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NEWS
HaRav Eliashiv Protests Improper Methods Of Coercion In
Gittin
Enormous Chareidi Housing Project in Yeruchom
Culture Organization Funding Withheld Due to
Discriminatory Field Reporting
by Yated Ne'eman Staff The adoption was no secret! Nobody would have, anyway, believed that the sweet little Sephardi girl is the natural daughter of Family B, an Ashkenazi family. Women's Group to Hold Provocative Rosh Chodesh Gathering at Kosel By Betzalel Kahn Despite a High Court ruling not to gather at the Western Wall Plaza a group of women stirring controversy every Rosh Chodesh continues to sully the sanctity of the Kosel Maarovi and the sensitivities of visitors coming to pray. The group is planning to meet at the Kosel on Rosh Chodesh Tammuz as well, with unseemly ceremonies scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Warburg Boulevard Kept Closed on Shabbos By Y. Ariel and Betzalel Kahn Kiryat Shmuel's Warburg Boulevard was closed on Shabbos at the order of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and behind a unified front in the Knesset. NOTICE AND CLARIFICATION by Yated Ne'eman Staff It was brought to our attention that a passage in our article last week about the letter from Maran HaRav Eliashiv about nonkosher status of the Kingklip fish may have been interpreted to imply... New Regulations for Military Defermentsby Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee passed a series of changes to the law providing for the deferment of military service for full-time yeshiva students. After consulting with his party, MK Uri Ariel (HaIchud HaLeumi) broke a tie vote and was joined by Danny Yatom (Labor) in support of the proposal, which passed four to two. No-votes were cast by Tomi Lapid (Shinui) and Yossi Sarid (Meretz). Monthly Allowance Increase to NIS 400 Per Bochur and NIS 720 Per AvreichBy Betzalel Kahn The Finance Ministry instructed the Education Ministry's Yeshiva Department to raise monthly allowances from NIS 330 to NIS 400 ($88) for yeshiva students and from NIS 600 to NIS 720 ($159) for avreichi kollelim. MK Ravitz Says Torah-Based Rehabilitation Most EffectiveBy G. Kleiman Deputy Welfare Minister MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz said his ministry objects to the transfer of the Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority from the Welfare Ministry to the Internal Security Ministry. Ungvar Rav Arrives for Two-Month StayBy Betzalel Kahn HaRav Menasheh Klein, the Admor of Ungvar, arrived in Eretz Yisroel at the beginning of the week for a two-month stay. His talmidim and Chassidim were particularly pleased since the Admor was bedridden for several months this winter, but his recuperation made the visit possible. Beit Shemesh Mayor Asked to Reject Attempts to Contain Chareidi Populationby Betzalel Kahn Members of the chareidi parties at the Beit Shemesh City Council are demanding Mayor Daniel Vaknin postpone the scheduled meeting of the Planning and Construction Committee called by national-religious and secular councilmen to discuss "balance" between the city's chareidi and secular populations. Degel HaTorah Meets With Prime MinisterBy Betzalel Kahn Degel HaTorah MKs Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz and Rabbi Moshe Gafni met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister's Office Director Ilan Cohen, Government Secretary Yisrael Maimon and their respective assistants on Monday. Rabbi Ravitz Meets With Degel HaTorah CouncilmenBy G. Kleiman "From the moment of my arrival at the Welfare Ministry I have
been working to reorganize the Department for Public
Institutions. I saw the deep cut made Mr. Orlev made in Torah
institutions with dormitories and I hope that at least a
portion of this funding will be restored through the NIS 290
million promised in the coalition agreement," Deputy Welfare
Minister MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz told public figures and
Degel HaTorah councilmen from Elad, Haifa, Petach Tikva and
Ganei Tikva during a meeting in Jerusalem.
Following negotiations between the City of Bnei Brak and the City of Herzliya and following extended preparations a clean, improved beach opened for separate swimming this week through the end of Av. Bituach Leumi to Submit Multi-year Plan to Provide Handicapped Access to Mikvo'osby Yated Ne'eman Staff Bituach Leumi is slated to submit a multi-year plan for
handicapped access to mikvo'os across the country. In
the initial stage a mikveh with handicapped access
will be built in Jerusalem.
by Betzalel Kahn A special awards night was held at the Jerusalem Congress Center (Binyanei Ha'Uma) for residents active in a project sponsored by the community authorities to improve the city's appearance. The event marked the end of Neighborhood Volunteer Week during which all of Jerusalem's neighborhoods were evaluated by a special public committee that unanimously decided to award one of the leading prizes to Ramat Shlomo. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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