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We have a big paper this week, thank G-d -- and the PDF file is experiencing a technical problem. If you can't open it, my apologies; almost all the stories are online in web format. And now, the news:
Few crimes are scarier than home invasion. Break-ins are bad, but criminals barging in while the family is home? Much worse. It's happened twice recently in the Five Towns along with a string of burglaries. Read our story here.
Agudath Israel has taken its share of knocks for not acting to end child sex abuse. After the problem was acknowledged from the podium last week at Agudah's convention, an advocate for survivors -- a survivor himself -- asks, Why wait for Agudah? It's up to parents to keep children safe.
Remembering HaRav Yaakov Nayman, 100, of Lawrence -- last link to a lost era.His longtime neighbor wonders: was Rav Nayman carrying the Torah, or was the Torah carrying him? Read his moving tribute here.
