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The Knesset Discussed the Issue of Bans on Chareidim
A more serious example of the contempt with which the chareidi
community is viewed, and the refusal to recognize its elementary
rights, such as was seen in the Knesset on Wednesday 3 Adar II has not
been seen for a long time.
UTJ Demands PM Meet Chareidi Needs
United Torah Judaism presented a series of demands to Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu regarding problems the chareidi public faces,
particularly the need for a real breakthrough in dealing with the
housing crisis and legislating the Talmud Torah Law.
A major petition was filed against senior officials at the Rosh
Ha'ayin Municipality to allocate land for a mikveh, the latest move in
a painful, prolonged public debate following a scandalous decision by
the municipality to cancel plans for the construction of a mikveh in
the new Givat Hasela'im neighborhood.
The Jewish community in San Francisco is currently battling an effort
to make bris milah illegal. A city resident by the name of
Lloyd Schofield has managed to gather 3,500 signatures — half of
the number he needs to place the issue on the ballot.
At a special ceremony in Nir Etzion, the city of Bnei Brak
commemorated those who perished in the tragic forest fire with a siyum
of Shas mishnayos. Participating were the parents of Rabbi Uriel Malka
z"l, a rav of the prison services who perished, as well as other
government officials and heads of yeshivas who undertook to help the
orphans left after the fire.
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