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NEWS
Public Notice Regarding Meat from South America
Infrastructure Minister Orders Mekorot to Keep Kinneret
Water Flowing During Pesach
by A. Cohen Heads of Lev L'Achim's anti-cult department publicized renewed warnings to the public to avoid a mystic cult called Hamerkaz Lelimudei Kabalah set up by Philip Berg, head of the Machon Cheker Hakabalah (Kabalah Learning Center), which has stepped up efforts of late to disseminate its books in various parts of Eretz Yisroel. Palestinian Boy Used as Unwitting Suicide Terrorist by Yated Ne'eman Staff IDF soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint on Monday, 15 March 2004, foiled a planned suicide attack when they detained a Palestinian boy around 11-years-old, who worked in the area as a porter. The boy was carrying bags that aroused the suspicions of the soldiers. The soldiers had been warned by the ISA (security services) that a suicide attack was planned. Tay-Sachs Testing in Melbourne by Yated Ne'eman Staff Following the success of the testing during this past Succos, there will be another session of genetic testing (not affiliated with Dor Yeshorim) arranged under the auspices of Genetic Health Victoria -- Professor Agnes Bankier and Dr. Martin Delatycki -- during the upcoming Pesach Bein Hazmanim holiday. The exact date is Thursday, 8 April, the first day of Chol Hamoed, 4.00-4.30 P.M. in the Adass Hall. American Agudah Calls on Massachusetts to Preserve Integrity of Marriageby Yated Ne'eman Staff As the Massachusetts legislature debated a proposal to amend the state constitution to ban the redefinition of marriage, Agudath Israel of America released a statement stating Judaism's unqualified and exclusive embrace of traditional marriage. The statement stands in stark opposition to one recently offered by a local group of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis regarding the issue. A Letter Of Encouragement Recently Sent By HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman To French Jewry"Whoever Prevents His Son From Learning Torah Should Be
Aware That He's Affecting His Own Life . . ."
Chazal's statement about the travails preceding Moshiach's
arrival is well known: "What should a person do to be saved
from the pangs of Moshiach's arrival? He should occupy
himself with Torah and with practicing kindness." by D. Saks The dramatic demographic shifts in the South African Jewish community over the past half-a-century were underlined in the latest national census findings. Conducted in 2001, the census put the Jewish population at just under 75,000, down from a high of 120,000 in 1980. Of these, over 95 percent resided in the major urban centers, mainly Johannesburg and Cape Town. Annual Ateres Israel Dinner in Jerusalemby M. Samsonowitz The Ateres Yisroel dinner was held on motzei Shabbos Parshas Terumoh, in the presence of gedolei Torah: HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira, HaRav Nissim Karelitz, and HaRav Shmuel Auerbach. On the dais were distinguished roshei yeshivos and rabbonim from the Torah leadership. Mrs. Esther Wolff (nee Lobenstein) a"hby Joe Lobenstein, MBE It is with some trepidation that I write this note about my sister, Mrs. Wolff, who was niftar on 29 Shevat, because any publicity about her is quite contrary to the modesty and unobtrusiveness which was so characteristic of her lifestyle. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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