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Yemenite Refugees Hoping to Celebrate Pesach in Their Own
Homes
The 45 Jews living in al-Salam in Yemen's Sa'ada province are
still afraid to return to their village after fleeing for
their lives following death threats. A local newspaper
reports that those Jews celebrated Purim in a resort town in
the north of the province of Tzana, where security
arrangements are far better.
Ukrainian authorities notified Vice Prime Minister Shimon
Peres that the development work for a high-rise building on
the grounds of the ancient Jewish cemetery in Uman, the
burial place of Rebbe Nachman of Breslav, would cease
immediately.
An anti-smoking campaign was held during Purim to prevent
boys and teenagers from picking up the habit.
On Purim many parents overlook the use of accessories and
substances that they keep far away from their children during
the rest of the year, thinking that no harm will come to them
during such a short period of time of supervised mischief.
The government earmarked a sum of NIS 103 million ($24
million) to make preparations for Shmittah, which falls next
year, 5768.
The government approved in principle a draft of a government-
sponsored bill vesting the rabbinical botei din with
the authority to hear monetary cases with the consent of both
parties, and to hand down decisions. The law has not yet been
passed in the Ministerial Legislating Committee due to
disputes among the ministers.
Last Friday the Jewish community of Buenos Aires held a
ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attack on
the Israeli embassy in the city. Twenty-nine people were
killed in the bombing, including embassy workers and
passersby, and hundreds of Argentineans and Israelis were
injured.
8,000 New Classrooms to be Built During Next Five Years
— Chareidim Low Priority The Education and Finance Ministries have plans to build
8,000 new classrooms at a cost of NIS 4.6 billion ($1.1
billion) in the next five years — 390 classrooms per
year for the chareidi education system, 550 classrooms for
Arab schools and 460 classrooms for secular schools —
announced PM Ehud Olmert, Finance Minister Avraham Hirshson
and Education Minister Yuli Tamir at a press conference held
after this week's cabinet meeting.
The Dayanim Selection Committee convened in the office of
Committee Chairman, Justice Minister Prof. Daniel Friedman,
on Monday and appointed 15 new dayanim to the
Rabbinate botei din. Modi'in Illit Lunch Program Launched The hot lunch program went into operation in Modi'in Illit on
Monday. Now 3,500 children are receiving hot, nutritious
lunches subsidized by the Sacta Rashi Fund and under Shearis
Yisroel supervision. Residential Real Estate to Continue Growing in 2007 Do today's market conditions "justify" purchasing an
apartment or house? According to Bank Tefachot economists
(who tend to be optimistic about the future of real estate)
the answer is clear: mortgage banks in Israel are offering an
ideal opportunity for anyone considering purchasing property
for residential purposes based on the economic parameters
affecting the real estate market. New Efrat Grape Juice to be Repackaged
Tel Aviv District Court Vice President Yehuda Zefet
reprimanded Efrat Wineries, one of Israel's oldest wine and
grape juice producers and the founder of the first winery in
Eretz Yisroel. Haifa Municipality to Return Funding Cut from Chareidi
Kindergarten Budget
The City of Haifa plans to restore funding for the chareidi
education system that it cut at the beginning of the year.
The funding to be returned comes to NIS 300 ($70) per
kindergarten student. The decision was reached following
concerted efforts by UTJ representative Councilman Rabbi
Chaim Williger.
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