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NEWS A huge rally has been scheduled for the coming Sunday, the 28th of Shevat in Jerusalem. The rally will protest the antisemitism and incitement being perpetrated against the chareidi community, the autocratic Israeli judicial system and the persecution of religion in Israel.
Kol Korei from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Everyone's heart is pained and grieved over the spiritual
degeneration and the persecution of religion and tradition in
our sacred land. Recently, we have been oppressed by the yoke
of the High Court, which is seeking to strip, Rachmono
litzlan, the Jewish Nation of its sacred Torah...
The plane carrying 33 Reform Rabbis to Israel, where they
were planning to hold a mixed-gender prayer service at the
Kosel Ma'aravi, was still over the Atlantic Ocean on
motzei Shabbos the week before last, when Rabbi
Avrohom Biderman picked up the phone from Yerushalayim.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff The secretary general of Degel HaTorah, Rabbi Moshe Gafni,
has written to Prime Minster Binyamin Netanyahu, detailing at
length the current incitement campaigns being waged against
the religious and Torah-observant communities, by
politicians, and, primarily, by the judicial system.
by S. Yisraeli The recent refusal to allow a retrial of a convicted drug
dealer when evidence surfaced that the convict seeking a
retrial fabricated stories and documents in his favor has
called attention to Israeli judicial system's deep bias
toward self protection.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon has reprimanded Israel's Ambassador to Bonn, Avi Primor, for comments he made in a German newspaper, deriding the Shas Party and the current government in Israel. Tension in Centrist Party Over its Attitude Toward Religionby Aryeh Zisman MK Yitzchak Mordechai's vote in favor of the Religious
Councils Law has caused a severe dispute in the centrist
party.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Residents of Jerusalem's Ramot neighborhood, along with
chareidi representatives in Jerusalem's Municipality, are
irate over a permit granted by the Jerusalem Regional
Building and Planning Committee to build two cinemas within
their mainly religious and chareidi neighborhood.
by Betzalel Kahn The 66 volunteers of the Jerusalem branch of ZAKA, the
Organization for the Identifying of Accident Victims,
attended to over 189 cases of tragic, unnatural deaths and
put in 9,288 hours of work during the past year.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff "This is a difficult but necessary step. On the one hand,
there are 400 empty classrooms in secular schools throughout
Jerusalem, due to the limited number of people who live in
those areas. On the other hand, other schools are
overcrowded.
by Betzalel Kahn The Department for Mitzvos Hateluyos Ba'aretz of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has issued a warning to the public about problems of orla in raisins sold throughout the country. New Kiryat Mattersdorf Refoeinu Clinic Offers Medical Servicesby N. Katzin and Bezalel Kahn Last week, the Kiryat Mattersdorf Refoeinu clinic held a meeting for women in order to acquaint area residents with its new services. Educating Women to Judaismby Melanie Zeldman Coming up this week, distinguished speaker Rebbetzin Ruchoma
Shain will be inspiring us at the JEWEL Melave Malka and mini
"Bonsai" Chinese Auction...
by Moshe Schapiro The post-1948 era will be remembered always as a low point in
Jewish religious history.
by B. Rabinowitz Upon completing all of the necessary preparations and its
many and special improvements, the Matzos Hamehudoros Yad
Binyomin has begun baking machine matzos.
by S. Baruchi This past Friday, the 19th of Shevat, chareidi Jewry was cast
into a deep pall of mourning over the petirah of HaRav
Shmuel Carlebach, one of the most important chinuch
figures of our times.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Last Tuesday night, a large throng participated in the levaya of Rebbetzin Feigele (Nelly) Schwab, o'h. The widow of R' Avrohom Schwab, she was ninety years old at the time of her petirah. Rebbetzin Miriam Sofer of Erloi, o"hby Betzalel Kahn Last Wednesday night, the 18th of Shevat, a large thong,
headed by rabbonim, roshei yeshiva, admorim, dayanim
and public figures, accompanied the righteous Rebbetzin
Miriam Sofer, o"h, on her last earthly journey.
by S. Baruchi On Thursday night, the 19th of Shevat, hundreds of bereft
people from all circles of chareidi Jewry accompanied the
righteous Rebbetzin Aliza Shoshana Zilberstein, o"h,
on her last earthly journey.
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