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The six Jewish victims of last week's double bombing attack
at beit knesset Neveh Shalom and beit knesset Beit Yisrael,
located three miles apart, were buried Tuesday morning in the
same section of the cemetery where the 22 Jewish victims of a
similar bombing attack on beit knesset Neveh Shalom 17 years
ago lie buried. Fire destroyed the Merkaz HaTorah Jewish secondary school in
the Paris suburb of Gagny in the Seine-Saint-Denis region on
Shabbos in the morning at 3am. There were no injuries.
Humana said it had dismissed four managers from product
development, quality control and its chemical laboratory
after tests showed the kosher Remedia Super Soya 1 product
contained less than one tenth the amount of vitamin B-1
advertised.
Thousands of avreichim, bnei Torah and gedolei
Torah participated in a memorial gathering and Shas
siyum in Bnei Brak on motzei Shabbos parshas
Vayeiro to mark two years since the Rosh Yeshiva's
passing. Learning Mishnayos in Memory of HaRav Shach Two years have already gone by since the petiroh of
Rabbenu Hagodol, but many people clearly recall the
reverberating words of his will read aloud by HaRav Meir Tzvi
Bergman during the levaya.
US Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Meets On Pressing Issues Agudath Israel of America's national headquarters in
Manhattan was the venue of a Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah meeting
last Tuesday, 16 Cheshvan-11 November at which the
distinguished roshei yeshiva and rabbonim who constitute the
Agudath Israel movement's highest policy-making body spent
two-and-a-half hours considering a number of important
issues. Eight UTJ-Backed Candidates Win in Second Round of
Elections The vote count for the 44 locations where a second round of
local elections was held last week showed a decline in the
Likud's power. The second round was held in localities in
which no candidate for mayor won at least 40 percent of the
votes in the first round. BUG UPDATE ACCORDING TO RAV VAYE
Note: The information here is only with regard to the
incidence of bugs in the products mentioned. It does not
address other issues of kashrus or suitability for eating
such as chodosh. Conference of European Rabbis Meets in Geneva
The Conference of European Rabbis' Standing Committee, which
meets bi-annually, held a meeting in Geneva last week headed
by HaRav Yosef Chaim Sitruk, Chief Rabbi of France. Religious Services Facing Total Collapse The Religious Councils now owe employees over NIS 400 million
in unpaid salaries Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs
Yitzhak Levy reported to the Knesset's State Control
Committee during a meeting to discuss dismantling the
Religious Affairs Ministry. "The Jewish People Cannot Be Broken" -- Why Not?
"Our enemies have yet to understand that the Jewish people
cannot be broken," Prime Minister Sharon said in speaking to
American philanthropists gathered in Jerusalem for their
annual convention (the United Jewish Communities (UJC)
General Assembly). "Can't be broken and will never be
broken."
How to Keep Your Wedding Running Smoothly
At the wedding of her first daughter, Mrs. S. was in seventh
heaven. Every other dance found her inside the kalla's
circle, enjoying every minute of hers and her daughter's
simcha. After the wedding, as the two sides gathered
for family pictures, she exclaimed to the chosson's
mother, "Wasn't that a great chasuna? Didn't you have
a wonderful time?"
The Story of Frankfurt Documenting the Stories of Holocaust Heroes
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