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Daas Torah: Do Not Use the Internet
by Betzalel Kahn

Maronan verabonan the gedolei haTorah vehaChassidus, have publicized their opinion, daas Torah, issuing a stern warning about the dangers of computers, computer video games, computer films and the Internet.

Lapid Confirms Barak-Hilary Clinton Incident
by E. Rauchberger

Virulently anti-religious Shinui leader Tomy Lapid has confirmed that Barak did make a remark about him and chareidim to Hilary Clinton at a reception, but he said that intent was not as reported in the media.

Jerusalem Demonstration Against Missionary Activity
by Betzalel Kahn and M. Jacoby

Hundreds of residents of Jerusalem's Talpiot and Bakaa neighborhoods participated last week in a large demonstration organized by Lev L'Achim's Department for the Struggle Against the Missions. It took place near the missionary center of the Bethlehem Community messianic Jewish group, located at 48 Derech Beit Lechem in Jerusalem.

Knesset Committee Discusses the Need for Sifrei Yuchsin
by Eliezer Rauchberger

"I am in possession of statistics indicating that 80% of the immigrants arriving in Israel today, are not Jewish," UTJ MK Rabbi Shmuel Halpert warned, members of the Knesset Aliya and Absorption committee.

Future of Joint Conversion Institutes in Doubt
by B. Kahn and Yated Ne'eman Staff

The joint conversion institutes proposed by the Neeman Commission as a solution to the issue of registering non- Orthodox converts as Jews, appear to be under attack on two fronts: from the religious parties, which would prefer to see them disappear, and from the Finance Ministry, which would cause them to disappear by withholding the budget needed for their development.

Am Echad VIP Delegation to Eretz Yisroel
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

From Tuesday through Thursday, January 18-20, a delegation of Am Echad activists representing a broad cross-section of American Orthodoxy will be in Eretz Yisroel to participate in the official dedication of Am Echad's Israel office, as part of the second Am Echad VIP group mission to Israel.

Da'as Torah and a Stern Warning

The following is the text of an advertisement that was placed in Yated Neeman and other major chareidi newspapers in Eretz Yisroel as well as put up in posters.

Regarding the Terrible Dangers of Computer CD-Rom Games, Films (Including Censored Ones) and the Internet

A Sacred Call

The following is the text of an advertisement that was placed in Yated Neeman and other major chareidi newspapers in Eretz Yisroel as well as put up in posters.

Since, due to our many sins, a number of breaches in tsnius have resulted from the use of the computer, we hereby declare that this issue is of the utmost important to us, and that the future of beis Yisroel is dependent on the observance of proper parameters of tsnius.

Basic Law Bill Proposed In Knesset
by Eliezer Rauchberger

The Constitution Committee of the Knesset voted last week (on Monday 25 Teves) to present a new Basic Law bill to regulate the enactment of Basic Laws as well as their amendment. The decision was accepted by a majority of 8 Knesset members with one abstention (Yuval Steinitz of Likud).

Justice Ministry to Investigate Justice Elyagon's Remarks About a Handicapped Lawyer
by Eliezer Rauchberger

"I have asked the director of the courts to conduct an immediate examination of the event, without delay. At its conclusion I will weigh my opinion within the framework of my authority," announced Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, in response to a parliamentary motion by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni.

Burial Cave at the Entrance to Haifa Desecrated
by Yehuda Ariel

Last week, rabbonim and community leaders protested desecration of burial caves located on the edges of the road at the entrance to Haifa. The bones found in the caves were subsequently reburied by Religious Affairs Ministry inspectors.


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