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At a Likud meeting Monday night Finance Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu said he plans to present his economic plan as early
as next week. In the initial phase NIS 10 billion ($2
billion) in government expenses will be slashed, followed by
another NIS 10-billion cut in the second phase. Experts say
Netanyahu intends to curtail Children's Allowances and to
totally repeal the Large Families Law. On Monday the Palestinian Legislative Council chose Mahmoud
Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) as the prime minister of the
Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian parliament granted day-
to-day responsibility for Palestinian affairs to the prime
minister, but left ultimate authority over the security
services, negotiations with Israel, and other matters firmly
in the hands of Yasser Arafat. Still, the prime minister's
precise powers were left vague enough so that the first
holder of the job will be able to define and develop them in
practice.
The Jewish Agency has made preparations to launch an
accelerated conversion program for non-Jews from the former
Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, according to an announcement
in Ha'aretz last week.
Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik on Purim Day All Over the
World Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik needs little introduction, but
many people wonder who and what is behind the project, which
just may be the most successful idea for fostering Torah
learning since the Daf Yomi was begun by Rav Meir Shapira
some eighty years ago. To find some answers to this question
we interviewed Rav Naftoli Meir Falk, Rosh Yeshivas Mordechai
Hatzaddik. Lev L'Achim Predicts Record-Breaking Enrollment Some 230 people from all over Eretz Yisroel who are expected
to have a major impact on the future of the country in the
coming months came together last week for a crucial meeting.
Their singular purpose: to bring yaldei Yisroel tachas
kanfei haShechina. Poraz Pushes Early Elections in Jerusalem, Haifa and Or
Akiva
"Unless a technical problem arises I believe municipal
elections in Jerusalem, Haifa and Or Akiva should be held as
soon as possible. This is a democratic procedure that is
greatly needed," Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui)
told a Knesset plenum last week in response to a series of
proposals on arranging elections, indicating he thinks they
should be held June 3. Rav Moshe Shmuel Rosenbaum, zt"l Rav Moshe Shmuel Rosenbaum who was a pioneer of the chareidi
Kehilla Adass Israel in Melbourne, Australia, passed away
last week at the age of ninety. His aron arrived in
Yerushalayim on Wednesday and he was buried in Har Hazeisim
next to his illustrious wife. Ministry:Israeli war talk sparks antisemitism in US The Foreign Ministry is receiving reports from the US that
the war predictions emanating from Israeli leaders are being
sharply criticized by the US media, which accuse them of
trying to goad the administration into war. Challenges of the Modern World: Purim Vanquishes Science
What is a cold world? It is a world of isolation and
disconnectedness, a world in which there is nothing that
connects different points in space nor different instants in
time. Everything is, but it might not be. You might be here
and you might not be here. Your friend might be here today
but gone tomorrow -- and for no reason. Whatever is gone, is
completely finished, dead and done with.
Amen -- A Small Word with Big Repercussions
"Open the gates and admit the righteous nation which remains
steadfast in its faith." Say Chazal, "Do not read `shomrei
emunim' but `sheomrim amen.' "
Just before the decree of annihilation was about to be
enacted, Mordechai gathered three hundred cheder children and
studied Torah with them. The pure `amens' uttered by pure
children can save worlds. To Fill The Land With The Knowledge Of Hashem -- HaRav Dov Gavriel Ginsberg, zt'l Saving a Jewish Life
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