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Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu canceled a trip abroad
that was supposed to start Wednesday and continue until early
next week in order to deal with growing domestic troubles as
government hospitals cut services and protesters hurt by the
cutbacks converged on Jerusalem. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, visiting 10 Downing Street, has
told Prime Minister Tony Blair that construction of the West
Bank security fence will continue, despite international
opposition. Earlier in the day he met with British Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw. The meetings were friendly, but there
was not meeting of the minds.
In a special meeting on Sunday, the Vaadas HaRabbonim Lema'an
Kedushas HaShabbos determined that protest demonstrations
against breaches in the walls protecting Shabbos may be held
only after receiving directives and guidance from maranan
verabonon, who will consider the potential benefits to
the overall campaign.
Efforts to Implement Agreement to Halt Grave Desecration
in Grodno A newly set up committee comprised of Grodno City Council
members and representatives of Jewish organizations in
Byelorussia and other countries is working to implement an
agreement reached just days ago to halt grave desecration at
a 500-year-old cemetery located in the city. Clarification about Nefesh B'Nefesh Two weeks ago we ran an article about North American aliyah
that discussed the activities of a Florida-based group
entitled Nefesh B'Nefesh in promoting aliyah from America to
Eretz Yisroel through substantial monetary grants. HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Installed as Gavad of Eidoh
Chareidis A large gathering was on hand Monday afternoon to welcome
HaRav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss to his new post as Gavad (Godol
Av Beis Din) of the Eidoh Chareidis of Jerusalem. Shinui Forged Secret Agreement to Funnel NIS 123 Million
in Discretionary Funds
A political storm raged following a report last Thursday that
before joining the coalition the Shinui Party demanded NIS
123 million for distribution at its own discretion. Roshei Yeshivos Discuss Admission and Enrollment at
Yeshivos Gedolos
Last week dozens of roshei yeshivos gedolos gathered
at the request of HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, HaRav Michel
Yehuda Lefkowitz and HaRav Gershon Edelstein for a special
meeting at HaRav Shteinman's home to discuss acceptance and
enrollment of talmidim at yeshivos gedolos. Leumit and Meuchedet HMOs Won't Merge Knesset Leumit Health Fund and Kupat Cholim Meuchedet will
not merge into a single health fund. An announcement to this
effect was released on Monday, but it was a trial balloon by
Knesset Finance Committee chairman and former Leumit Health
Fund chairman Abraham Hirchson. Hirchson resigned from Leumit
Health Fund six months ago.
The social protest against the government's new policies is
widening. The leaders of the protest are working single
parents who need government help to make ends meet. A non-
working single mother with two or more children has been cut
from NIS 3,346 to NIS 2,607 a month. A working mother who
makes the minimum wage has been cut from NIS 2,592 to NIS
1,232. It makes the difference between a low, but tolerable,
standard of living and a life of unfilled needs.
The Orphan's Kaddish
Part 2
Synopsis: Shloime, a nine-year-old orphan, experiences
stage fright whenever he has to stand up and recite Kaddish
for his mother. The arguments, back and forth, repeat
themselves, and his father is at his wit's end. Self Esteem A Golden Heart
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