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Rabbonim Call for Greater Vigilance Against Internet and Other Media
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In an open letter, the Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Yehuda Leib Shteinman shlita, laments the spiritual decline in our generation and points out the necessity for self-reflection.

Yehud Residents Demonstrate Against Scientology-Run School
By A. Cohen

A large group of Yehud residents, led by the rov of the city, HaRav Shlomo Tuvim, along with members of Lev L'Achim's Anti-Cult Department demonstrated last week outside the new Scientology school opened in Yehud, and demanded the municipality shut it down immediately.

Jewish Politicians Booted from French Socialist Party Ahead of Elections
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

The ousting of four Jewish representatives to the French Parliament from the Socialist Party has raised suspicions of a campaign to purge Jews from the French left. The four Jews were replaced by anti-Israeli politicians from The Greens, based on an agreement between the two parties.

Battle Over Shul at Kibbutz Merchavia Ends with Partial Concession
By L.S. Wasserman

A beis knesses will be set up at Kibbutz Merchavia following an all-out war that raged for two years, due to avarice and fear at kibbutzim and other communities where a thirst for ruchniyus has surfaced in recent years. The Merchavia Communal Association voted by a majority to accept the demand by dozens of residents in the kibbutz expansion area to build a shul.

Speyer, Germany: Synagogue Reopened 73 Years After Kristallnacht
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Maharsho, Reb Shmuel Eliezer Eidel's, ztvk"l
In honor of his yahrtzeit 5th Kislev

In the year 5325 (1565), in Posen, Reb Shmuel Eliezer was born. His father, Reb Yehudah z"l, was a descendant of Reb Yehudah Hachosid and his mother, Gittel o"h, could trace her lineage back to the Maharal Hazoken.

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