Europe

will the Halperin affair which stirred London perish for lack of evidence? • City rabbis ordered: because of the consent of Reb Chaim Halpern to appear before the Beis Dim, there is no permit to "testify"

A global affair in which MK Marina Solodkin a"h helped bring to the Jewish burial of a Jewish nurse's body • The political step of Estonia - ended with a moving eulogy by Hgry"m Lau

Bus with 50 tourists from Israel, including children and pregnant women, who were on their way to Budapest, stuck since last night in snowstorm on a road between Austria and Hungary • Passengers tell of drama in conversation with B'Chadrei Charedim: "After the cold night the food was finished" • After 18 hours: vehicles were evacuated to a nearby village, where they will reside on Shabbos

Mir Rosh Yeshiva Hgra"y Finkel was invited to the wedding of a wealthy family in London but could not go • After pleading he agreed to come to the sheva brachos held tonight, and within two hours a plane ticket was prepared for him

Attempted attack by a metal rod, of Religious Yeshiva students in Warsaw airport • The attacker was blocked and handcuffed by security guards, and arrested by local police

In Jerusalem, a memorial ceremony was held on the yartzheit of the murder of Yonathan Sandler, his two children Arye and Gavriel, and the girl Miriam Monsonego hy"d in a terrorist attack at Otzar Hatorah, Toulouse. "I draw hope from Eva's deeds"

Governor Rabbi Yosef Elbaum, 91, and his wife, age 74, one of the greatest supporters of the Torah have perished in a fire in their apartment • family members were rescued unharmed • will be laid to rest in the Chassidei Spinka plot

Shock to the Jewish community of Antwerp • Moshe Aryeh Friedman blames community leaders in the local media of involvement in the murder of an avrech nine years ago • According to him a 'Mafia of crime and money laundering' operates within the community • member of the community, "Friedman deteriorated defamatory blood libel evoking hatred and endangering our security"

Tax inspectors and police raided the slaughterhouse Machzikei Hadas in Antwerp, and after a lengthy investigation revealed suspected tax evasion and licenses irregularities • The inspectors confiscated about one thousand chickens which have been slaughtered

"The Halperin Case": Police extended release conditions of Rabbi Chaim Halperin – who heads Congregation Divrei Chaim, his brother and two activists who were arrested in the case • Rabbi Halperin is forbidden to leave his home from 22:00 until 6 am • he must report to the police five times a week • Special Beis Din established will not convene for fear of disrupting the inquiry

Ukraine: Failed attempt to assassinate Jewish oligarch Vadim Rabinovich • bomb attached to his car parked near where he was staying in Kiev • One of the largest contributors to the Jewish community

Machzikei Hadas Rabbi of Geneva - Hgra"y Schlesinger, celebrated forty years of service • who was supposed to be the guest of honor - his brother Hgrs"a Schlesinger from Strasbourg, didn’t show up • Is controversy burning again?

Employees of the largest whiskey maker, Chivas accidentally spilled thousands of gallons of the prestigious drink to sewage • The incident was discovered following the odor which came from the sewer

Three yeshiva students from Odessa were arrested for no reason at the Lvov train station, after local police harassed them • "exerting all efforts to secure their release"

Shomrei or Machzikei, "Hadas" is the same religion: After decades in which the Jewish community in Antwerp was divided into "Machzikei Hadas" and "Shomrei Hadas" - lately there's a trend of coming closer

For more than 60 years ago: City of Lvov yielded the pressure of the Jewish community and will open operation to collect Jewish gravestones which were used as construction materials for paving the sidewalks in the city after the war

UN's new research sheds light on Nazi extermination program: 42,000 murder sites and ghettos operated in Europe • The investigators were stunned: "We expected to find only 7000 sites"

Horse and donkeys meat riot continues to run the British to kosher meat shops • Kosher meat shortage was recorded in the kingdom • Local training system announced the raising of meat prices

This week Rabbi Meir Birnbaum, driver of Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Yeshiva, and Rabbi Yosef Fridenson, a Yiddish newspaper editor passed away • historical story unites the two • life and death

German authorities have announced the cancellation of claims filed against Rabbi David Goldberg, the rabbi of Cologne charged with circumcision of babies • "I circumcised in the past and will continue to circumcise babies"

Orthodox detained by police on Shabbos and could not present identification papers, was fined with $90 • Justice: Law equivalent to all citizens, and does not give an exemption for religious Jews

Efforts of activists helped: Although detention was to last until Motzei Shabbos Zachor – Reb Chaim Halperin and three London inmates released home just before Shabbos

The court ruled: the four inmates of the London affair – Reb Chaim Halperin and three suspected of covering up his actions - remain in custody for an extra 36 hours • The detainees have to spend Shabbos Zachor under arrest • More avreichim were questioned on suspicion of involvement • UK's largest communications channels open coverage

ZAKA - Russia, looking for an Israeli born in Ukraine, who came to study in Moscow and then disappeared • Has mental difficulties and his medical condition is not good

Case of Rabbi Chaim Halpern in London thickens • This morning, the first time since the embarrassing affair was uncovered six months ago, London police arrested the Rav, his brother and two local activists - including a senior in "Hashomrim" - suspected of obstruction of justice • Community member: "embarrassing occurrence" • And why did the police intervene in the affair only now?

A complex operation is conducted in France in order to locate the heirs of art works that belonged to Jews before World War II • heirs of Jewish industrialist and banker were found - and will receive paintings

London Blog content published against Rabbi Chaim Halpern, preceded and deleted them • The reason: to bypass a court order to disclose the identity of the authors • blog owners promising to continue the fight

German Der Spiegel exposes his acquaintances of the European straw company: Both Australian and members of a joint group in Melbourne • The company sold equipment for communication satellites and was located in an office building in Milan

Antwerp Diamond Center is pessimistic: "The chance to find the robbers are very low, because the diamonds were not cut and had no certificate. They can just sell them and disappear"

The Claims Conference, which provides compensation for Jewish property taken during the Holocaust, publishes a Last Call to potential heirs: a quarter billion shekels waiting for you, please apply