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Backgrounder: IDF Conversion Law
According to the proposed military conversion law sponsored by Yisrael Beiteinu and passed by the Knesset in a first-stage summary vote on Wednesday, the IDF's giyur apparatus would be completely severed from civilian conversion tracks and would not be under the authority of the Israel Chief Rabbinate.
Annual Seminaries Union Gathering Highlights Contemporary Threats
The Seminaries Union workshop held on the sixth night of Chanukah in Bnei Brak focused on protecting Bais Yaakov schools from outside influences that pose a threat to pure Torah education. Also on the agenda was a fully formed plan to start using the Hebrew calendar for planning the school year, a change that has long been called for, but steps toward adopting it have been inadequate.
An Israeli tourist who laid tefillin set off a panic during a ferry ride. He was suspected of strapping on explosives and security personnel were quickly summoned. The man was arrested with his companions and released after questioning. A local policeman noted that the tourist did not conduct himself in a manner that threatened the public safety, but a decision was made not to take any chances and to call in a special anti-terror squad.
While students demonstrated in the streets, Scotland Yard detectives went to the London School of Economics to investigate an antisemitic speech given by the editor of pan-Arab daily, Al-Quds Al-Arabi in one of the lecture halls. The lecture by Abdel Bari Atwan sparked an uproar at the illustrious university, when he referred to the Jewish lobby as "murderers of Palestinians in Gaza." Atwan stood at the podium mocking Jewish students protesting his remarks.
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