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Emergency Chinuch Meeting Over Efforts to Undermine the Curriculum

Gedolei Yisrael convened in an emergency meeting to discuss the purity of chareidi education at the preschool level. It took place in Modi'in Illit and was attended by hundreds of kindergarten teachers. "Any attempts to effect a determined trend to change our chinuch according to a different model counter to our principles, are bound to fail." These were the sharp words of HaRav David Cohen, rosh yeshiva of Chevron Yeshiva. The keynote address was delivered by HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Slobodka yeshiva. Also sponsoring this meeting was the Mara d'Asra and member of the Rabbinical Committee for Chinuch of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, HaRav Meir Kessler, as well as the Rosh Yeshiva of Slonim, member of the above Committee, HaRav Moshe Barzeski.

HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch

In anticipation of the yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim, the Dirshu organization has launched a new project of fervent prayer at the gravesite in Radin, in the name of the tens of thousands of children, both from chadorim and girls' schools, that they, too, take up the study of the teachings of the Chofetz Chaim on that very day, coupled with the recital of Tehillim for the deliverance of our people as a whole, and for the succor of individual Jews in particular.

Tel Sheba Hospital Tries to Attract Chareidi Births

The gynecology and maternity departments of the Sheba Medical Center of Tel Hashomer has launched a revolution on behalf of chareidi birthing. The department has undergone a long and complex process of adapting itself to the specific needs of chareidi women from beginning to end, including attention of the smallest details.

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