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

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A New Meaning for the Phrase Forced Converts
Commentary by A.Y.M.

Recently, shocking reports were published, saying the Chief Rabbinate had capitulated to High Court pressure, bypassed all of the local rabbis and appointed four national marriage registrars, rabbis who are known for their Mizrachi world view. Through this act they opened the way wide for every false convert who elects to enter, to come right in! It is plain to see that all of the clarifications issued by the Chief Rabbinate were empty.

Another Attack Against Jewish Activists at University of London
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

"British universities are reminiscent of the antisemitic persecution against Jewish students at Berlin universities in the 1930s," said one of the leaders of the Jewish community in Britain this week. Students identifiable as Jews are harassed and beaten in the hallways, particularly if they protest against antisemitism on campus.


Five Chareidi Students from Netivot were Injured in Jerusalem Bombing
by Yechiel Sever

Five talmidim from the Nit'ei Reuven talmud Torah in Netivot, part of the Chinuch Atzmai network, were injured in the bomb that went off in Jerusalem on Wednesday. A group from the talmud Torah had come to Jerusalem to participate in entry examinations to yeshivot ketanot. Two of their friends were able to get onto an earlier bus, but there was no room for them.


Memories Of The Aliyah To Yerushalayim On Chol Hamoed Pesach 5704
By Yisroel Spiegel

Part I

"Kumu vena'aleh beis Hashem! (Arise and let's go up to the house of Hashem!)" was the banner under which a huge operation to bring Jews from all over Eretz Yisroel to Yerushalayim, was arranged and successfully completed on Chol Hamoed Pesach 5704 (1944). The event had special significance in view of the tragic background of the times. For a fourth consecutive year, Europe had been awash with an ocean of Jewish blood and there was still no end in sight.


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