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NEWS
More and More Goyim Want to Move to Israel
Why it is Now OK to Go to the Kosel Maarovi on Shabbos and
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International Kashrus Conference Opens in Jerusalem
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By Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset Finance Committee approved budget transfers totaling NIS 1.7 billion ($390 million) Monday, including NIS 625 million ($140 million) promised to Shinui in payment for its support of the state budget. Torah Institutions Now Receiving Funding on Schedule By Betzalel Kahn Following the approval of the state budget for 2005 and the implementation of the coalition agreement, according to which the budgets for all Torah institutions—including added funds agreed upon in the budget agreement signed previously—will be included in the basic budget, Torah institutions have begun to receive their monthly allocations on a regular, orderly basis. Antisemitism Alleged at a U.K. University by Yated Ne'eman Staff Columbia University in the City of New York may be getting more press coverage, but evidence about instances of antisemitic behavior at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London has also been delivered to Colin Bundy, the head of the school, with a threat of legal action should he not implement his own school's anti-discrimination rules. MK Rabbi Ravitz Warns Knesset Against Constitution By Eliezer Rauchberger "I would like to warn that if we do not bravely confront but run headlong to legislate a constitution, whether because of the primaries or due to nationalist belief, during this summer sitting of the Knesset we are liable to cause a catastrophe," Deputy Welfare Minister MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz warned on Monday during a meeting of the Knesset plenum to discuss three no-confidence motions tabled by the opposition. Fire SafetyBy Betzalel Kahn Hatzoloh of Jerusalem printed a list of safety precautions to keep in mind around the Lag B'Omer bonfires. Communal Siyum of Masechteh Brochos in Melbourneby Yated Ne'eman Staff Lomdei Daf Yomi of Melbourne Australia joined together to celebrate the siyum of masechteh Brochos in the Daf Yomi cycle. HaRav Abba Mordechai Berman, zt"lBy S. Bruchi The yeshiva world was cloaked in mourning upon receiving news of the histalkus of HaRav Abba Mordechai Berman zt"l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud who had the merit of learning firsthand from the Torah giants of the previous generation. One of our generation's great marbitzei Torah he spent years turning out talmidei chachomim in Eretz Yisroel and in the US. HaRav Yeshayohu Dovid Briskman, z"lBy Betzalel Kahn HaRav Yeshayohu Dovid Briskman zt"l, one of the last survivors of the pre-Holocaust yeshivas, passed away on Motzei Isru Chag (or the eighth day of Pesach outside of Eretz Yisroel) at the age of 93. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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