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Court: Emmanuel Women to Jail
by Yechiel Sever
On Wednesday the High Court ruled that 9 of the mothers from Emmanuel should be jailed after their husbands complete their sentences — despite recommendations against this by the Welfare Ministry and the Council for the Welfare of Children. According to the schedule given by the High Court, the imprisonment will continue even during the school vacation time, when the parents have no ability to fulfill the court order and thus there is no contempt of court.
Background on the Situation at Emmanuel
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
The trouble in Emmanuel really started in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Shaul where there is a Bais Yaakov elementary school whose principal is Rebbetzin Yocheved Eliashiv, the daughter-in-law of Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita. As with all Bais Yaakovs, it accepts girls from all ethnic backgrounds as long as they and their homes meet the standards of the school. When Yoav Lalum applied to send his daughter to the school, the principal undertook a routine check to see if he and his daughter fit with the standards of the school. They found this not to be the case, and did not admit the girl.
Statement of the American Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah about the Situation in Emmanuel
In the wake of the terrible slander of the Israeli High Court against our precious brethren in the Holy Land community of Emmanuel dedicated to the word of Hashem, who have been sent to prison for their devotion to the religious education of their daughters, we protest mightily the outrage and sin committed against them, and the twisted decision to force upon them a system of education that is against their way of life and the opinion of their rabbis.
Shas: `Sending People to Jail is No Solution'
By Eliezer Rauchberger
"Turning to the High Court was a mistake," said Shas Chairman Minister Eli Yishai, during a Shas meeting in the Knesset to discuss the Emmanuel affair. "Going to the High Court did not lead to a solution of any kind. Sending people to jail did not lead to a solution of any kind."
Court Censured for Campaign Against Chareidi Public
By Yechiel Sever
Harsh criticism was lodged against Israel's court system and other secular institutions for ethnic discrimination against Sephardim as these same institutions openly incite and discriminate against the chareidi public. This point was made during the weekly United Torah Judaism meeting, held Monday at the protest tents pitched outside the gates of Maasiyahu Prison in Ramle, where 35 fathers — both Ashkenazim and Sephardim — are being held after the High Court sentenced them to two weeks behind bars for their insistence on educating their daughters in keeping with tradition and the guidance of their rabbonim.
Talmud Torah Principals Discuss New Budget Procedures
By Yechiel Sever
Following the publication of the new budget procedure for talmudei Torah, dozens of talmud Torah principals from around the country held an emergency meeting in Bnei Brak at the home of HaRav Nosson Zochovsky, a member of Vaadas HaRabbonim LeInyonei Chinuch, along with the other members of Vaadas HaRabbonim, joined by HaRav Meir Kessler, HaRav Mordechai Stern and HaRav Yaakov Dovid Weizman, as well as public representatives, Knesset Finance Committee Chairman MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Public Petitions Committee Chairman MK Rabbi Uri Maklev and Deputy Education Minister MK Rabbi Meir Porush.
Agudath Israel Reacts To Rubashkin Sentencing
Reacting to U. S. District Court Judge Linda Reade's sentencing of former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years in prison and five years probation, Agudath Israel of America executive vice president Chaim Dovid Zwiebel issued the following statement:
Tragedy in Kiryat Sefer: Tefillin Worker Suffocates to Death
By L.S. Wasserman
R' Reuven Nadal z"l, 37, of Modi'in Illit inhaled toxins and suffocated after being exposed to sulfuric acid in a storeroom used for tefillin production on Rechov Chasam Sofer. Hatzoloh and Magen David Adom paramedics summoned to the site of the work accident began performing CPR, but were unable to revive him. After half an hour an MDA physician pronounced him dead. He left behind a wife and eight children.
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