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NEWS
Meeting to Sum Up Lag B'Omer in Meron and Start Planning for Next Year
By Yechiel Sever
The National Center for Holy Sites is set to meet with various officials to summarize this year's Lag B'Omer at R' Shimon Bar Yochai's grave site in Meron and to begin making preparations for next year based on this year's arrangements, which successfully accommodated the mass convergence on the site without glitches. Traffic flowed smoothly and all of the various details needed to handle the large volume of visitors were in place.
UTJ Opposes Universal Education
By Eliezer Rauchberger
United Torah Judaism members in the Knesset are standing firm against an initiative by Likud and coalition chairman MK Zeev Elkin to legislate a Universal Education Law that poses a threat to chareidi education. They contacted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, asking him to intervene in the matter.
San Francisco to Hold a Referendum on Proposed Bris Milah Ban
By R. Hoffner
San Francisco city officials have confirmed that a law banning bris milah will appear as a ballot referendum in this November's elections. The anti-circumcision activists behind the bill were able to gather over 7,700 signatures among city residents, thereby meeting the requirement of just 7,168 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot.
Britain Releases Secret Documents from Mandate Period
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris
As if by chance, the British Secret Service (known as M15) suddenly found secret documents in the basement of an archive on terror activities by underground movements, Etzel and Lehi.
Sister City Alliance Signed Between Bnei Brak and Lakewood
By A. Cohen
A Sister Cities Alliance was signed between Bnei Brak, Israel and Lakewood, New Jersey at a ceremony held at the Bnei Brak City Council meeting hall this week. Participants at the event included rabbonim, the respective mayors of the two cities, city council members, a representative from the US embassy in Israel, a representative from the Center for Local Government and heads of local chessed organizations.
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