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Eight Merkaz HaRav Kedoshim Buried Erev Shabbos
By Yechiel Sever

Last Friday morning, 30 Adar I, the eight yeshiva students Hy"d murdered at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav in Jerusalem during the heinous massacre in the yeshiva library the night before were laid to rest.

Eternal Jewish Family Warns Against Backing Unqualified Dayanim
By Yechiel Sever

Following an agreement signed by the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) to set up a network of regional botei din in cooperation with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Eternal Jewish Family (EJF), headed by HaRav Leib Tropper which works extensively to uphold proper conversion practices around the world based on consultations with gedolei Yisroel,...

Jewish Teen Tortured Near Site of Halimi Murder
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

A Jewish teen named Mathieu Roumi was hauled into a basement, where he was bound and tortured for an entire day three weeks ago right near the spot on the outskirts of Paris where Ilan Halimi Hy"d was tortured and murdered two years ago.


First Shmittah Park Set Up in Jerusalem
By Yechiel Sever

The Jerusalem Municipality, in cooperation with Reishit Yerushalayim, recently dedicated Eretz Yisroel's first Shmittah park.

Fortified Chinuch Atzmai Institutions in Sderot Approved for Construction
By Yechiel Sever

The Defense Ministry sent MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni written permission to build a new, reinforced building for the hundreds of students at Chinuch Atzmai's Talmud Torah Yesodei HaTorah in Sderot, following a question submitted during a Knesset meeting one month ago.

Modi'in Illit Declared a City
By A. Cohen

Modi'in Illit, considered the third largest Torah center in the country, was officially designated a city after Interior Minister Meir Shetreet approved a recommendation by Central Command Head Gen. Gadi Shamni to make the local council into a municipality.


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