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Representatives of the United States and Great Britain met
Palestinian officials in Ramallah to finalize details over
the incarceration of six wanted Palestinian militants holed
up in Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Mukata
compound in the city. Daas Torah of Maran HaRav Eliashiv on the Reform Movement
as Transmitted by HaRav Yosef Efrati The following remarks were delivered by HaRav Yosef Efrati
at the recent emergency meeting about the attempts of Reform
Jews to acquire influence in the Yerushalayim school
system. HaRav Boruch Shmuel Hakohen Deutsch, chairman of Degel
Hatorah's Vaadat HaRabbonim in Jerusalem, announced the
decisions made at the emergency meeting: State Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg issued the 52nd annual
report on Monday, saying it found huge public waste and
neglect of the Arab sector and the handicapped.
Cabinet Approves Economic Package The Finance Ministry's economic program was approved by the
cabinet, by a large majority of 17-9 late Monday. The votes
against came from the five Shas ministers, three of Labor's
ministers (Dalia Itzik, Matan Vilnai and Ra'anan Cohen) and
David Levy (Gesher). Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit (Likud)
abstained. Lev L'Achim Warns About Scientology Cult's Want Ads The Anti-Cult and Anti-Mission Department of Lev L'Achim has
found recent attempts of the Scientology cult in Israel to
lure naive Jews and to convert them. Their ploy is to publish
innocent appearing "want ads" with tempting job offers in the
daily newspapers and on street posters. Charting a Course through the Antisemitism
From a historical perspective it seems likely that the way
the world has related to Jews in the past year is a return to
"normalcy" and the relatively benign view of us that has
dominated public discourse in the past half-century is the
aberration.
The ad in Yated piqued my interest. I peered more
closely at it. It said that it was a free home-study program
on the work Oz V'Hadar Levusha -- Modesty, An Adornment
for Life and that two short assignments would be given
monthly, followed by a quiz. A gift would be awarded to one
lucky winner every month. IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Smell of Burning Sifrei Torah in France |
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