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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.
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