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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv - Eliyahu Hershkovitz - 140212012

Israel's ultra-Orthodox fear leadership vacuum as top rabbi's health deteriorates

Concerns for the health of Lithuanian Haredi community leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv threaten to fracture the most important sector in the ultra-Orthodox world.

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Beit Shemesh - Emil Salman

Three quarters of Beit Shemesh first-graders will attend ultra-Orthodox schools next year

A total of 2,500 children will enter ultra-Orthodox institutions; only 625 children are registered at non-ultra-Orthodox institutions.

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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv - Tomer Appelbaum - 07022012

Rabbi Elyashiv, one of the most revered figures in ultra-Orthodox community, in critical condition

Unofficially, Elyashiv is the paramount leader of the Lithuanian-Haredi community, both in Israel and abroad, regarded by many as the contemporary leading halakhic authority.

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Ovadia Yosef, Eli Yishai and Shlomo Amar.

The next Shas martyr

With the comptroller's report on the Carmel fire about to be released, Interior Minister Eli Yishai may be gearing up to become the latest Shas 'victim.'

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Too harsh treatment for Elon

Rabbis might not have been as quick to condemn their fellow cleric were it not for his alleged homosexuality.

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