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NEWS
European Rabbinical Conference Opposes Setup of Dubious
Beis Din in Germany
by Yated Ne'eman Staff According to a report from the BBC, municipal authorities in Grodno, Belarus, are digging up the 300-year old local cemetery -- which was in use until 50 years ago -- to expand a football stadium. Jewish religious leaders from Britain claim that thousands of Jewish graves have been desecrated. Israeli Interest Rate Reduced by 0.5 Percentby Yated Ne'eman Staff Despite heavy pressure to cut rates more, on Monday the Bank of Israel announced that its key interest rate for July would be 7.5 percent, only a 0.5 percent drop from the current rate of 8 percent. Additional Cut in Income Support at End of Monthby G. Kleiman At the end of June the cut in Guaranteed Income allotments approved in December is scheduled to take effect and 108,000 low-income families will lose an average of NIS 600 of their monthly income. Reform Congregations Denied Membership in Swiss Umbrella Organizationby S. Fried At a large gathering of representatives from Jewish organizations around Switzerland held before Shavuos, the official Swiss Jewish community -- SIG -- officially rejected a request by Reform groups for membership, reports the Yiddishe Tzeitung. US Immigrant Murdered During Son's Sheva Brochosby Yated Ne'eman Staff Zvi Goldstein Hy"d, 47, of Eli, was murdered and his parents and wife wounded, when a terrorist shot up their vehicle north of Ofra last Friday afternoon. The family was heading for Jerusalem to celebrate Shabbos sheva brochos with their son, David, who had been married the day before. Suspend Interior Minister says Rabbi Gafniby G. Lazer MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni told Yated Ne'eman last week that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon should suspend Interior Minister Avraham Poraz, based on suspicions that he voted twice during Knesset deliberations on the economic decrees, when several MKs were seen voting twice contrary to regulations and possibly against the law. Education Minister: "Salaries for Directors of Cultural Institutions Unreasonable"by Eliezer Rauchberger State Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg, who is currently preparing a report on the salaries of directors of culture and arts institutions, to be published in another three months, told the Knesset State Control Committee last week that he has sent a preliminary draft to the subjects of the report for their response. Yeshiva Mechanchim Meeting Held in Jerusalemby Betzalel Kahn As the enrollment date for yeshiva ketanos and yeshivos gedolos approaches, Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Chinuch Be'Eretz Hakodesh summoned educators for an emergency meeting to discuss the issue of matching the right yeshivas to the right talmidim. An Evening of Tribute and Support for "Shvilim"An Extracurricular Institution for Special Needs Children by Yated staff It was a distinguished and memorable event for the many people who filled the Beis Yisroel hall in Jerusalem this month to give tribute to Shvilim, an organization for the rehabilitation and advancement of children with special needs; it was an unforgettable opportunity to experience the range of its activities and scope of its accomplishments. HaRav Yitzchok Yehoshua Assaf, zt'lby Betzalel Kahn HaRav Yitzchok Yehoshua Assaf zt'l passed away unexpectedly in his home in Lakewood at the age of 64. Mrs. Malkah Sultan, Hy'dby Betzalel Kahn The Sultan Family was struck with tragedy after the mother of the family, a woman of chesed and midos tovos, was murdered two weeks ago in the bombing attack on bus line 14 in Jerusalem at the age of 67. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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