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Germany to Ask US to Extradite Demjanjuk
The Justice Ministry in Berlin is slated to ask the US to
extradite Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk, 88, who is
suspected of taking part in the mass murder of Jews while
serving as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in Poland.
Chareidi MKs scored a major achievement: on Tuesday the
Knesset plenum unanimously passed in a first reading the
Educational Institutions for Special Cultures bill, which is
designed to provide budget arrangements for the yeshivos
ketanos. The wording of the bill was approved by the
Rabbinical Committee that has been closely following the
issue.
HaRav Yosef Sitruk is slated to end his term as chief rabbi
of France after 21 years of successful efforts to strengthen
Judaism throughout France, notably by safeguarding
educational institutions from modern trends and buttressing
kashrus standards.
Citibook of Modi'in Illit, which is involved in real-estate
insurance and abstracts of real-estate contracts in the US,
is expanding its operations to the area of business planning.
Recently Madison Title, the company's US partner, acquired
Real Diligence, a company that does feasibility studies for
commercial properties. Citibook will provide its services
both to Israeli companies investing in the US and to US
companies.
At a special gathering held at Moshav Nachala and Moshav
Zavdiel in the Lachish area, dozens of farmers welcomed the
arrival of HaRav Shmuel Auerbach, who came to offer them
encouragement.
The outreach department at Acheinu has expanded its
counselling program and changed its appearance beyond
recognition. As part of the expansion process the
organization is starting a new program to offer open
counselling hours in various cities around the country, based
on guidance from the Acheinu rabbonim and directors.
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