Here, to encourage readers of Dei'ah Vedibur to become
subscribers to Yated Ne'eman - Bnei Brak, is a listing
of what appears in the Succos print edition that is not
online.
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9 pages of bulleted news items about Israel (a short sample
follows). This gives a complete picture and the week's events
in Israel and covers all significant events that are not
covered in longer articles.
3 pages of bulleted news items about Jewish life around the
world. (A short sample follows.)
Parsha Points to Ponder (a weekly feature - three parts)
An adult Succos story
A children's Succos story
Sparks of Glory (a weekly feature)
Rabbi Leff on Succos
A Libby Lazewnik story
A Recipe from Sara Finkel
18 longer news items about various aspects of the Jewish
world.
Over 50 pictures and illustrations, many in color, and
including an editorial cartoon by Yoni. Many of the news
photographs include long captions that capsulize the events,
such as the recent earthquake in Pakistan. This issue
includes three pages of photographs of major events of 5765,
including capsule summaries in the captions.
About 40 percent of this special issue is not inline.
Usually close to 60 percent is not online.
SAMPLE OF ISRAEL NEWS
Home Affairs
No Human Shields
In a landmark ruling, Israel's High Court banned the
military's use of Palestinian civilians as `human shields' in
arrest operations against suspected Palestinian terrorists,
calling the practice a violation of international law.
Israelis Awaiting Transplants
816 Israelis are awaiting an organ transplant, with
officials reporting that since January 1, 2005, 151
transplants were performed in Israel.
527 people await a kidney, 124 a liver, 113 a heart, 52 a
lung and some 300 people are waiting for a cornea.
Religious Councils
The Union of Local Authorities has come out against a
government plan under which the municipalities would foot the
bill for 60 percent of religious councils' budgets, and which
would give the government power to decide on the total sum
that the religious councils are to receive.
"The government is ignoring the local authorities with regard
to the religious councils," union head Adi Eldar wrote in a
letter that he sent to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Rosh
Hashanah eve.
Former Interior Minister Avraham Poraz tried unsuccessfully
to persuade the prime minister to cancel the autonomous
nature of the religious councils.
Earthquake
An earthquake felt around the country was reported in the
Jordan Valley area. The quake measured 4.0 — 4.2 on the
Richter scale.
Shabbos Work Halted
The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) did not carry out
the planned works to erect overhead power lines near the
Ganot interchange on the Ayalon highway, due to Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon's request to delay the work.
Sharon's intervention is part of confidence-building steps in
an attempt to find common ground with the chareidi parties,
ahead of the budget vote.
Israel Population Density
Israel's population density equals Belgium's at 338
persons per sq. km, but the population density of Israel's
cities varies widely.
Bnei Brak is Israel's most crowded city, with 19,500 persons
per sq. km.; followed by Bat Yam 15,900 persons per sq. km.;
Givatayaim 14,980 persons per sq. km.; and Kiryat Motzkin
10,400 persons per sq. km. Towns in outlying areas had fairly
low population densities: Yeruchom 227 persons per sq. km.,
and Omer 300 persons per sq. km.
Among Israel's four largest cities, Tel Aviv had the highest
population density, at 7,170 persons per sq. km.; followed by
Jerusalem 5,642 persons per sq. km.; Haifa 4,211 persons per
sq. km.; and Rishon LeZion 3,700 persons per sq. km.
The population of the Jerusalem district is 832,000, up 2.4
percent, compared with 2004. The population of the Central
district was 1.62 million (up 2.3 percent); Tel Aviv district
1.18 million (up 1.1 percent); the Northern district 1.12
million (up 1.6 percent); Haifa district 852,000 (up 0.7
percent); and the Southern district 985,000 (up 1.7
percent).
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SAMPLE OF JEWISH NEWS FROM HERE & THERE
Community News
Jews to Uman
A record-breaking 20,000 Jews celebrated Rosh Hashanah
in the Ukrainian city of Uman, the burial place of Rabbi
Nachman, founder of the Breslav Chassidic movement.
Hi-Tech Kosher
New technology, developed by an Israeli firm, can help
protect the authenticity of kosher tags and labels, according
to Yoav Dvir Advanced Coding System. Its main product is
known as AuthentiFiber Tags which cannot be forged.
Gluten-Free Certifications
A group known as the Gluten Intolerance Group has
launched a gluten-free food certification program, developed
in cooperation with the Food Services, Inc., a subsidiary of
the Orthodox Union (the "OU").
This new inspection program will verify that food products
meet the highest standards for gluten-free ingredients.
Jewish Poor Growing
More Jews than ever depended on financial and other
support to celebrate the Jewish holidays, US agencies serving
the poor say.
Officials say that the demand for basics like food and shoes
was particularly strong amongst some of the Orthodox Jewish
large families, and with senior citizens on a fixed
income.
The number of Jewish poor living in New York City is said to
exceed 140,000.
