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16 Tammuz 5760 - July 19, 2000 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Mattos-Massei, 5760

Sunday, 20 Tammuz - Shabbos, 26 Tammuz
(July 23-29, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Nedorim, 4-10
Yerushalmi:
Kiddushin, 10-16

MISHNA YOMIS
Sukkah, 3:7-4:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 308:22-308:42

Pirkei Ovos:
2

Molad: Monday morning, 28 Av (July 31), at 11:49 A.M.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Pinchos
Yerushalayim:
7:08 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:23 P.M.

Parshas Mattos- Massei
Yerushalayim:
7:03 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:18 P.M.

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

GRAVES

LIVING JUDAISM

WOMEN IN
JUDAISM

GIYUR
LEGAL ISSUES
YESHIVA DRAFT
CULTURE WARS
-MISCELLANEOUS
CULTURE WARS
-MONEY
CULTURE WARS
-SHABBOS

NEWS


Prague Cemetery Agreement Breaks Down; Czech Minister Insults Jewish Preservation Efforts
by Mordecai Plaut

The agreement reached at the end of March between the Ceska Pojistovna (CP) insurance company, the national Czech government as represented by the Culture Ministry and the Archaeology Institute, and the Prague Jewish community (known as PZO) to preserve an ancient cemetery discovered in the middle of Prague seems to have broken down completely as the Culture Ministry has insulted the worldwide Jewish community and the CP company has decided to proceed unilaterally.

Reform Jews In South Africa Withering Away
by Yated Ne'eman South African Correspondent

Recent demographic surveys of South African Jewry show the non-Orthodox grouping -- particularly in Johannesburg where two-thirds of the entire Jewish community lives -- to be aging and steadily diminishing in numbers.

"They Fired Me Because I Refused to Join Scientology"
by Eliezer Rauchberger

Shocking testimony about a Zoglobeck factory worker who was fired for not submitting to demands of the company director to participate in Scientology cult seminars was heard on 9 Tammuz at a special meeting of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee.


Bones in Basement of Hadassah Await Final Resting Place
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A solution has yet to be found for the problem of the hundreds of crates of human bones discovered in the basement of the Jerusalem Hadassah Ein Karem School of Dentistry.

Or Etzion Conversion Court Defies the Gedolim to Appease the Reform
by B. Rabinowitz

The special conversion court in Or Etzion, headed by Rabbis Chaim Druckman, and Yosef Avior, recently conducted "conversion" ceremonies for the graduates of the State- sponsored Conversion Ulpan network, which is run jointly with Reform and Conservative leaders.

Professor Edward Said: The Closet Terrorist
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The AFP News Agency published a photo depicting Professor Edward Said, a prominent professor at Columbia University in New York City and a former president of the U.S. Modern Language Association, throwing stones from Lebanon at IDF soldiers stationed at the Fatma Crossing in Metulla.

Scaled-down Religious Liberty Bill Before Congress
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

"This is an imperfect world, and Washington often stands out in the area of imperfection. . . . Half a loaf is better than none." That is how Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel of America's Washington Office director and counsel, explained the thinking behind a new religious liberty bill introduced last week in both the United States House of Representatives and Senate.


Shatnez Alert
by A. Cohen

Scores of this season's linen and linen-look garments have been found to contain shatnez. The mixture of linen and wool has been found even in garments with labels attesting that the garment is 100% linen.


OPINION & COMMENT

The State of Our Future

There is plenty of cause for concern. The super-confident Israeli prime minister is locked up together with the Palestinian fox and the American lame duck at the American Presidential retreat at Camp David in which the prime minister and the lame duck are desperate for some results but the fox already has all the cards -- or at least pretends that he does.


HOME & FAMILY

Attention Deficit Disorder
by A. Ross, M.A. in Education and Speech

There have always been children who are difficult at home and in the classroom. They are not brain-damaged in any way, nevertheless they are children with a learning disability, children who have difficult in learning the normal way.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Yahrtzeit: 21 Tammuz, 5701
Signs From Heaven

By HaRav Avrohom Yitzchok Bloch Zt'l, Hy'd


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