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REFORM & CONSERVATIVES | GRAVES | WOMEN IN JUDAISM
| GIYUR | LEGAL ISSUES | LEV L'ACHIM | YESHIVA DRAFT | CULTURE WARS - MISCELLANEOUS | CULTURE WARS - MONEY | CULTURE WARS - SHABBOS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

Any MK Receiving Money From Reform Cannot Vote on Topics Pertaining to Movement, Parshas Chaye Soro 5760

Sarid to Provide "Corrective" Treatment for Conservatives and Reform in Schools, Parshas Vayero 5760

Yossi Sarid Encourages Heresy in the Schools, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

The Reform Movement's Invasion of Eretz Yisroel, Succos 5760

Can British Reform still be considered a Jewish movement?, Succos 5760

Surprise Ending, Parshas Voeschanan 5759

Jewish Demography -- 5759 (1999), Parshas Achrei-Kedoshim 5759

Jewish Demography -- 5759 (1999), Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759

Thinking About the Antireligious Minority, Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759

Black Hats, Bad Guys, Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759

About Cooperation with Conservative, Reform -- and So-called Orthodox, Parshas Tzav 5759

Jerusalem Religious Council Suspended, Parshas Vayikro 5759

Rabbinate: Do Not Meet with Reform, Parshas Ki Siso 5759

Common Sense and Common Ground, Parshas Terumah 5759

What Are the Key Points in the Struggle Against the Reform?, Parshas Mishpatim 5759

New Am Echad Hasbara Effort Shifts into High Gear, Parshas Mishpatim 5759

Knesset Protects Religious Councils, Parshas Yisro 5759

Reform Men and Women In Provocation at the Kosel, Parshas Yisro 5759

UTJ Representatives Boycott the Religious Council Meeting in Haifa, Parshas Beshalach 5759

Vote-Buying Scandal - Reform Admits It Bribes MKs Who Vote Their Way, Parshas Voeira 5759

High Court Rules That Haifa Religious Council Must Meet; Rabbi Ravitz Protests, Parshas Voeira 5759

Bill to Bar Reform From Religious Councils Postponed, Parshas Voeira 5759

Admor of Novominsk Appointed Head of Agudas Yisroel of America, Parshas Vayishlach 5759

Chief Rabbi Sacks Must Decide, Parshas Vayishlach 5759

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GRAVES

Meeting of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Shameful Grave Desecration in Shoham, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Shameful Grave Desecration in Shoham, Parshas Noach 5760

Annual Appeal for the Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration, Succos 5760

Director of the Antiquities Authority Insists on Destruction of Lachish Burial Cave, Parshas Devorim 5759

Archaeologists Arrested for Refusing Police Orders: Tense Struggle at the Site, Parshas Pinchas 5759

Ancient Bones Desecrated by Archaeologists are Reburied, Parshas Bolok 5759

Do You Have to be Religious to Respect the Dead?, Parshas Korach 5759

Volunteers Bury Bones Unearthed at Elad-Mazor, Parshas Korach 5759

Desecration of Graves Continues in Elad-Mazor, Parshas Shelach 5759

Archaeological "Rescue" Excavations Impede the Saving of Lives, Parshas Beha'alosecho 5759

Demand to Cease the Display of Ancient Coffins in the Tower of David Museum, Parshas Beha'alosecho 5759

Antiquities Authority Desecrates Har Zeisim Burial Cave, Parshas Tzav 5759

Last Graves In Burial Cave Looted By Archaeologists; New Legislation Referred to Finance Committee, Parshas Beshalach 5759

Archaeologists Defy Order Not To Disturb Burial Cave; Antiquities Authority Rapped For Housing Delays, Parshas Voeira 5759

Archaeologists Desecrate Jewish Graves Under The Cover of Shabbos, Parshas Shemos 5759

Israeli Education Minister Proposes Law Obligating Property Owners to Pay for Rescue Excavations, Parshas Vayeishev 5759

Important High Court Decision:
Landowners Not Required To Fund Archaeological Excavations, Parshas Vayishlach 5759

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WOMEN IN JUDAISM

Pacing and Leading in Communications, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Three Tears By the Well..., Parshas Chaye Soro 5760

Rights vs. Right: Entitlements or Obligations?, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Sefer Torah, Succos 5760

