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NEWS
Change of Time and Place for Agudath Israel Convention
The 91st annual convention of Agudath Israel of America will be held at the Hilton Woodcliff Lake Hotel and Resort in Bergen County NJ, a spokesman announced today. Located between NJ Route 17 and the Garden State Parkway in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, the newly renovated hotel, which is located on 21 acres with an array of convenient amenities, promises a special experience for Agudah conventioneers.
The Ministry Education is Trying to Take Over Chareidi Education
The Ministry of Education, under the current Minister Shai Piron of Yesh Atid, is working to found a new network of State schools that will be called the State Chareidi School Network. Their most advanced effort in this direction is a new Talmud Torah called Beis Rabban in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem that will be entirely under the control of the Ministry of Education, in contrast to the practice up until now where chareidi schools maintain educational independence, as gedolei Yisroel always demanded.
Buy a Shofar with a Good Hechsher!
Maranan Verabonon called upon the public to buy a shofar only with a good hechsher. Some cases were found of holes that certainly invalidated the shofar that had been sealed up with silicon in a way that could not be detected without sanding it down by machine. The following is a translation of a notice that was published in the Hebrew Yated Ne'eman of 7 Elul.
Two Jewish Girls from London Hurt by Acid in Zanzibar
Two Jewish girls who were vacationing in Zanzibar were seriously injured when acid was thrown at them by Moslem extremists. Zanzibar police offered a reward of 4,000 pounds Sterling for information leading to a resolution.
Although Rabbi Tzodok hailed from Lublin, his name spread as the "genius of Krinitz." This was because, after being orphaned of his father, HaRav Yaakov Hacohen Rabinowitz zt"l rov of Kreisburg at the tender age of six, R' Tzodok went to live with his uncle, HaRav Yosef Hacohen of Krinitz, author of Capos Zohov.
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