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Reports from the American Aguda Convention Held over the weekend
November 24-27 Agudath Israel of America's 89th National Convention, in which thousands of Jews participated over the four day period of November 24- 27, confronted the unprecedented challenges of modern technology head on, starting with the overcrowded Thursday night plenary session. Aguda Convention Warns about the Danger on the Desk (and in the Pocket) The first edition of chareidi magazine, Katifa, published on Thursday, is a major milestone that has been months in the making and is expected to make a significant impact on chareidi journalism.
In Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, police investigators have yet to track down the vandals who desecrated graves in the local Jewish cemetery last week, spray-painting graffiti and slogans such as "Jews out" on dozens of gravestones that were refurbished just months ago in a joint project with volunteers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and students from the American University in Kosovo.
Last week in Tel Tzion, a community outside Jerusalem, the second- phase building of the Beis Yaakov school was inaugurated. Construction work on the 16-classroom wing was completed recently.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Leibovitz heard from a talmid of his grandfather, Rav Boruch Ber zt"l, who had a chavrusa with Maran during the period that the latter got married. He told him that on the Rosh Yeshiva's wedding day, that talmid of his grandfather reasoned he would have some free time, for surely the chosson would be busy. However, the Rosh Yeshiva sat and learned with him until half an hour before his own chuppah.
Like many others, I was astonished to see a photocopy of an article written by Natan Slifkin and recently published in The Jerusalem Post which demonstrated the extent of the distortions constantly promoted on the fringes of the camp, in the form of "new chareidim," of various kinds. More Opinions and Comments . . .
Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
EARLIER EDITORIALS A Mission to Spread Daas Torah Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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