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Keren HaTorah Expands Financial Services for Yeshivas
By Yechiel Sever
Keren HaTorah, a general fund for the yeshiva world in Eretz Hakodesh, is expanding its activity at Torah institutions. Founded two years ago with the backing of gedolei Yisroel shlita to save the yeshiva world from financial collapse, the organization has posted considerable success besiyata deShmaya.
French Priest Claims Holocaust Death Toll Above 6 Million
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris
Holocaust by Bullets is the title of a book by French priest Patrick Desbois recently published in an English edition that presents his findings based on mass graves and eyewitness accounts of the decimation of Jews shot by Nazi soldiers and local militias in the Ukraine and other parts of the eastern war front.
125,500 Learning in Yeshivas and Kollelim
By Yechiel Sever
Eretz Yisroel's 2,000 yeshivas and kollelim boast a total of 125,500 students learning 20,790,000 hours during the course of the regular sedorim, according to a survey released at the start of Shloshes Yemei Hagboloh.
Chareidi Enrollment in Jerusalem School System Up 11% in 5 Years
By Yechiel Sever
The number of students at chareidi schools in Jerusalem has risen 11 percent over the past five years, according to findings by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Research.
Bezeq Launches Kosher Phone Cards
By R. Gil
Over one year after launching Kav Venaki, Bezeq is advancing toward the second phase of the revolution in kosher phone use it has been leading in cooperation with Vaadat HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tikshoret.
Plots to Attack Jewish Targets in Brazil and Morocco Thwarted
By R. Hoffner
Plots to attack Jewish targets in Brazil and Morocco were thwarted last weekend.
Hatzoloh Fights Magen David Adom Efforts to Keep Volunteers Away from Emergency Scenes
By Yechiel Sever
Chareidi emergency services organizations Ichud Hatzoloh and Hatzoloh Gush Dan are launching a resolute battle against Magen David Adom figures seeking to undermine their independence and their volunteers' dedicated efforts to provide first aid in accordance with halochoh based on directives by rabbonim.
Gedolei Yisroel Set Up Committee to Rectify Stumbling Blocks at Hotels
By Yechiel Sever
Gedolei Yisroel are calling on kashrus organizations providing mehadrin arrangements at hotel and other vacation spots that accommodate the chareidi public to obtain the approval of the Vaad Leshmiroh Al Tziviyon Ha'am Hayehudi, which the rabbonim have set up to uphold standards of sanctity and modesty.
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