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NEWS
Kol Korei in Support of Chinuch Atzmai Bus Program
By Yechiel Sever
Gedolei Yisroel shlita have issued an urgent plea
asking generous donors to help support Keren Hahasa'ot, which
provides funding to operate the bus system that brings
thousands of boys and girls from outlying areas to Beis
Yaakov and other Chinuch Atzmai schools every day. The vast
majority of these students come from traditional, but non-
observant homes.
MK Gafni: We Must Step Up the Campaign Against False
Conversions
By Yechiel Sever
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni called on the public this week to step
up the campaign against the false conversions industry in
response to a call by Justice Minister Daniel Friedman to
provide marriage and divorce solutions for those not
considered Jewish according to halacha. "This is the task of
a state that belongs to the family of nations," said
Friedman.
Jerusalem Municipality Overcomes Talmudei Torah Budget
Obstacles
By Yechiel Sever
After years of legal directives preventing unrecognized
talmudei Torah from receiving funding, the Jerusalem
Municipality recently made it possible to complete the
transfer of millions of shekels earmarked for substantial
renovations, equipment purchases and operational costs at
chareidi educational institutions.
Enthusiastic Response to Keren Shevi'is Fundraising
Drive
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
Keren Shevi'is heads were pleased with the wholehearted
response to the fundraising drive conducted on Shabbos
Parshas Behar, saying that thousands of Jews around the
country and in the Diaspora made donations to enable the
organization to support giborei koach farmers who are
not working their lands in Shevi'is.
Maryland Gets Its First Aguda Office
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
After years of apolitical activity in Baltimore, Agudas
Yisroel has opened its first official office in Maryland,
under the direction of Rabbi Ariel Sadwin. He says like all
of the Agudas Yisroel of America regional offices, efforts
focus on areas with significant numbers of Orthodox Jews,
i.e.
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