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Bank Forced to Return Yeshiva Money Delayed Wrongfully Following an extreme incident that Betzedek handled successfully, the legal rights organization is alerting heads of institutions of possible delays in contributions arriving from abroad.
Following a remark by PM Ehud Olmert that he intends to solve the "conversion crisis" within four months, the Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Giyur, founded by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth, zt"l, once again points out that Israel's demographic problem cannot be solved through mass conversion.
Following years of negotiations with the German government the Claims Committee reached an agreement to pay one-time reparations to Jewish survivors of the Nazi siege of Leningrad now living in Western countries. During the course of the annual negotiations, the German government recognized Leningrad siege victims' eligibility for reparations from the Claims Committee Assistance Fund on condition that they meet the Fund's other criteria.
The special beis din run by Keren Shevi'is met this week at the home of HaRav Nissim Karelitz, who heads the beis din. At the start of the meeting the beis din was presented with financial reports on the amount of aid given to Shmittah-observant farmers in various parts of Eretz Yisroel, and specific requests were evaluated.
Following a High Court decision regarding the development of
R' Shimon Bar Yochai's gravesite in Meron, a site management
committee including all of the hekdeishot that operate
there has been set up.
More and more international corporations are making their way
into the chareidi market. This time Nike, the shoe
manufacturer, has decided to focus on the chareidi sector and
even release unique products to fit chareidi needs. by Yochonon Dovid The group of young neophyte yeshiva students gathered for their shmuess with a kollel student from the yeshiva. An important feature of these talks was the openness and frankness in which they were held. Any student felt free to express his opinion, and Danny decided to air his views at the very beginning of the talk. Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
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