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Bill to Exempt Botei Knesses from Lease Payments
Religious Council Workers' Salaries Included in
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Airline and Credit Card Points Can Be Used to Save Lives by R. F. El Al Airlines recently notified members of its Frequent Flyer & Loyal Traveler `club' of changes in its policies. As of July 1st, as part of a number of changes in its point system, points more than three years old can no longer be combined with new points accumulated thereafter. Mayor Lupoliansky Cancels Ceremony for Christian Tourism Group After Discovering it Was Led by a Missionary by Betzalel Kahn Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky cancelled a ceremony scheduled to take place at the Jerusalem City Council hall, after it was learned the head of the group of Christians who was slated to receive a certificate for bringing tourists to Jerusalem, Olaf Hackman, is a missionary figure in the US. Torah Book Week in JerusalemBy Betzalel Kahn Torah Book Week (Shovu'a Hasefer Hatorani), sponsored by the City of Jerusalem's Department of Torah Culture, will continue until motzei Shabbos parshas Korach. Major Daf Yomi Event in JerusalemBy Betzalel Kahn Thousands of Daf Yomi learners, from avreichim to baalei batim to yeshiva students, are eagerly awaiting a large gathering on Sunday 1 Tammuz to mark the end of maseches Chulin (a week after the worldwide Daf Yomi) and the beginning of maseches Bechoros in the international Daf Yomi cycle, including a practical demonstration of the mitzvah of reishis hageiz whose laws are detailed near the end of maseches Chulin. High Percentage of Orloh in Summer FruitsBy Betzalel Kahn Kashrus figures are reissuing warnings that fruits sold this summer will contain a higher percentage of orloh fruits than in previous years. The increase follows a wave of tree plantings in 5762 due to the minimal amount of planting in the previous Shmittah year, largely thanks to battles waged by the Institute for Torah-Based Agricultural Research. This year the trees from these orchards that have begun bearing fruit are orloh. MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni Challenges Firing of Population Administration Headby Eliezer Rauchberger "I demand to know whether Herzl Gedj did his job faithfully. As head of the Population Administration, was his work done properly according to the Administration? Did he act according to the policy and the laws in place in the State of Israel?" asked MK Rabbi Gafni during a plenum on the issue of Interior Minister Avraham Poraz' dismissal of the director of the Population Administration from his post. The Admor of Rachmastrivka, zt"lBy Betzalel Kahn A large crowd led by gedolei Torah and gedolei Chassidus brought to rest the Admor of Rachmastrivka, HaRav Yisroel Mordechai Twersky zt"l in Jerusalem on Erev Shabbos parshas Shlach. HaRav Yitzchok Shlomo Unger, zt"lBy S. Bruchi The bnei Torah of Bnei Brak filled the streets on Friday to take part in the levaya of HaRav Yitzchok Shlomo Unger zt"l, gavad of Chug Chasam Sofer and founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Machaneh Avrohom, who passed away Friday morning follow a bout with illness at the age of 83. South African Jews Gear Up for Another UN Conferenceby D. Saks For the third time in four years, South Africa will host an
important United Nations conference. This year's meeting of
the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of
the Palestinians (CEIRP) will be taking place in Cape Town 29
June-1 July and is expected to be attended by a large number
of foreign delegates and Non-Government Organizations.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Police and the ISA announced on Monday that several weeks ago they had arrested a resident of the Old City of Jerusalem who admitted that he was part of a terror cell that hoped to bomb the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) or a synagogue in Meah Shearim. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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