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NEWS
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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