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Education Minister Urges Reform Figures to "Take Advantage" of Her Term in Office
By Yechiel Sever

Education Minister Yuli Tamir urged the Reform Movement to "take advantage" of her tenure as head of the Education Ministry by establishing facts on the ground in the education system.

Widespread Support for Firm Stance Against Conversion Breaches
By Yechiel Sever

The public is showing widespread support in Eretz Yisroel and abroad following last week's notice from gedolei Yisroel, including Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita, in support of the ruling by the Beis Din Hagodol that conversion without fully accepting mitzvas is invalid.

No-Confidence Motion on Jewish Studies Funding Defeated
By Eliezer Rauchberger

"You said you're a government of compassion. You said you're a government that wants to help and that you're not anti- religious. You go to the Reform — but what about our children? Perhaps you'll allow our children to live, too?"


Tel Aviv Municipality Tries to Force Leviev to Open Parking Lot on Shabbos
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Tel Aviv Municipality is trying to compel businessman Lev Leviev to open the parking lot of the Africa Israel building on Rechov Achad Ha'am on Shabbos and decided to require him to allocate 50 percent of parking spaces for public use during evening hours and on Shabbos. Africa Israel says it opposes opening the lot on Shabbos.

European Agudas Yisroel Holds Annual Conference in Britain
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Agudas Yisroel of Europe's annual conference ended early this week at the Normandie Hotel in Bournemouth, England with calls for increased public activity in all spheres of Jewish life in Europe.

Rav Chaim Moshe Flam zt"l
By Yechiel Sever

Thousands of bereaved Jerusalem residents took part in the levaya for Rav Chaim Moshe Flam z"l, one of the roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Dovid and a prominent avreich in Jerusalem's Sanhedria Murchevet neighborhood, who passed away at the age of 56.


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