A $30 million American loan to Israel to build a national sewage network was approved yesterday by the World Bank. The loan, which was under negotiation for two years, is for 17 years at 7.25 percent interest. Israel has a IL 316 million national sewage plan of which the U.S. loan represents a substantial part. The sewage program is intended to solve the problem of waste disposal while protecting ecological interests.
Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren has rejected criticism by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson, of his decision in the Langer case and said that he would send the Hasidic leader a copy of his ruling. A spokesman for Rabbi Goren also rejected the Rebbe’s implication that his election as Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi had been conditional on his resolving the Langer case in a manner satisfactory to the Israeli government. “This was never the case,” the spokesman said. The Lubavitcher Rebbe charged that Rabbi Goren’s ruling “undermined the whole structure of rabbinical law.”
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