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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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Jerusalem: 40,000 Protest Opening of Municipal Parking Lot on Shabbos
By Yechiel Sever

Thousands of Torah-true Jews led by gedolei Yisroel and rabbonim of neighborhoods and congregations assembled along Bar Ilan Street to voice their distress in the face of Shabbos desecration through the opening of the municipal parking lot based on orders from Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.


Binyan Shel Simchah Project Alleviates Strain of Wedding Costs
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

An organization called Binyan Shel Simchah was recently founded to alleviate the financial strain of wedding expenses for chareidim of all backgrounds.


Ohr Yehuda Tries to Shut Down Nesivos Moshe School
By Y. Sheinfeld

MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, paid a visit on Friday to the Nesivos Moshe school in Ohr Yehuda to hear firsthand how municipal officials are trying to undermine the school. Following a long meeting with a group of parents and attended by Rabbi Eliezer Sorotzkin, director of Lev L'Achim, Rabbi Menachem Shapira, head of Degel HaTorah's Municipal Department, and Rabbi Yitzchok Gottlieb, who serves as principal of the school and as Lev L'Achim coordinator in Ohr Yehuda, Rabbi Gafni announced that he would continue his efforts to back the school.


Lithuanian Government Postpones Holocaust Payments
By R. Hoffner

The Lithuanian government announced a decision to postpone for one year reparations for Jewish property confiscated during World War II and held by the state during the period of Soviet rule.


Richard Nixon Was Not Fond of Jews
By R. Hoffner

Documents and recordings recently declassified based on the statute of limitations confirm claims of US Jewish community leaders made in the 1970s that the 37th president was no fan of the Jews.


Twelve-Year-Old From Beitar Illit Drowns in Golan
By Yechiel Sever

A trip to the Hatzbani (Snir) River Nature Preserve in the Upper Galilee ended in tragedy when 12-year-old Yaakov Shlomo Yudelevitz of Beitar Illit drowned. Young men who were nearby at the time of the accident searched for the boy, pulled him out of the water and brought him to rescue workers from the Jordan branch of Magen David Adom and the Golan Rescue Unit as they arrived on the scene. All attempts to resuscitate the boy failed. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.


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