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NEWS
Interior Ministry Restores Land Allocation Authority to
Elected Representatives
US Agudah Convention This Week
Eruvin in Disrepair Due to Lack of Funding
By M. Halevy Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was the man who set up the Likud nearly 30 years ago and now he is the man dismantling the party. Education Ministry Eliminates Longstanding Maternity Bonus by G. Kleiman and Betzalel Kahn The Education Ministry decided to cancel the maternity bonus ("Gmul Em") given for decades to full-time women teachers with children. For decades mothers of children up to age 14 received a 10 percent salary bonus, but now the Education Ministry is claiming that it is making the cut to motivate them to spend more time with their children at home. Fuel Shortage at Mikvo'os Around the Country by Betzalel Kahn The National Center for Family Purity is issuing warnings of a grave shortage of heating fuel for mikvo'os at various locations around the country and is convening an emergency board meeting to discuss the situation. Wages Still Withheld at Dozens of Religious Authorities by Eliezer Rauchberger and ITIM At 40 religious councils around the country as of late last week, last month's wages had not been paid: four councils had not paid in full and 13 councils had outstanding debts ranging from two months to ten months, according to a report presented at the Knesset Finance Committee by Shlomo Stern, head of the Histadrut's Division of Education and Religious Workers. Bagatz Denies NRP Petition to Reduce Kollel Fundingby Betzalel Kahn The High Court denied a petition filed by several national- religious high schools against the Education Ministry's decision to set criteria regarding the amount of funding provided to yeshiva students and avreichei kollelim. National Degel HaTorah Convention in Zichron Yaakov in Kislevby Betzalel Kahn and W. Ariel Hundreds of Degel HaTorah activists around the country are eagerly awaiting the Agudas Hachareidim-Degel HaTorah National Convention scheduled to take place in Kislev in Zichron Yaakov. Rabbonim, members of the national secretariat, party heads and representatives from every city are expected to take place. A New Sefer Torah for Ohr Somayach Sandton in South Africaby Yated Ne'eman South African Correspondent On Sunday, Ohr Somayach Sandton celebrated its "bar mitzvah" with a joyous hachnosas sefer Torah ceremony, in which a newly-written sefer Torah commissioned by the 13 year- old congregation was formally brought into the shul. Hizbullah Attack on the Northern Borderby Yated Ne'eman Staff On Monday afternoon, the Hizbullah terror organization initiated an attack against Israeli civilian and military targets, an attack which included rocket fire, mortar shells and gunfire in the areas of Mettula, Rajar and Mount Dov. An IDF officer and soldier situated in IDF posts were severely wounded in this attack. Rabbi Gafni's Proposed Amendment Passes Preliminary Readingby Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset plenum approved, in a preliminary reading, a law proposed by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni to permit two parties united under a single Knesset list to divide the party funding evenly even if one party receives more mandates than the other. Mrs. Miriam Friedman o'hby Betzalel Kahn Yerushalayim's Mattersdorf neighborhood witnessed a heart- rending levaya on motzei Shabbos parshas Lech Lecho, suffused with anguish and copious weeping, as thousands accompanied Mrs. Miriam Friedman o'h, the wife of ylct'a HaRav Elyokim Friedman, who passed away at the tragically early age of forty-two. Ban on Tunaby G. Kleiman The Health Ministry has issued a public health warning
against the consumption of Man chunk tuna in oil packaged in
round, 960-gram cans (700 grams dry weight) bearing a red Tov
Taam label and manufactured between August 1, 2005 and
November 9, 2005, which may contain histamines that can cause
allergic reactions.
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