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NEWS
Face-Off and Stand-Off between Police and Marchers
Municipal Strike in Bnei Brak Apparently Over
French PM Sheds Tears During Ceremony to Mark 63 Years
Since Expulsion of Jews from Paris
By A. Ariel Both religious and nonreligious residents in Haifa's Ramat Alon neighborhood held a protest demonstration Tuesday evening against the opening of a pork store in the heart of a residential area across the street from the neighborhood's main beis knesses. Jerusalem Religious Council Petitions High Court Against Appointment of Rabbonim By Betzalel Kahn The executive board of the Religious Council of Jerusalem filed a High Court petition against the appointments of HaRav Binyomin Adler and HaRav Yosef Efrati as the rabbonim vested with the exclusive authority to issue kashrus certificates to businesses in Jerusalem. Rabbi Ravitz Explains His Social Initiatives to BOI Governor Fischer by Yated Ne'eman Staff Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer and Deputy Welfare Minister Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz met for a conversation termed an "opening dialogue" on various welfare issues. The meeting was also attended by the head of the Bank of Israel's research division. Financial Agreements Signed for Jerusalem Light Rail System by Yated Ne'eman Staff An agreement was signed in the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday to raise NIS 1.9 billion for construction of the initial phase of Jerusalem's light rail rapid transit system. Rabbi Ravitz Demands Mifal Hapayis Stop Commercials Promoting IdlenessBy G. Kleiman Deputy Welfare Minister MK Avrohom Ravitz contacted the chairman of Mifal Hapayis to request that he stop television commercials calling on the public to buy lottery tickets in the hopes of winning a salary for life. In his letter to Mifal Hapayis Chairman Shimon Katzenelson, Rabbi Ravitz says the commercials indirectly encourage a life of idleness, and teach viewers to evade work. Rav Avrohom Weiss zt"l, and Rav Ze'ev Boruch Teitelbaum zt"l and Mrs. Teitelbaum o"h, Killed in Car Accident in the USBy Tzvi Sofer Three Williamsburg residents, Rav Avrohom Weiss zt"l, Rav Ze'ev Boruch Teitelbaum zt"l, and his wife Mrs. Feige Teitelbaum o"h, were laid to rest on Erev Shabbos following a frightful car accident Friday afternoon. Bais Yaakov Summer Program Funded by US DonorsBy T. Sofer The Bais Yaakov summer activities in Israel are off to a great start. Following the success of last year's experimental program activities have been expanded to the other schools in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak and even to schools in chareidi population centers in other parts of the country. CER Meets with the President of the European Commissionby Yated Ne'eman Staff Representatives of various religions met with the President of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Barroso, in Brussels. Jewish leaders proposed that the EU take a bigger role in improving the education of children and young people. Why is That Night Different from All Other Nights?by Yated Ne'eman Staff Just like in every other Jewish home, there is a set of Mishnah Berurah on the shelves. Its pages are well- worn. After all, who doesn't devote some time each day to study halochoh lema'aseh? Drastic Reduction in Hepatitis A in Israelby Yated Ne'eman Staff A special six-year study, recently published in Jama, the Journal of the American Medical Association, has found that Hepatitis A infections have nearly been wiped out in Israel. In 1999 Israel became the first country in the world to offer vaccinations against the virus to all babies. Hepatitis A, spread by contact with feces, food and water, used to affect thousands of children in day care centers and kindergartens each year. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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