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NEWS
HaRav Yisroel Grossman zt"l
Government Backs Bill to Provide Equal Funding for
Chareidi Education 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. Purim in Jerusalem: Police Kept Troublemakers Out of Chareidi Neighborhoods By Betzalel Kahn Traffic was congested at the points of entry to Jerusalem and on the city streets on Shushan Purim, but unlike the catastrophic traffic of previous years, this year the Traffic Police was well prepared to keep traffic running more smoothly. US Consul Tours Chareidi Community in JerusalemBy Eliezer Rauchberger "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. Degel HaTorah Meeting in OfakimBy Betzalel Kahn 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. Annual Conference for Jerusalem Principals Held in KinarBy Betzalel Kahn 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 HatefutzotBy S. Fried 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. Bnei Brak-Elad Road to Open This Month
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 Jerusalem Municipality is set to begin extensive work to develop and upgrade infrastructures on four streets in Geulah — Zecharya, Chagai, Yonah and Levush Mordechai. The construction work is the second phase of a project to upgrade public areas in chareidi neighborhoods in North Jerusalem at the initiative of Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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