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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

Dedication
The News section this week, Parshas Beshalach, is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

To dedicate a section, this or another, of Dei'ah Vedibur, please contact editor at shemayisrael dot com.

NEWS

Maran HaRav Eliashiv and the Rosh Yeshiva HaRav Shteinman Urge Voters to Go to Polls and Support UTJ
By Yechiel Sever

"Every yirei Hashem should do all he can to increase the honor of Heaven by strengthening the UTJ-Gimmel list," reads a letter written by Maran HaRav Eliashiv in advance of next week's Knesset elections. "And whoever shirks this obligation lends a hand to those who seek to uproot everything."


Yisrael Beiteinu: "No National Service, No Citizenship"
By G. Lazer

The "chareidi" candidate representing the secular party Yisrael Beiteinu openly declared that his party would require the chareidi sector to do national service in lieu of military duty under the slogan, "No loyalty, no citizenship."


Letter by HaRav Eliashiv shlita

Religious matters in Eretz Hakodesh are imperiled and neglect is widespread and adversaries have risen up to undermine every matter. As is well known, the United Torah Judaism list stanches the breach and its representatives are sent to thwart the decrees and schemes.


Holocaust Day Ceremonies Used for Antisemitism
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

In the aftermath of International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies, which were held in the shadow of anti-Israeli incitement, calls are being issued to cancel them entirely. This year more than ever public figures shed crocodile tears, allowing people like UN General Assembly President Rev. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua to demonize today's Jews.


Local Authorities to Stop Funding Water and Electricity at Chareidi Schools
By Yechiel Sever

Many Chinuch Atzmai and Maayan Hachinuch HaTorani schools were astonished to receive notices from local authorities saying that water and electricity accounts would be terminated and that they would receive only 75 percent of the funding amounts allocated for other schools.


OPINION & COMMENT

Peace in the Middle East — or Stability

by Mordecai Plaut

It may be surprising to anyone brought up in the West, but the notion of "peace" does not have the resonance of a universally desirable goal in large parts of the world. In particular the Arab nations lack it entirely.


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