A Challenge That Is Its Own Reward, Parshas Nitzovim - Vayelech 5759

The First Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Ruchoma Altusky, o"h, Parshas Nitzovim - Vayelech 5759

Chessed Shel Emess, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5759

Loving Chezky - A Mother and Son On Two Separate Wavelengths, Parshas Re'ei 5759

Loving Chezky, Parshas Eikev 5759

The Goal and Duty of Jewish Women, Parshas Korach 5759

Bessie Baalabusta, Parshas Bamidbar 5759

He Frees Agunos, Parshas Achrei-Kedoshim 5759

Friday Morning Challos, Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759

Rebbetzin Soro Pesha Ben-Menachem o"h, Parshas Yisro 5759

Wedding, Parshas Beshalach 5759

Refoel's Story, Parshas Bo 5759

The Emptying Cart, Parshas Shemos 5759

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GIYUR

Big Bucks in European "Conversions", Parshas Toldos 5760

Vaad LeInyonei Giyur Condemns Eretz Chemda Beis Din, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Protest Increased Aliya of Non-Jews from the C.I.S, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Conversion Industry Booming, Parshas Bereishis 5760

RCA Beth Din Interferes in Local Rabbinical Affairs in Hong Kong and Berlin, Parshas Bereishis 5760

Conversion Industry in Or Etzion Defies the Guidelines of Chief Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau, Rosh Hashan 5760

Joint Conversion Institutes Have no Students, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

Be on Guard, Parshas Ki Sovo 5759

Conversion Tidings, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5759

A Demonstration Against Allowing Wholesale Non-Jewish Immigration, Parshas Eikev 5759

A Virtual Jew?, Parshas Bolok 5759

The Conversion Administration Has Six Special Courts, Parshas Achrei-Kedoshim 5759

"Conversion" Institute Opens Doors in Carmiel, Parshas Tazria-Metzora 5759

Chief Rabbinate Will Not Recognize Conversion of Adopted Child, Parshas Vayikro 5759

Quickie Conversion Flouts Chief Rabbi's Ruling, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei 5759

Easy Conversion is an Escape from Judaism, Not a Way In, Parshas Beshalach 5759

Director of the Jerusalem Rabbinical Courts Criticizes Av Beis Din of Jerusalem, Parshas Bo 5759

Conversion Law with Ne'eman Recommendations Rejected by Knesset Law Committee, Parshas Shemos 5759

A Judge in Jerusalem Orders That Non-Jews with Reform and Conservative "Conversions" be Registered as Jews, Parshas Shemos 5759

Knesset Committee To Discuss Ne'eman Committee Decisions, Parshas Vayechi 5759

Checking Conversions, Parshas Vayigash 5759

Falash Mura Immigrants from Ethiopia Will Have to Undergo Full Conversion, Parshas Vayigash 5759

Chief Rabbi Sacks Must Decide, Parshas Vayishlach 5759

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LEGAL ISSUES

Secular Legal Expert Assails High, Parshas Vayeshev 5760

MKs Tell High Court To Back Off Contentious Issues, Parshas Vayeshev 5760

The High Court Cannot be Society's Moral Authority, Parshas Vayeshev 5760

The High Court Orders the Religious Affairs Ministry to Change its Criteria and Support the Conservative Movement, Parshas Noach 5760

Only Left Can Undermine the Rule of Law By Changing Basic Law, Parshas Voeschanan 5759

Contempt of Court Indictment Against Attorney Dror Choter- Yishai Canceled, Parshas Bha'alosecho 5759

High Court Removes Hinderences to Marrying Foreigners, Parshas Bamidar 5759

We Support Democracy, Parshas Behar-Bechukosai 5759

Judicial Ethics, Parshas Tzav 5759

Israel Bar Chief Challenges Court, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei 5759

Downtown Yerushalayim Drugstore Opens on Shabbos, Parshas Tetzaveh 5759

Aerial Photography Expert Estimates: Only 8,867 People Attended the Leftist Rally in Sacher Park, Parshas Tetzaveh 5759

The Judges Refuse to be Judged, Parshas Terumah 5759

Why Are we Afraid of the Bagatz? -- Important High Court Statistics Complied by Manof

State Prosecutor: No Investigation Against Anti-Religious Am Chofshi, Parshas Terumah 5759

