additional
funding from the coalition agreement with Shas.
Religious Sector Advertising Up 20 Percent Advertising in the chareidi press was up during the past year
while advertising in the general press declined, according to
figures released by Ifat Advertising Monitoring. Lacking
other forms of media — which have been making off with
large segments of the advertising market in recent years
— the religious press stood its ground and even rose 20
percent in real ad placements.
The Nature and Parks Authority decided to cancel the annual
water bird census, which had been scheduled for a Shabbos,
due to a lack of participants.
Yad Vashem Exhibition on Modern Antisemitism at Prime
Minister's Office A Yad Vashem exhibition on modern antisemitism went on
display in the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday.
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