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Charish Approved by Committee Despite Opposition
By L.S. Wasserman
The National Appeals Committee for the National Council for Planning and Construction approved last week the chareidi city of Charish, thereby defeating a campaign by environmental organizations and Arab and Jewish communities in the Ara Valley opposed to the chareidi city.
Bais Yaakov Principals Meet to Seek Guidance on Seminary Issues
By Yechiel Sever
Seminary principals on the board of the Seminaries Union convened a meeting at the home of Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita to confer with him on issues related to chinuch and Bais Yaakov seminaries — both halacha and hashkofo — affecting both the present generation and generations to come.
Iraq Jews Mark 70 Years Since Farhoud Pogrom
By R. Hoffner
Last week Iraqi Jews marked the 70-year anniversary of the Farhoud pogroms on Shavuos 5701 (June 1-2, 1941) in Baghdad, killing 1,797 men, women and children.
Tourist Minister's Casino Initiative Rejected
By Eliezer Rauchberger
The possibility of a casino being built in Israel has been raised once again: Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beiteinu) announced on Tuesday that he and his ministry support the construction of a casino in Eilat, or any other location in the South, open to Israeli citizens as well as foreigners.
Sartre Revealed to Be Nazi Backer and Pro-Terror
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris
A 500-page book of interviews with Jean-Paul Sartre is causing a stir in intellectual circles and the Jewish community 30 years after the renowned French existentialist's death.
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