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NEWS
International Efforts to Prevent Destruction of Large
Jewish Cemetery in Vilna
Bottles Containing Chlorine Solution Thrown at French
Jewish Students During Tefilloh
Jerusalem Religious Council Withdraws High Court
Petition
by Yated Ne'eman Staff The Knesset Finance Committee approved the government's multi- year proposals for tax reform for their second and third Knesset readings. The vote was 12:4: Likud, Shinui, the religious, chareidi, and right-wing parties voted in favor; Labor and Yahad voted against. Police and Soldiers Train at "Chicago" in the Desert by Yated Ne'eman Staff Thousands of soldiers and policemen began intensive training on Monday at the Tze'elim army base for the pullout from the Gaza Strip. The army constructed a mock settlement there, known as "Chicago," that was adapted from what was once a mock Palestinian village used to train anti-terror forces. BUG UPDATE, Tammuz 5765 Prepared by Devorah Plaut and Ruth Levy Rav Vaye recently published a second edition of Volume I of his sefer, with updates to several of the entries. (For those who already own the first edition, a booklet is available containing just the updates). He also came out with an update to his Hebrew pamphlet summarizing the checking of various foods. Below we present some of the highlights, rendered into English. Degel HaTorah Withdraws No Confidence Motion By G. Lazer Degel HaTorah announced Sunday night the postponement of its no-confidence motion that had been scheduled for Monday based on directions from gedolei Yisroel shlita. Intel to Build in Kiryat Gatby Yated Ne'eman Staff Intel, the company which makes the computer brains for most of the personal computers in the world, will build a second factory in Kiryat Gat for $4 billion, Intel CEO Dr. Craig Barrett told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday. HaRav Pesach Moshe Goldberg, zt"l, Killed in Car Accident While Driving to Son's Bar Mitzvah in CatskillsBy S. Bruchi Thousands of New York residents, particularly Bobov Chassidim, attended Monday's levaya for HaRav Pesach Moshe Tzvi Goldberg, z"l, who was killed Sunday evening 18 Tammuz in a fatal car accident on his way to his son's bar mitzvah. Midrash Shmuel's Summer Program Off to a Great Startby Yated Ne'eman Staff Under the auspices of Midrash Shmuel's rosh yeshiva HaRav Binyomin Moskovits, high school students from London and Canada have once again joined the unique learning atmosphere of Midrash Shmuel for the summer. HaRav Moshe Mordechai Karp Inaugurated as Rov in Modi'in IllitBy A. Cohen HaRav Moshe Mordechai Karp was inaugurated as rov of the original northern section of Kiryat Sefer — Giva Hatzfonit. 15 Tammuz, the Day Afterby Mrs. S. Weinbach We are still trembling with shock after hearing of the
death of a true ben aliya, Eliyohu Rotman, 17-year-old
son of our dear writer, Risa Rotman, who died on a bike
sortie bein hasedorim. We wish to share our feelings
with the readers, and pray . . .
by Betzalel Kahn Rebbetzin Raizel Portugal, o"h, the wife of the Admor of Skulen ylct"a, passed away in New York at the age of 80 on 7 Tammuz. With her passing US Jews lost an eishes chayil and tzadekes whose entire life was one constant stream of mesirus nefesh for kodshei Shomayim and Jews, both in communist Romania and later in the US. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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