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NEWS Six Jews on their way home from Friday night services were shot and wounded by a gunman who went on a two state shooting rampage against Jews, blacks and Asian-Americans. The man police said carried out the shootings was Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, a 21-year-old member of a white supremacist group. The bloodthirsty spree ended late Sunday night with the alleged gunman's suicide.
HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, zt"l This past Thursday, the 17th of Tammuz, Torah Jewry mourned the petirah of the gaon, HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, the rosh yeshiva of Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, and one of the greatest roshei yeshiva in the United States. Barak Presents His Governmentby Yated Ne'eman Staff Prime Minister Ehud Barak presented his government for the Knesset's approval. Barak also suffered his first real setback since the elections, when his candidate for Knesset Speaker, Shalom Simhon, was easily defeated by the premier's long-time political rival, Avraham Burg, also of the One Israel party. Barak had not offered Burg any position in his government. Negotiating and Signing the Agreement Between UTJ and Ehud Barakby Arye Zisman Only one thing concerned the negotiating team of UTJ: to guarantee that the yeshivos hakedoshos would not be undermined in any way whatsoever, for that was the mission they had been charged to fulfill by the gedolei ume'orei hador. After the intervention of the Supreme Court in the issue of the arrangements of military deferrals of yeshiva students, and after Barak himself proposed, in the previous Knesset, a law undermining the status of the bnei yeshiva, it seemed as if there was no natural way to arrest the decree. Prayer Rallies for Iranian Jews Held on 17th of Tammuzby Betzalel Kahn and Yated Ne'eman Staff On the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, prayer services on behalf
of the imprisoned Iranian Jews were held in a number of
synagogues in Eretz Yisroel.
The main service took place in Jerusalem at 5 P.M. in the
large Yeshuos Yaakov shul in Mea Shearim. At the
service, the entire sefer Tehillim was read and the
prayers of Habet miShomayim ure'ei and Ovinu
Malkeinu were recited. The shofar was blown. by B. Kahn Last week, on Wednesday the 16th of Tammuz, the entire Torah world was cast into a deep pall of mourning upon the petirah of the great and renowned gaon, HaRav Shimon Moshe Diskin zt"l, one of the roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Kol Torah. HaRav Avrohom Dovid Rosenthal zt"lby Betzalel Kahn This past Monday night, the 22nd of Tammuz, a large throng, headed by maranan verabonon the gedolei haTorah, accompanied the great gaon, HaRav Avrohom Dovid Rosenthal zt"l on his last earthly journey. HaRav Rosenthal was the ravad of the beis din of HaRav Shmuel Salant and of the beis din of HaRav Tzvi Pesach Frank. South African Rabbi Condemnedby Yated Ne'eman Staff A Cape Town rabbi has been declared persona non grata
by South Africa's Orthodox Jewish leadership.
The 1,600 members of the Green and Sea Point Hebrew
Congregation were informed of the move in a letter that was
signed by Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, Beis Din head Rabbi Moshe
Kurtzag and 10 other dayanim and Cape Town rabbis. by Yated Ne'eman Staff Throughout history, our forefathers and mothers eagerly fulfilled the halochos of Jewish family purity, frequently with great self-sacrifice. To disseminate their observance as well as their correct performance, outstanding Torah leaders have supported the establishment of the Tohoras Yisroel Institute, headed by HaRav Hillel Wertheimer. Survivors Urged to Apply for Swiss Fundsby Yated Ne'eman Staff The final process to begin payment to Holocaust survivors and their heirs from the $1.25 billion Swiss settlement case has begun with a public call to survivors to come forward and apply for the funds. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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