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United Torah Judaism Rejects High Court's Conversion Decision
by Eliezer Rauchberger

The Interior Ministry must register local residents who convert to Judaism in non-halachically valid procedures, such as those performed by Reform and Conservative clergy, here or abroad, as Jews, a panel of 11 High Court justices ruled last week. Until now, the courts had only forced the Ministry to accept the validity of Reform or Conservative procedures performed abroad.

129 Government Bodies Overpay Their Workers
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The eighth annual report of the Finance Ministry Wage Director about salaries paid in 2000 found that 129 of a total of 676 organizations funded and supported by the Israeli government overpaid their senior employees.

Saudi Peace Plan Gets Broad Response
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M Plaut

A new peace plan to resolve the conflict in Eretz Yisroel proposed recently by Saudi Arabia has received considerable response from a number of different directions. Now Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has expressed a willingness to discuss the proposal with the Saudis.

Religious Schools in Johannesburg Enjoy Steady Growth
by D. Saks, South Africa

Despite steady losses in the community to emigration, religious Jewish day schools in Johannesburg continue to expand, both numerically and in terms of their facilities.

About Children Collecting Photographs of Gedolim
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The following was published on the front page of Yated Ne'eman in Hebrew last week.

We regard it as a spiritual necessity for us to publicly express our opposition to the various types of photograph albums that have been distributed in the past and are currently being distributed.

Professor Avrohom Yitzchok (Alvin) HaKohen Radkowsky z'l
by S. Bruchi

Following a large levaya Professor Avrohom Yitzchok HaKohen Radkowsky z'l, who passed away at the age of 87, was buried in Bnei Brak last week.


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