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Degel HaTorah and Agudas Yisroel Submit Joint UTJ List to Elections Committee
By Yechiel Sever

United Torah Judaism submitted a joint list comprised of Degel HaTorah and Agudas Yisroel representatives to the Elections Committee this week.


With Elections Approaching Big Parties Voicing Anti- religious Stances
By G. Lazer

As the elections for the 18th Knesset draw nearer, Likud and Labor are showing their colors on religious issues. They will make every effort to garner the votes of FSU immigrants, who are demanding mixed marriages be allowed in Israel, and of the anti-religious sector, which is seeking to embrace the Reform Movement and its false conversions.


Predictable Wave of Antisemitism in Wake of Madoff Scam
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

As expected the US has been inundated with a surge of antisemitism following the enormous securities fraud perpetrated by former NASDAQ chairman Bernard Madoff. Both the press and the electronic media, especially Internet blogs, stress Madoff's Jewish identity.


Murder Victim in Yemen Buried After Two Weeks
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Moshe Yaish Nahari Hy'd, who was murdered by a Muslim in the marketplace near his home, was buried in the town of Riydah last week, following a delay of nearly two weeks. He was buried alongside his grandfather's grave, not far from a grave of a Jew murdered 16 years ago. Two hundred local Jews took place in the levaya, which was held under heavy police guard.

Daf Yomi Participants in South Hold Chizuk Gathering in Rechovot
By Yechiel Sever

Maranan verabonon shlita were on hand Tuesday for a major event to mark the end of Seder Noshim and the start of Seder Nezikin for Daf Yomi participants.

Money Market Funds in Israel Entail Halachic Questions
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Money market funds, that only were introduced at the beginning of 2008, have become a solid investment preferred by many observant investors. Until now it was assumed typical money market funds invest only in government bonds and unlinked short-term bonds. Other mutual funds are known hold corporate bonds that could lead the investor to transgress Torah prohibitions against accepting interest.


Spanish Government Freezes Excavation Work at Ancient Jewish Cemetery
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The government of Spain has ordered local officials to immediately stop desecrating a Jewish cemetery in Toledo. Following a series of meetings with representatives from the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe (CPJCE), the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain and the Conference of Spanish Rabbis, officials from the Spanish Foreign Ministry ordered the Castile-La Mancha Local Council, which has jurisdiction over Toledo, to halt work pending an inquiry and a halachic-engineering-legal solution to the complex problem.


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