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NEWS
MK Rabbi Gafni Says Equal Education Law Result of Local
Authorities' Failure to Act
High Court Postpones Decision on Future of Matityahu
East
Entrance Fees to Concentration Camps? by Yated Ne'eman Staff According to a report in The Times of London, due to funding shortages at World War II and Holocaust memorial sites in Germany, an idea that has always been taboo was raised: charging visitors' fees to cover the costs of tour guides and maintenance. Fire at Beis Knesses in Geneva was Result of Arson By G. Lazer An expert investigation shows that the fire that broke out on the second day of Shavuos at Geneva's largest shul, Beit Knesset Heichal Haness, was started by arsonists and not an electrical short said a Swiss police spokesman. Special Arrangement for Ramat Shlomo Residents to Build Additions to Their Apartments By Betzalel Kahn The Jerusalem Municipality approved a sweeping plan last week that would allow Ramat Shlomo residents to build additions to their apartments. Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky, who worked to promote the issue, referred to it as a revolutionary plan to assist residents of Ramat Shlomo, the neighborhood with the highest percentage of large families in the city, to expand their homes with relative ease rather than requiring them to engage in the complex bureaucratic process normally required to receive permits for apartment additions. Anti-Reform Demonstration in Rosh Ha'ayin By A. Cohen In Rosh Ha'ayin chareidi residents demonstrated outside the Lev Ha'ir Community Center against Reform activities in the city. Government Approves NIS 103 Million for Shmittah Preparation By Eliezer Rauchberger The government has allocated NIS 103 million ($25 million) to make preparations for the Shmittah year, including assistance for farmers and shomrei Shevi'is, MK Yitzchak Cohen, a minister without portfolio responsible for the religious councils, reported at a meeting of the Knesset Finance Subcommittee for the Shmittah Year. Hundreds of Principals Gather to Encourage Study and Exams on Dinei Shevi'is By Yechiel Sever As part of preparations for the Shmittah year a national conference was held for heads of educational institutions and Degel Yerushalayim workers from around the country at the event halls of Beis Haknesses Hagodol in Bnei Brak. Degel HaTorah Helps Yeshiva Students Update VisasBy Betzalel Kahn Degel HaTorah's Center for Public Service in Jerusalem has begun a broad effort to help foreigners studying at yeshivas in Eretz Yisroel to arrange their student visas in order to prevent the delay of funds provided by the Education Ministry's Yeshiva Department. The Chumash HaGra is now Completeby Yated Ne'eman Staff After years of effort, the final volumes of the Chumash HaGra were finally released. Compiled by the well-known expert on all aspects of the Vilna Gaon, HaRav Dov Eliach, the new five- volume set seems destined to take its place as part of the core Torah library of a Jewish home. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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