The Vaad HaRabbonim for Kedushas haShabbos in Eretz Yisroel, under the auspices of our gedolei Yisroel, are warning and encouraging the traveling public who flies abroad on occasion to avoid and beware of flights leaving America on Thursday afternoon and scheduled to land in Israel on Friday morning. This is following a severe mishap which occurred this past week with El Al airlines when the departure was delayed by many long hours, an occurrence which is liable to result in chillul Shabbos. Last Shabbos a number of chareidi El Al passengers spent the day in Athens. Their flight was scheduled to leave late Thursday afternoon, which would have had it land in Israel early Friday afternoon. But it was delayed.

For almost 30 years, since HaRav Shach guided Degel HaTorah to rejoin Agudas Yisroel after then ran separately in the elections of 1988 (5749), whatever representation the combined United Torah Judaism party earned in the elections was split: 60% for Agudas Yisroel and 40% for Degel HaTorah. This has been true at the national (Knesset) level and also at the municipal level in Jerusalem.

American Agudah Convention Began Thursday November 22

The annual convention of the American Agudas Yisroel will open on November 22 in Stamford Connecticut. It will extend through Shabbos.

In a week and a half's time, Jewry will acknowledge the first yahrtzeit of Maran HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ztvk'l.

* * *

• Planning for the Jewish People without Chareidim
• On Writing Biographies of Gedolim
• When it is Permissible to Attack Religious Institutions

---

EARLIER EDITORIALS

The Message of an Earthquake

A Mission to Spread Daas Torah

Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit

Can I - Should I?

The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants

More Editorials . . .

---

Click here for conditions of use.