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

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Candy Importer Fined 200,000 Euro for Kashrus Fraud
by L.S. Wasserman

Under a special settlement agreement, Lehman Schlissel will pay 200,000 euros toward a kashrus inspection fund for products imported to Israel. The settlement follows a class-action suit against the company for kashrus fraud.


Original Copy of Schindler's List Found in Australian Library
By R. Hoffner

A copy of the original "Schindler's List," the list of employees German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved during World War II, was found in a library in Sydney, Australia. The document previously belonged to Australian author Thomas Keneally, who used it to write his best-selling novel.


Hamas Supporters Attack Paris Mosque For Maintaining Ties With Jews
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

Skinheads wearing kaffiyehs and green bands in solidarity with Hamas fighters whose color is green, charged a Paris mosque in the 5th arrondissement last Friday following a failed attempt to gain entry.


HaRav Elchonon Yosef Hartzman zt"l
By S. Bruchi

A large crowd turned out shortly before Pesach to lay to rest HaRav Elchonon Yosef Hartzman zt"l, a prominent Mussar figure from the prewar generation, who passed away on 11 Nisan and was flown to Eretz Yisroel, where he was buried near the gravesite of HaMashgiach HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein, at Netzivei Yeshivas Ponovezh Cemetery.


HaRav Yehuda Shapira zt"l
By S. Bruchi

Thousands of Bnei Brak residents, including maranan verabonon shlita and bnei Torah, among them many avreichim from Kollel Chazon Ish, were on hand on the third day of Chol Hamoed Pesach to lay to rest HaRav Yehuda Shapira zt"l,...


Ezer MiZion Expands a Beitar Illit Program
By Yechiel Sever

At a special event held at the Beitar Illit Matnas and attended by dozens of principals and educators a new book for education professionals aimed at providing tools to developing tangible learning abilities in young children was released to the public.


OPINION & COMMENT

The Pagan Roots of Modern Thought

by Mordecai Plaut

Part 3

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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