Weekly Update - Shana Tova!

Dear All,

Please find attached three articles for your interest this week. The
first is on the theme of marriages in Israel, specifically the law
regarding consular marriages. The second article reports on a new Bat
Mitzvah centre that has been set up at Rachel's tomb. The founders of
this centre hope that this will encourage more girls to be Bat Mitzvah
and that the tomb will hold the same status for girls as the Kottel
holds for young boys that are Bar Mitzvah at the Wall. Finally, we have
an article that explains that after years of rising steadily, Israel's
poverty rate has finally began to drop.

We would also like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a Shana
Tova. We hope that the coming year is a sweet and happy one.

We also wanted to notify you that we will not be sending an update next
week; however we aim to send out the next one before Yom Kippur, and
look forward to being in touch again at that time.

Shabbat Shalom,

Charlie Gluckman and all at Pro Zion