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

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HaRav Yissochor Meir zt"l
By S. Bruchi

Beis Yisroel and the yeshiva world was cloaked in mourning upon receiving the bitter news on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Va'eiro, 26 Teves, of the passing of HaRav Yissochor Meir zt"l, an elder statesman among our generation's roshei yeshivos and marbitzei Torah. One of the founders of the Torah world in Morocco and the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas HaNegev, he was summoned to Yeshiva Shel Maaloh on Shabbos night.

Egyptian Authorities Release Protesters Rallying to Keep Out Jewish Visitors
By R. Hoffner

Security forces in Egypt released on Sunday 50 protesters arrested last weekend for demonstrating against a group of hundreds of Jews who arrived at the grave of HaRav Yaakov Abuchatzeira in the village of Mandur in the northwest part of the country to mark his yahrtzeit. Three of the organizers of the demonstration remained in custody.


New Information about Indonesian Jews During the Holocaust
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

At a recent academic conference at Haifa University there were reports of a previously unrecognized Jewish community that had been persecuted during World War II: Indonesian Jewry. That community suffered terribly under the Japanese occupying rule. Professor Rotem Kovner investigated the events.


`Advertisers Should Channel Funds to Special Population Sectors'
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

"Special population sectors now comprise over 50 percent of the country's population, and their share of the total continues to grow," says Nati Yaakobi, CEO of Ifat Advertising Monitoring, referring to the religious, Arab and Russian-speaking sectors. "Because they are isolated within their own media, the major advertisers understand that special advertising budgets must be allocated."


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