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NEWS
Sad End for Historic Zimbabwe Synagogue
Comptroller Says Directors of Art and Culture
Organizations Received Exorbitant Salaries
by Yated Ne'eman Staff United Torah Jewry appears to have achieved unity and inner cohesiveness and has great hopes for the upcoming elections on Tuesday October 28--2 Cheshvan. The candidates chosen to represent the party in every location are well-liked by the general public. Thousands Visit Kosel Maarovi During Succos by Betzalel Kahn Thousands of Jews of every stripe visited the holy city of Jerusalem during Succos, particularly during Chol Hamoed when visitors, including gedolei Yisroel, flocked to the Kosel Hama'arovi to pray and to hold their daled minim near the site where the Temple once stood. R' Avrohom Hacohen Foundation Holds Keser Torah and Nezer Horo'oh Ceremonyby Betzalel Kahn The ceremony for the R' Aharon Hacohen Foundation's annual Keser Torah and Nezer Horo'oh awards was held Monday night at the Ramat Tamir Hotel in Jerusalem. Annual Conference for Yeshiva Ketanoh Spiritual Personnelby A. Cohen The main conference of roshei yeshivos, spiritual directors and ramim from yeshivos ketanos in Eretz Hakodesh, held every year after the Yomim Noraim, took place on Monday at Wagschal Halls in Bnei Brak. Rabbi Yehudah Lebovits, zt"lby Y. A. Marin Klal Yisroel mourns the loss of a man whose special form of kindness reached Jewish homes, botei midroshim and shuls throughout the world. Rabbi Yehudah Lebovits zt'l, founder of the Lebovits-Kest "Sifriah Libnei Torah," passed away Wednesday morning 5 Tishrei following an illness discovered six weeks earlier. He was 75. HaRav Osher Freundby Betzalel Kahn HaRav Osher Freund, zt"l, was summoned to Yeshiva Shel Maaloh just hours after Yom Kippur ended. Ruth Devorah Grangewood, o"hby Betzalel Kahn On erev Yom Kippur after midday, Mrs. Ruth Devorah Grangewood o"h passed away at the age of 68 following a year of physical suffering, a trial she accepted with love. Although her levaya was held shortly before Yom Kippur while most people were eating their seuda mafsekes, many Bayit Vegan and other Jerusalem residents made a special effort to take part. Rebbetzin Martha Lorincz, o"hby Betzalel Klein A large gathering, including roshei yeshivos and talmidei chachomim, participated in the levaya of Rebbetzin Martha Lorincz, o"h, the wife of Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz, ylct"a. Community in Zambia Loses Abe Galaun, z'lby Yated Ne'eman Staff The small and dwindling Jewish community of Zambia in southern Africa received a boost last month with the holding of a high profile memorial service for one of its most distinguished members, the late Abe Galaun, in Lusaka. Nearly 200 people, mainly non-Jewish and including many local dignitaries, crowded into the Lusaka synagogue to pay tribute to Mr. Galaun, who passed away in August and was buried in London, where most of his family now lives. Shlomo Karlinsky, z"lby Betzalel Kahn Shlomo Karlinsky, z"l, the son of HaRav Yaakov Karlinsky shlita of Jerusalem's Ramot neighborhood, was killed in a car accident on the 5th night of Chol Hamoed Sukkos on his way to perform a devar mitzvah and while carrying a gemora in his hand. Binyomin Levi, z"lby Betzalel Kahn On Chol Hamoed Succos R' Binyomin Levi, z"l, passed away at the age of 58 to the sorrow of French Jews in Israel and abroad. R' Nosson Hendler, zt"lby Betzalel Kahn A large gathering of people accompanied R' Nosson Nota Hendler, zt"l, a prominent Vishnitzer chossid, who passed away last week at the age of 80 following a short illness. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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