NEWS
Egypt Refuses to Supply Lulavim for Succos to Israel, US and
Europe
by Yechiel Sever
Egypt has halted the export of lulavim from the Sinai peninsula to
Israel, the United States and Europe. The Sinai peninsula was the main
source of lulavim for Israel in past years, supplying 500,000 out of a
total demand for about 700,000 lulavim.
Movie-Free Flights Available to Destinations Worldwide
By Yechiel Sever
In response to passengers' complaints to the Rabbinical Committee for
Transportation Matters regarding unseemly movies on international
flights to and from Eretz Yisroel, the committee said that flights to
many destinations around the world are available on airlines that
offer excellent service and show consideration for their passengers.
Some of these flights have stopovers in Europe.
Chareidi Cities Awarded Good Management Prize
By L.S. Wasserman
At a ceremony held at the Jerusalem International Convention Center,
the Interior Ministry gave out awards and certificates of recognition
to 92 of Israel's 255 cities and local councils for proper
administration.
MKs Gafni and Maklev Meet With OECD Heads
By M. Green
During a meeting earlier this week with heads of the OECD, which
Israel joined four months ago, Knesset Finance Committee Chairman MK
Rabbi Moshe Gafni and Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Rabbi Uri Maklev
presented chareidi Jewry's stance and told the representatives from
the organization who wrote the report on Israel's economy about the
way of life in the chareidi community, rejecting recent comparisons
drawn in the media.
Beit Shemesh Mayor Hosts Canadian Ambassador
By L.S. Wasserman
"The accelerated development taking place in Beit Shemesh is a
challenge for the world's developing cities," said Paul Hunt, Canada's
ambassador to Israel, during a visit to the city hosted by Mayor Rabbi
Moshe Abutbol.
Bnei Brak to Undergo Face-lift
By Y. Schwartz
Hundreds of millions of shekels will be invested in the City of Bnei
Brak during the coming years in a massive municipality-sponsored
project called Mitchadshim Letish'im as the city prepares to mark its
90th anniversary and 50 years since the passing of its founder, Rabbi
Yitzchok Gerstenkorn.
The Word "Holocaust" Deleted from French Textbooks
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris
In the midst of the summer recess, the French Education Ministry and
textbook publishers decided to delete the word "Holocaust" from
schoolbooks and replace it with the terms "World War II" and the "war
of destruction".
Ukraine: Lvov Mayor Denies Ruins of Taz Shul Threatened
By R. Hoffman
The mayor of Lvov, Ukraine has denied reports that the preserved
remnants of the Golden Rose Synagogue, once headed by the Taz, are
slated for demolition to make way for a controversial hotel on the
site.
After 6 Decades Romanian City Gets a Rov
by Yated Ne'eman Correspondent
History in Romania: After over 60 years without a rov to oversee and
strengthen religious affairs in the city of Iasi, one of the country's
largest, a rov was appointed to the city and the entire province by
HaRav Yoel Tobias, the rov of Shikun Vov in Bnei Brak and chairman of
the Union of Former Romanian Rabbis in Eretz Yisroel.
The Gaon R' Yonoson Eibeshitz, zt"l, The Yaaros Devash
In honor of his yahrtzeit, 21st Elul
The Gaon R' Yonoson was born around the year 5454 (1694) in the city
of Pintchov. His father was Reb Nosson Nota who later became rov of
Eibeshitz, and his mother was the Rabbonis Sheindel, daughter of HaRav
Yehudah Leib Tzintz, zt"l, rov of Pintshov.
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