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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

Dedication
The News section this week, Parshas Emor, is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

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Efforts to Transfer Yeshiva Student Convicted in Japan to Israeli Prison
By Yechiel Sever

The Justice Ministry's International Affairs Department and other organizations are working hard to convince Japanese authorities to allow Yosef ben Ita Rivkoh, who was convicted of drug smuggling and failing to declare taxable items, to serve the sentence handed down to him last week by a Japanese court at a prison in Israel.


10% Increase in Births at Maayanei Hayeshua
By N. Katzin

The number of infants born at Maayanei Hayeshua Medical Center has been rising 10 percent annually for the past several years, according to figures presented during a dedication ceremony for the Weinstock Premature Infants Ward at the hospital.


MK Maklev: Mikveh Vandals in Ramat Beit Hakerem Should Be Fully Prosecuted
By Yechiel Sever

MK Rabbi Uri Maklev submitted a question to the Minister of Internal Security during a Knesset meeting, demanding the police press full charges against the individuals responsible for severe acts of vandalism verging on real antisemitism against the mikveh in Jerusalem's Ramat Beit Hakerem neighborhood.


Christian Missionaries Operate Door-to-Door in Haifa
By L.S. Wasserman

Christian missionaries descended on Haifa's Neve Shaanan neighborhood last week, going door-to-door and asking to discuss matters of "emunoh." Only after they had entered into conversation did the Jewish ladies realize the canvassers were trying to introduce seemingly harmless ideas that were in fact far removed from Yiddishkeit.


UTJ Finalizes Knesset Committee Assignments
By Eliezer Rauchberger

After the Organizing Committee determined the composition of the Knesset committees and how committee posts would be divided among the various parties, UTJ assigned its MKs to various posts.


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Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz on Education

Part 1: Fundamental Lessons from the Chazon Ish

The first gathering sponsored by the new Merkaz Chinuch (see article Mercaz Chinuch Founding Ceremony at HaRav Eliashiv's Home) was held at the Zeirei Agudas Yisroel (ZAI) shul Divrei Shir in Bnei Brak at the end of Nisan, 5769.

The Pagan Roots of Modern Thought
by Mordecai Plaut

Part 5

Abstract: Modern intellectuals, especially those who base their world view upon science, pride themselves on being totally separate from the sphere of religion. They believe their view of the world to be based on empirical data and built up with reason alone, leaving them entirely distinct from all religion. This pride is unfounded. In fact their approach and conclusions are grounded in one of the major old- time religions, namely, paganism.


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Modern-Day Remnants of Shabsai Tzvi Followers

By Chaim Feldman


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