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

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The News section this week, Parshas Chayei Soroh, is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

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HaRav Shmuel Auerbach: We Have an Obligation to Protect Yeshiva World from Interference
By A. Cohen and Yechiel Sever

"We had the golden period of Rabbenu Hagodol. My father and teacher zt"l said Am Yisroel has not had such a leader for many generations, and I heard the same thing said by Rabban Shel Kol Bnei HaGoloh Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita. I heard this from both of them on several occasions," said HaRav Shmuel Auerbach during an enormous gathering in Bnei Brak on Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayeiro to mark the seventh yahrtzeit of HaRav Shach zt"l.


National-Religious Ally With Secular to Set Up New "Conversion" Courts
By Yechiel Sever

Rabbonim and dayanim are protesting an alliance between secular and religious Zionists to set up conversion courts not associated with the Chief Rabbinate. These courts plan to add to the Reform and Conservative conversions performed through "secular conversion" and "national-religious conversion."


A Preview of Agudas Yisroel's Upcoming Convention
by Dei'ah Vedibur Staff

The poignant convention theme of this year's Agudas Yisroel national convention — Ve'emunoscho Baleilos: Maintaining Simchas HaChaim and Emunah in Challenging Times — will be addressed at the gathering's Thursday evening plenary session, which will be open to the public.


UTJ's Jerusalem City Council Members Prepare for Coalition Negotiations
By Yechiel Sever

United Torah Judaism representatives at the Jerusalem Municipality held a meeting early this week to formulate a stance in preparation for the coalition negotiations with the Mayor-elect Nir Barkat.


Limiting Prague Conversions
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Vaad Haolami LeInyonei Giyur founded by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth zt"l met with CER representatives to relate serious faults in conversions performed in various part of Europe, particularly Prague, where a group of so-called rabbis from Eretz Yisroel operates a wholesale conversion apparatus in the city under the aegis of a local rabbi.


Merrill Lynch Applies for Remote TASE Membership
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Investment bank Merrill Lynch has applied to become the first remote member on the Tel Aviv Securities Exchange. The application, submitted by its subsidiary, Merrill Lynch International (MLI), is the first of its kind.


2.5 Million Tourists Visited Israel This Year
by G. Lazer and Yechiel Sever

According to statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism, between January and October of this year 2.567 million visitors entered Israel — 36 percent more than the same period last year. The number of tourists entering came to 2.2 million (an increase of 26 percent) while 394,000 stopped for one-day visits, which started to become common in 2007.


Agudas Yisroel of America Mobilized 8,000 Voters in US and 10,000 in Israel
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

During the days leading up to the US presidential elections and of course Election Day itself Betzalel Wolf, voter registration coordinator for Agudas Yisroel of America, had his hands full as he worked feverishly to get the voters out to the polls. He was the person to turn to for all Aguda members seeking information or assistance in casting their vote.


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