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NEWS
Poskim Rule that One Should not Smoke on Yom Tov
By A. Cohen Shock and horror gripped Jews everywhere, particularly the residents of Bnei Brak's Ramat Aharon neighborhood, at the deliberate torching of the Oron Hakodesh in the local Central Zeirei Agudas Yisroel beis haknesses. The fire consumed the five sifrei Torah that were in the oron hakodesh, reducing them to ashes, R'l. Worldwide Chareidi Community Prepares to Fight Economic Assaultby Betzalel Kahn The chareidi public in Israel and around the world is preparing to fight against the economic deathblows the government is set to deliver in the form of the proposed economic plan designed to hack away at Torah institutions and directly at Torah-true Jewry throughout Israel. Interior Minister Poraz Says He will not Enforce Chometz Lawby Betzalel Kahn Following a rebellious decision to cancel Druse inspectors on Shabbos--a decision criticized by the Attorney General--on Sunday, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui) declared "enforcing the Chometz Law is not at the top of [his] list of priorities" and he does not intend to honor the law, which requires his ministry to dispatch supervisors on Pesach. Education Minister Threatens Chareidi Schoolsby E. Rauchberger Education Minister Limor Livnat announced at a press conference in Tel Aviv last week that in the coming school year the Education Ministry will not allocate funding to schools that fail to meet the quota for secular studies, whose contents are to be determined by the Ministry. Funding at Hebrew University Seven Times that of Yeshiva Studentby Yated Ne'eman Staff Government funding for Israeli universities amounts to $500- 800 per month per student according to figures released last month. In comparison, the state allocates $115 per month for every student in a yeshiva gedoloh and $142 per month for every avreich kollel. This is before the recent drastic cutbacks. High Court Rules Women of the Wall can Hold Their Provocative Ceremonies at a Special Siteby Betzalel Kahn Nine High Court judges ruled on Sunday that a Conservative group called Women of the Wall could hold their quasi- religious ceremonies at the Kosel Maarovi, but determined that the government must prepare an area near the Robinson Arch, located in the archaeological garden near the southwest corner of the Wall, for their use. Letter of British Agudah to the Israeli Ambassador in Londonby Yated Ne'eman Staff The following letter was sent by prominent members of the British branch of Agudas Yisroel to the Israeli Ambassador in London, Dr. Zvi Shtauber. The Canadian Jewish Population -- 2001by Yated Ne'eman Staff Canada recently released the results of the 2001 census on Canadians' ethnic origins. The census revealed a drop in the number of people who declared themselves Jewish by ethnicity or culture. British Chareidi Community Increasingby Yated Neeman Staff The 2001 census of Britain found just under 267,000 Jews in England, Scotland and Wales, making them slightly less than 0.5 percent of the British population. But the religion question was voluntary and nearly a quarter of the overall population did not answer it. Ukraine Census Shows Sharp Drop in Jewsby Yated Ne'eman Staff Only 103,591 Jews were counted in the 2001 census, which was released in late December 2002. Before the census, estimates were that 250,000 to 500,000 Jews live in Ukraine. Finance Ministry Rejects Proposal to Cut Funding Across the Boardby Yated Ne'eman Staff A proposal to make slight across-the-board cuts in allotments spending, thereby saving Bituach Leumi the same amount as the severe cuts in allotments to large families, was rejected outright by ranking Finance Ministry officials, apparently for ideological reasons. Conference Marks Anniversary of Yeshivas Masmidim Foundingby Betzalel Kahn At an elaborate event led by gedolei Torah, roshei yeshivos and the rov of the kehilloh, avreichim and talmidim associated with Kehal Adas Yerushalayim -- Yeshivas Hamasmidim gathered motzei Shabbos Parshas Tzav to mark the yeshiva's fifty-fourth anniversary. Israeli Weapons in American Handsby Yated Ne'eman Staff After decades of US military aid and defense cooperation, the US military is permeated by technology developed in Israel -- from the Army's Hunter drones to the targeting systems on the US Marines' Harrier jets to the fuel tanks on its F-15 fighters. Gedolei Yisroel Express Their Approval of "Jewish Marriage Education"by Yated Ne'eman Staff The books recently republished by the organization Jewish Marriage Education (JME), merited the blessings of gedolei Yisroel, headed by Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, who also appointed a committee of rabbonim to oversee this important organization. Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Drive Draws 24,000by Yated Ne'eman Staff 24,000 Israelis demonstrated their concern for the many Jewish patients in need of life-saving bone marrow transplants by participating in Ezer Mizion's annual bone marrow drive on Tuesday April 1. From Vabolnik to Jerusalem: The Life Story of Rabbenu HaRav Shach zt'lby Yated Ne'eman Staff One book is not enough to relate the life story and gadlus of Maran HaRav Shach, zt'l. Not even an entire shelf of books would provide enough space to cover his life's story, which has been etched into the heart of the Torah world. No wonder several books about Rabbenu have already been published to keep his memory alive. South Africa Revisitedby Gita Gordon The El Al plane began its descent to Johannesburg and in the early dawn the vast empty landscape of Africa unfolded. Then quite suddenly the familiar landscape of "Egoli," the city of gold, the vast areas of tiny houses of Soweto and its surrounding areas, the green lawns and blue swimming pools of the suburbs and then the airport buildings -- and within moments our long flight was over. Breathing New Life into Ukrainian Jewryby Noach Schwartz During these trying times, as decrees against the chareidi public in Eretz Yisroel multiply from day to day, a refreshing wind is blowing from the Ukraine, carrying the important message that life is not dictated by any one coalition or another. < All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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