22.04.2013;                      12.Ijar. 5773                     Tag 27 des Omer; Ta'anit BH"B

Jüdische Welt:

NY haredim cancel Manhattan anti-draft rally

Agudath Israel cites ‘security concerns’ in wake of Boston bombing; not appropriate time for masses of Jews to gather.

A major rally protesting the draft of Israeli yeshiva students has been canceled due to security concerns in the wake of last week’s Boston Marathon bombing, a spokesman for Agudath Israel of America told The Jerusalem Post. The rally, scheduled for Sunday in downtown Manhattan, was intended as a forum for prayers for “heavenly mercy” in the face of the possibility that full-time yeshiva students may be required to serve in the Israeli army….