News
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2 Dead, 12 Injured
Moshe Schwartz 19/11/2009 10:00In south Tel Aviv last night, a fire broke out in an apartment building occupied by hundreds of residents – the majority of them foreign workers. Fire and rescue teams on the scene discovered the bodies of two workers who had been killed in the fire. Another 7 of the building's residents, as well as 5 policemen, suffered from smoke inhalation. Police reported that the fire started in a garbage facility in the building.
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Rabbi Bentzion Kruman hy"d
Yochanan Weisberg 19/11/2009 09:12The parade set out to the grand Bobov Beis Medrash in Bat Yam from Rabbi Kruman's house
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Yechiel Rabinowitz z’l
Yochanan Weisberg 19/11/2009 08:00There is shock in the chareidi community at the sudden death of a wonderful man of chessed, a Torah scholar and teacher of Torah, who passed away on the night of Shabbos Kodesh.
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Not an Obstacle to Peace
David Shmueli 19/11/2009 00:10Commenting on the issue of construction in Gilo, which has turned into a major point of contention between Israel and most of the world, the French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, said: "I understood that this was not a political decision, and it should not be seen as an obstacle to renewed negotiations."
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A Wrong Turn
Eitan Fried 18/11/2009 19:22Grandfather drives to buy the morning paper and finds himself 370 miles away in a neighboring state. “All the fun is when you get lost,” said the man.
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Awards in Hebron
Aharon Roth 18/11/2009 18:42Hagaon Rabbi Tzvi Veisfish shlita, Rosh Yeshivat HaRan, brought the blessings of Maran Hagaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita to the event.
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Skverer Rebbe in NY
Yosef Feffer, New York 18/11/2009 17:30Our Etrog correspondent reports on the exalted Shabbos in the presence of Maran HaAdmor of Skver in Williamsburg. Photo Gallery.
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Why a High Tax on Cars?
Avi Moshe 18/11/2009 16:17The Chairman of the Finance Committee demands that the Tax Authority should reduce the sales tax on cars from the current rate of 90 percent.
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"Don't Build in Gilo"
Avi Moshe 18/11/2009 15:30The President of the United States, Barak Obama, has joined the outcry against the planned construction in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. "Actions like this complicate administration efforts to re-launch peace talks and embitters the Palestinians in a way which could be very dangerous."
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Vizhnitz Top Students
Yochanan Weisberg 18/11/2009 13:45The tzaddik Rabb Yisrael Hager, shlita, at the event: "Review of the material studied will lead to shmiras halashon."
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