Former High Court Judge: Court Wary of Re-Trials, Parshas Mishpatim 5759

Protecting the Honor of Torah- Observant Jews, Parshas Mishpatim 5759

Dismiss Oded Alyagon : Israeli Judge Unleashes Attack on Those Who Dare to Differ, Parshas Yisro 5759

The German Tradition of the Israeli High Court, Parshas Voeira 5759

Rabbi Meir Porush: "Judges Should be Elected", Parshas Voeira 5759

A Judge in Jerusalem Orders That Non-Jews with Reform and Conservative "Conversions" be Registered as Jews, Parshas Shemos 5759

The Kibbutzim Deceive The Courts, Parshas Vayechi 5759

A Legal Perspective
Attorney About the Decision to Allow Kibbutzim to Work on Shabbos: "The Entire Ruling is Mistaken", Parshas Vayigash 5759

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LEV L'ACHIM

Lev L'Achim Jerusalem Offices Dedicated, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Lev L'Achim Wages Battle Against Scientology Cult, Parshas Bereishis 5760

Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky & American Rabbonim View P'eylim/Lev L'Achim Activities in Eretz Yisroel, Succos 5760

The Voice of Israel, Parshas Devorim 5759

Rabbi Tzvi Schwartz Vs. the Reform Movement, Parshas Bolok 5759

Gedolei Eretz Yisroel Call for Renewed Enrollment Campaign, Parshas Korach 5759

Gedolim of Eretz Yisroel Endorse P'eylim / Lev L'Achim's Registration Campaign, Parshas Shelach 5759

Who Really Won?, Parshas Shelach 5759

Halachic Ruling Redefines Role of Kiruv Work in Eretz Yisroel, Parshas Achrei-Kedoshim 5759

Letting the Children Speak for Themselves, Parshas Tzav 5759

Rabbi Tzvi Schwartz -- Rechovot's "King", Parshas Vayikro 5759

The Power of Mishloach Manos, Parshas Vayakhel/Pekudei 5759

Lev L'Achim Uncovers a Dangerous Cult in Netanya, Parshas Ki Siso 5759

England's Committee for the Rescue of Immigrant Children in Israel: Fifty Years of Mesiras Nefesh in the Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People, Parshas Mishpatim 5759

Does Uncle David Really Want Us? / Interesting responses to the thoughtful article by Moshe Schapiro about his experiences in the Israeli Army, Parshas Yisro 5759

P'eylim / Lev L'Achim Addresses the Dropout Problem in Israeli Torah Community: Lev Shomea Division Hotline Serves As Lifeline For Troubled Youth, Parshas Beshalach 5759

Lev L'Achim's One Hundred Meter Siyum -- An Electrifying Experience, Parshas Bo 5759

HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman and the Novominsker Rebbe Address Lev L'Achim Rally in Israel's South, Parshas Shemos 5759

Lev L'Achim -- A Grass-Roots Kiruv Movement, Parshas Vayechi 5759

New Torah School in Israel Vandalized by Anti-Religious Fanatics, Parshas Vayigash 5759

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YESHIVA DRAFT

Tal Committee Chareidi Representatives Walk Out, Parshas Vayishlach 5760

Draft Committee Behind Schedule, the Same Aim, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Different Methods, the Same Aim, Parshas Noach 5760

Committee for the Prevention of the Draft of Yeshiva Students is Appointed, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

Negotiating and Signing the Agreement Between UTJ and Ehud Barak, Parshas Matos - Masei 5759

Immigrants 25 and Over are Not Drafted Due to Budgetary Considerations, Parshas Bolok 5759

Drafting Yeshiva Students, Parshas Chukas 5759

Yisrael Ba'Aliyah: "Conscription of Yeshiva Students Must be Decided by Means of Negotiation, Parshas Beha'alosecho 5759

When Soccer is More Important Than Torah, Parshas Terumah 5759

Uncle David Wants You, Parshas Voeira 5759

The Ultimate Objective in Drafting Yeshiva Students -- Uprooting the Torah, Parshas Vayechi 5759

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CULTURE WARS - MISCELLANEOUS

Unprecedented Anti-Chareidi Violence in Beit Shemesh, Parshas Vayeshev 5760

Thousands Gather to Hear Gedolim on Motzei Shabbos, Parshas Vayeshev 5760

Terrible Incitement Against the Chareidi Community, Parshas Vayishlach 5760

Shuvu Students Questioned by Police in Nahariya for "Truancy", Parshas Vayishlach 5760

