Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, saying that the Sukkot holiday is a time for him to visit "Torah giants," called on three rabbis in their Sukkahs last night: Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party; the Belzer leader, Rabbi Yisachar Dov Rokach; and Rabbi Shalom Yosef Elyashiv, leader of the hareidi yeshiva world. Rabbi Rokach said that the U.S. support for Israel is "not a simple matter, and it stems from Divine Providence..."
Work on Israel's first desalination facility was begun today. Construction on the plant, in the port city of Ashkelon, is expected to be completed 18 months from now, in March 2004. It is designed to produce 100 million cubic meters of water a year...
A joyous ceremony was held this afternoon in Rechelim, between Ariel and Shilo, in honor of the town's newest neighborhood. It is the first Rechelim neighborhood to be built by the Housing Ministry. Rechelim was established as an outpost in 1992. Rabbis, Knesset Members and other public figures were among the more than 1,500 people in attendance...
Work on Israel's first desalination facility was begun today. Construction on the plant, in the port city of Ashkelon, is expected to be completed 18 months from now, in March 2004. It is designed to produce 100 million cubic meters of water a year...
A joyous ceremony was held this afternoon in Rechelim, between Ariel and Shilo, in honor of the town's newest neighborhood. It is the first Rechelim neighborhood to be built by the Housing Ministry. Rechelim was established as an outpost in 1992. Rabbis, Knesset Members and other public figures were among the more than 1,500 people in attendance...