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NEWS
American Agudah Convention Opens Thursday
CBS: Children Make Up One-Third of Israel's Population
Electric Corporation Official Fired for Moving Transporter
on Shabbos
by Betzalel Kahn A major gathering on Motzei Shabbos at Ramat Tamir Halls in Jerusalem was attended by a number of gedolei Yisroel led by Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita, roshei yeshivos, roshei kollelim and thousands of avreichim. Torah-Based School in Sederot Displaced After Rocket Lands Nearby By Betzalel Kahn The students of the Yesodei HaTorah and Chinuch Atzmai schools in Sederot are exposed to increasing danger. The 350 students and 30 staff members learn in classrooms without protection against the Kassam rockets that fall on the city, sometimes on an everyday basis, and their fear is mounting. Volunteers at Public Institutions Eligible for Reimbursements By Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset Finance Committee unanimously passed the Finance Ministry's request to facilitate the integration of thousands of volunteers at various public institutions by making them eligible to receive reimbursements for transportation costs, refreshments and phone calls. Swindlers Posing as Gemach and Tzedokoh Representatives Prey on the Innocent by Betzalel Kahn Heads of prominent gemachim warned that several swindlers have been using crooked means to cheat people out of large sums of money. Apartment Prices in Charish to be Controlled to Accommodate Chareidi Buyers By Betzalel Kahn Within three weeks the construction plans for the town of Charish will be altered to accommodate the needs of the chareidi sector and the Ministry of Construction and Housing will prepare a special marketing plan to insure low apartment prices, MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz and Housing Minister Meir Shetreet decided last week. Iraq's Christians Cower and Flee by Yated Ne'eman Staff A recent bomb blast killed two people after a Sunday services at a church in Baghdad. In the northern city of Mosul, a priest from the Syriac Orthodox Church was kidnapped. His captors demanded that his church put up posters denouncing recent comments made by the pope about Islam, but police found his beheaded body a few days later. Miriam Dunner o"h By A. Cohen Rebbetzin Miriam Dunner o"h, the wife of CER Executive Director Rav Abba Dunner and the daughter-in-law of London senior Rov HaRav Yosef Tzvi Dunner, passed away unexpectedly. HaRav Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg zt"lby Yated Ne'eman Staff As we went to press we were saddened to hear of the passing of HaRav Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg zt"l, author of the Tzitz Eliezer series of seforim of teshuvos, many of them dealing with modern issues. The levaya was held on Tuesday, 30 Marcheshvan. Funding Transfer for Yeshivas, Kollelim and Guaranteed Income ApprovedBy Eliezer Rauchberger The Knesset Finance Committee approved an NIS 22-million ($5- million) transfer for yeshivas, kollelim and Guaranteed Income as part of the 2006 budget, based on an agreement reached with UTJ more than six months ago. UTJ representatives demanded that the back funds be paid before they would support the 2007 budget. Busing for Beit Shemesh Special-Ed Students ResumedBy Betzalel Kahn Following intervention by Betzedek, the Education Ministry required the City of Beit Shemesh to renew the busing program from chareidi special-education students attending schools in Jerusalem. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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