It Is From Hashem, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Time Magazine Taken To Task For Anti-Chareidi Article, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Women Who Participate in Unsupervised Enrichment Courses Will Not be Employed By Chareidi School Systems, Parshas Toldos 5760

Shinui Opposes Benign Bill Just to Spite Chareidim, Parshas Toldos 5760

Anti-religious Elements Seek to Prevent Operation of Bayit Vegan Pool, Parshas Toldos 5760

A Secular Jew's View of the Jewish People, Parshas Toldos 5760

Beersheba Court Rejects Pork Shop Owners' Appeal, Parshas Chaye Soro 5760

Anti-Chareidi Budgetary Discrimination All Over the Map, Parshas Chaye Soro 5760

A Secular Jew's View of the Jewish People, Parshas Chaye Soro 5760

The Struggle for Shabbos 50 Years Ago -- On Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, They Got up from Shiva - part II, Parshas Vayero 5760

Chareidi Representatives in Yerushalayim To Oppose Funding Of Arena Project, Parshas Vayero 5760

Torah World Deprivation Discussed in Knesset, Parshas Vayero 5760

Rabbi Gafni: Freedom of Speech is a Code Word for Offense to the Religious Community, Parshas Vayero 5760

The Struggle for Shabbos 50 Years Ago -- On Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, They Got up from Shiva - part I, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Vandals Who Defaced Synagogues in Bnei Brak are Caught, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Minister Sharansky Signs Amendment Enabling Tel Aviv Shabbos Commerce, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

Turbine Transfer Turmoil, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

The Jewish People are Truly Believers, Parshas Lech Lecho 5760

The Government Has Decided to Cancel Rental Subsidies for Avreichim and the Special Grants in Elad-Mazor, Parshas Noach 5760

Who Really Knows Psychology?, Parshas Noach 5760

Employment of a Teacher who did Teshuvah Causes School Strike, Succos 5760

Technion Professor: "The Dossim Should Be Thrown into the Sea", Succos 5760

Based on the Law of Return: The Non- Jewish Agency?, Succos 5760

Forced to See the Truth, Succos 5760

Education Minister Plans Major Reforms in State Jewish Studies Programs, Rosh Hashana 5760

A Shabbos Beating, Rosh Hashana 5760

Jerusalem Municipality Leftists Oppose Karta Parking Lot Shabbos Closure, Rosh Hashana 5760

Turbine Coalition Crisis Averted at the Last Minute; Weekday Solution Reported At Hand, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

Albert Cohen, the Manager of the Turbine Transfer Project, Talks to Yated Ne'eman, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

A Group of Youngsters from Hapoel Petach Tikvah Were Forced to Eat Treif, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

Shabbos Should Unify Jews, not Divide Them, Parshas Nitzavim - Vayelech 5759

Last Shabbos No Turbine Part was Transported, Parshas Ki Sovo 5759

Rabbi Gafni Warns on Y2K Shabbos Desecration, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5759

Turbine Tempest -- the Latest Shabbos Outrage, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5759

Teshuvah is Legal at Tel Aviv Cultural Center; Chareidi Activist Stabbed by Leftist Thug, Parshas Shoftim 5759

Protests Against Bank Mizrachi Machines Working on Shabbos, Parshas Shoftim 5759

Huge Turbine Move Becomes Latest Public Cultural Battle, Parshas Shoftim 5759

Police Officials Say Meretz Activists Unnecessarily Provocative on Shabbos, Parshas Re'ei 5759

Utensils Manufactured by the Phoenicia Glass Company of Yeruchom Require Tevillo, Parshas Re'ei 5759

Bank Hamizrachi Will Operate Its ATMs on Shabbos, Parshas Re'ei 5759


CULTURE WARS - MONEY

Intel Refuses to Employ Shomrei Shabbos Workers, Parshas Toldos 5760

Fair Politics, Parshas Toldos 5760


CULTURE WARS - SHABBOS

Extensive Shabbos Desecration Prevented in the Ashkelon Power Station, Parshas Vayeitzei 5760

Shabbos Status Quo Threatened in Haifa Mall, Parshas Toldos 5760

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