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[NYC Spokesman Slammed For Defending School Map Which Erased Israel]( [NYC Spokesman Slammed For Defending School Map Which Erased Israel]( YORK (VINnews) — A New York City public school is under fire for “Jewish erasure” after a classroom map surfaced which erases Israel, and labels it “Palestine.” A former top official at the NYC Department of Education slammed a spokesman’s snarky defense of the map (later reversed) which he said was “patently antisemitic, nauseating […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Beverly Hills Rabbi Tells Fox News His Kehilla was Harassed by City]( [WATCH: Beverly Hills Rabbi Tells Fox News His Kehilla was Harassed by City]( [Read More »]( [DeSantis and Haley Barnstorm Across Frigid Iowa in the Final Days Before the Republican Caucuses]( [DeSantis and Haley Barnstorm Across Frigid Iowa in the Final Days Before the Republican Caucuses]( BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley pushed across ice-cold Iowa Saturday to find voters open to an alternative to former President Donald Trump with just two days before the state’s caucuses open the Republican primary calendar. Trump canceled his two in-person rallies Saturday due to a blizzard blanketing much of the […] [Read More »]( [A Defiant Netanyahu Says No One Can Halt Israel’s War to Crush Hamas, Including the World Court]( [A Defiant Netanyahu Says No One Can Halt Israel’s War to Crush Hamas, Including the World Court]( Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the world court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a defiant speech Saturday, as the fighting in Gaza approached the 100-day mark. Netanyahu spoke after the International Court of Justice at The Hague […] [Read More »]( [Families of Hostages Held in Gaza for 100 Days Hold 24-Hour Rally, Beg Government to Bring Them Home]( [Families of Hostages Held in Gaza for 100 Days Hold 24-Hour Rally, Beg Government to Bring Them Home]( (AP) – The families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip kicked off a 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv Saturday night, calling on the government to bring their loved ones home after 100 days spent in Hamas captivity. Thousands of people poured into “Hostages Ssquare” in Tel Aviv — a central plaza opposite Israel’s […] [Read More »]( [IDF Soldier Falls In Central Gaza, Deal To Transfer Medicines To Hostages Pending]( [IDF Soldier Falls In Central Gaza, Deal To Transfer Medicines To Hostages Pending]( (VINnews) — BDE: Major (res.) Dan Wajdenbaum, fell in battle in Gaza, the IDF said Saturday evening. Wajdenbaum, age 24, from Ra’anana, fought in Battalion 5037 of the Yiftah Brigade, and fell Friday in battle in central Gaza. His family has been notified. In other developments, a deal to provide medicines to hostages being […] [Read More »]( [3 Terrorists Eliminated In Attack On Hevron Hills Settlement, IDF Soldier Injured]( [3 Terrorists Eliminated In Attack On Hevron Hills Settlement, IDF Soldier Injured]( (VINnews) — An Israeli soldier suffered light-to-moderate injuries on Friday evening when terrorists infiltrated the village of Adora, located in the Judean Mountains northwest of Hebron. Magen David Adom said the injured victim, a 34-year-old IDF reserve soldier who was conscious, suffered an injury to his legs and was evacuated to the hospital for […] [Read More »]( [Lower Mortgage Rates Prompt Home Owners to List Properties, but Housing Supply Remains Constrained]( [Lower Mortgage Rates Prompt Home Owners to List Properties, but Housing Supply Remains Constrained]( ANGELES (AP) — The recent pullback in mortgage rates is spurring more homeowners to put their homes up for sale, though the increases so far have been too modest to return the housing market’s inventory of available properties back to pre-pandemic levels. The number of active listings, a tally of U.S. homes on the […] [Read More »]( [IRS Says It Collected $360 Million More From Rich Tax Cheats as Its Funding Is Threatened Yet Again]( [IRS Says It Collected $360 Million More From Rich Tax Cheats as Its Funding Is Threatened Yet Again]( (AP) — The IRS says it has collected an additional $360 million in overdue taxes from delinquent millionaires as the agency’s leadership tries to promote the latest work it has done to modernize the agency with Inflation Reduction Act funding that Republicans are threatening to chip away. Leadership from the federal tax collector held […] [Read More »]( [Israelis