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12 Graves Desecrated at Jewish Cemetery in Vilna
When the rov of Vilna, HaRav Chaim Bourstein, arrived at the
city's new Jewish cemetery on Sunday, he was appalled to find
12 gravestones had been shattered. A number of gedolei
olom lie buried here, including the Vilna Gaon, whose
remains were moved from the old cemetery. HaRav Bourstein
summoned the police and notified municipal and government
authorities.
HaRav Yisroel Grossman zt"l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas
Pinsk-Karlin for nearly six decades and author of Halichos
Yisroel, passed away at the age of 85. His petiroh
represents the loss of a godol beTorah and a prominent
posek and marbitz Torah.
A bill submitted by Minister Meshulam Nahari (Shas) to force
local authorities to fund chareidi educational institutions
at the same level they fund all other educational
institutions was passed by a large majority during Sunday's
cabinet meeting.
"Employees of the US Consulate in Jerusalem are very
impressed by their visits to chareidi neighborhoods,
yeshivas, talmudei Torah and synagogues, which show
chareidi public life in Israel is based on mutual assistance
and helping others, and this is the strength that maintains
you and builds the chareidi public," said Stuart Patt, the US
consul general in Jerusalem.
As part of visits and the setup of Degel HaTorah branches
around the country, Degel HaTorah held an executive meeting
in Ofakim attended by Degel HaTorah Chairman MK Rabbi Avrohom
Ravitz, Degel HaTorah Secretary MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni and
Rabbi Menachem Shapira, chairman of Degel HaTorah's Municipal
Department.
Dozens of principals met for an annual conference held by the
Jerusalem Municipality's Department for Chareidi Education at
the Kinar Resort Hotel near Tiberius this week.
Photo Exhibit of Melbourne Jewry at Beit Hatefutzot On Tuesday, 8 Nisan (March 27th) the Diaspora Museum in Tel
Aviv will open a photo exhibition on Melbourne Jewry,
including pictures of the city's old beis knesses,
which was consecrated in 1877 and recently refurbished.
Good news for Elad residents: Hwy. 471 via Maccabit, from
Elad to Bnei Brak via the Bar-Ilan Interchange, will be open
to traffic by Pesach the Israel National Road Company told MK
Rabbi Moshe Gafni, who has been following the issue
closely. Bank Yerushalayim Offers Pesach Loans Bank Yerushalayim has identified the chareidi public's
financial needs for Pesach and has designed a unique
solution: "a Pesach loan without enslavement." The bank
offers you a convenient solution to plan your expenses, a
payment schedule and a payment track to help you escape the
shibud. One-Day Dust Storm Hits Israel The City of Bnei Brak is launching an enforcement campaign to
install noise meters at event halls throughout the city in
accordance with a directive by Mayor Rabbi Yissochor
Frankenthal to put a stop to high noise levels, which have
caused a nuisance and suffering for neighbors and people
attending the events themselves. The noise level will now be
limited to 85 decibels.
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