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El Al Signs Binding Agreement Not to Fly on Shabbos
The unremitting campaign of the past several weeks to combat
chilul Shabbos at El Al finally reached a conclusion
late last week when the airline company signed a legal
agreement obligating it to observe Shabbos, according to an
announcement by Vaadas HaRabbonim Lemaan Kedushas HaShabbos
Be'Eretz Yisroel.
According to Australian cabinet documents released for
publication this week, in the 1970s the Mossad prevented the
assassination of Bob Hawke, then a member of the Australian
Labor Party and later Prime Minister of Australia, along with
ranking members of the local Jewish community, including Isi
Leibler, a spokesman for the Jewish community, Sam Lipski, a
well-known journalist, and Israel's ambassador to
Australia.
Interior Ministry Director General Ram Belinkov announced
last Monday a more lenient visa policy for relatives of
immigrants from the former Soviet Union who came to Israel
based on the Law of Return. Most of these relatives,
numbering in the thousands, are not Jewish according to
anyone's definition. They would like to enter Israel as
"tourists," but tourist visas are only valid for three
years.
Few people are fully aware of the effects of the Holocaust in
Tunisia. After the German occupation over 5,000 Jews were
taken away and sent to over 30 different forced labor camps
and work sites.
The new structure built around the grave of HaRav Yaakov
Abuchatzeira zt"l, known as the Babba Salli, in
Damanhur, Egypt was dedicated shortly before his
yahrtzeit on Wednesday, 20 Teves.
In a 25-1 vote the Knesset plenum passed a proposal on Monday
to hold a discussion on the issue of Shabbos desecration by
Israel Railways.
Changes are taking place in the food buying patterns of the
chareidi sector in Israel. According to a recent survey,
during the past year 51 percent of chareidi households
purchased more health care products, says Avraham Kringel,
chairman of the Marketing Committee of the Manufacturers'
Association. Meanwhile 31 percent of chareidi households did
not change their purchasing habits and 7 percent bought fewer
health care products.
Admor of Zhamigrad zt"l A heavy cloak of mourning descended on Zhamigrad Zanz
chassidim following the histalkus of the Admor of
Zhamigrad-Zanz, HaRav Aryeh Leibush Halberstam zt"l,
the great-grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Zanz, on Sunday at
the age of 97.
The Battle of the Talmudei Torah in Eretz Yisroel By Rabbi Moshe Karp It's high time to unite the principals of all of the
talmudei Torah (what the Education Ministry calls
"exempt institutions"). The talmudei Torah face
numerous battles and a lone talmud Torah has no way of
defending itself and fighting back. In order to wage a battle
with a united front a single organization must be set up,
representing all of the talmudei Torah in Eretz
Yisroel.
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