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NEWS The offices of the State Archive are generally quiet: a lot of red tape and very little action. That's the way it was -- until last February 29 when suddenly, with a big bang, the office came alive. Telephones began to ring and the web site was flooded with requests from all over the world. Australian Court Supports Orthodox School for not Accepting Reform Convert by Victor Kleerekoper and Yated Ne'eman Staff Some stories never go away, even after the referee has given his decision. Such a case is that of Carmel School in Perth, Western Australia and the Goldberg family where the mother is a Reform Convert who sought to have the Orthodox school accept her son for enrollment. No-Confidence Proposal Ruffles the Coalition by E. Rauchberger This past Monday (29 Adar I), Likud placed a proposal of no- confidence in the prime minister on the Knesset table due to the decision of Education Minister Yossi Sarid to incorporate the poems of the Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish into the curriculum of the state schools, at the same time dropping traditional Jewish sources expressing their love for and commitment to Eretz Yisroel. Dollar Continues to Fall: 4.001 on Mondayby Yated Ne'eman Staff For the first time this secular year, the dollar flirted with
the 4.00 barrier as it fell 0.55 percent against the shekel
on Monday and the representative rate was fixed at NIS 4.001,
the lowest level since more than a year ago in October 1998
during the financial turmoil in the last quarter of that
year. Currency dealers said that in the course of the trading
day the dollar even fell below NIS 4.
by B. Isaac The vital role of traditional moral values in American society is a theme shared by two legal briefs just submitted by Agudas Yisroel of America to the United States Supreme Court. Melbourne Kehilla Appoints Rabbi Yehudah Katz as Dayanby S.B. Abelesz At a special general meeting held by the members of the Adass Israel Kehilla in Melbourne Rabbi Yehuda Katz, the Rosh Kollel of Kollel Beis Yosef was appointed as Dayan and Moreh Tzedek of the Kehilla. Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov Dinnerby Yated Ne'eman Staff Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov will soon be celebrating its fifty-year anniversary with a gala dinner in its honor which is being arranged by the Olam Hayeshivos organization. The view back over half a century is sure to present quite a vista to the audience. Thousands take Degel Yerushalayim Exams on Laws of Tefillah Worldwideby Yated Ne'eman Staff Nearly 2000 youngsters from almost twenty countries spanning five continents are participating in stage one of the worldwide examinations on the sefer, Halichos Tefillah Uveis Haknesses. Megilla Con-man Nabbedby A. Cohen In the wake of an investigation conducted by Rabbi Yisroel Yod, head of the Pe'er Institute, the identity of the person suspected of distributing megillas printed, rather than written, on parchment has been determined. The culprit lives in the center of the country. Rebbetzin Tzvia Friedman, o"hby A. Cohen A huge throng of members of the chareidi community of
Manchester participated in the levaya of the righteous
Rebbetzin Tzvia Friedman, o"h, widow of HaRav Yisroel
Zeev Friedman, zt"l, a ram in the Manchester
Yeshiva.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff The petirah just before erev Shabbos Shira of Rabbi Dr. Wiesenberg of London at the age of 90 leaves the community with a tremendous void. About him, one can truly say, "Mi yitein lonu chalifoso; mi yiten lonu temuroso"? Who can replace such a person? All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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