Protest Outside Un Chief Antonio Guterres’ Home Weekly. They’ve Gained a Grudging Respect for Him]( [Israelis Protest Outside Un Chief Antonio Guterres’ Home Weekly. They’ve Gained a Grudging Respect for Him]( YORK (JTA) – One Friday morning last month, as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the short walk from his townhouse to his car in freezing weather, he was confronted by a group of Israeli protesters who peppered him with questions about the war in Gaza and his efforts to free the hostages held […] [Read More »]( [Buffalo Supermarket Gunman Who Killed 10 Will Face the Death Penalty in Federal Hate Crimes Case]( [Buffalo Supermarket Gunman Who Killed 10 Will Face the Death Penalty in Federal Hate Crimes Case]( N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday. Payton Gendron, 20, is already serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty to state charges […] [Read More »]( [Feds to Investigate Teaneck, NJ, School District Where Students Held Pro-palestinian Walkout]( [Feds to Investigate Teaneck, NJ, School District Where Students Held Pro-palestinian Walkout]( JERSEY (JTA) – The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into a New Jersey school district that has come under fire for what Jewish parents allege is an antisemitic climate since Oct. 7. The case at Teaneck Public Schools, a diverse district in a heavily Jewish suburb of New York City, adds […] [Read More »]( [HEARTBREAKING VIDEO: Families Cry Out to Hostage Relatives On Loudspeakers at Gaza Border]( [HEARTBREAKING VIDEO: Families Cry Out to Hostage Relatives On Loudspeakers at Gaza Border]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — Family members of hostages held captive by Hamas gathered near the Gaza border on Thursday, using powerful loudspeakers to communicate with their loved ones. At Kibbutz Nirim, relatives took turns speaking over the giant sound system using speakers hoisted by cranes, hoping to be heard by family members “deep in the […] [Read More »]( [Missouri state rep, accused of Jew-hatred, announces governor run]( [Missouri state rep, accused of Jew-hatred, announces governor run]( — In December, Missouri state Democratic lawmakers kicked Sarah Unsicker out of their caucus, citing the Democrat’s antisemitic remarks and conspiracy theories and a photo for which she posed with Charles Johnson, whom the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a Holocaust denier and alt-right troll.” On Monday, Unsicker announced that she is running for governor […] [Read More »]( [Why Israel’s air power did not paralyze the Hamas factories of death]( [Why Israel’s air power did not paralyze the Hamas factories of death]( (JNS) – It is easy to see that the dirt field and ruins located at the edge of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, in the heart of the Gaza Strip, was once a densely populated residential neighborhood. Here is a withered lawn; there a few chickens peck indifferently among armored vehicles. But inside a small, […] [Read More »]( [Spreading Light in Paradise]( [Spreading Light in Paradise]( Boruch and Chaya Rozmarin, Chabad of Grenada, S. George, Grenada   Spreading Light in Paradise DOWNLOAD SHABBAS PDF VERSION By: Chaya Chazan   Grenada (pronounced Gre-NAY-da), not to be confused with the Spanish city of Grenada (pronounced Gre-NAH-da), is a small Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. We’ve been confused for our sister […] [Read More »]( [How the IDF Spokesperson in Arabic Wins Hearts and Minds]( [How the IDF Spokesperson in Arabic Wins Hearts and Minds]( (JNS) – At 6:59 p.m. on Oct. 17, it seemed that the course of the Gaza war was about to change, and not in Israel’s favor, when a rocket exploded at Al-Ahli Hospital in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. Reporters from Al Jazeera were among the first to arrive at the scene and tell the world […] [Read More »]( [Bank Profits Mostly Fall in Fourth Quarter, but Banks Remain Upbeat on Economy and Consumer]( [Bank Profits Mostly Fall in Fourth Quarter, but Banks Remain Upbeat on Economy and Consumer]( YORK (AP) — Three of the nation’s biggest banks said Friday that their profits fall last quarter, as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup deal with the lingering effects of higher interest rates and the industry costs of last year’s banking crisis that caused the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. […] [Read More »]( [IDF Intelligence: Hamas Spent ‘Tens of Millions’ on Gaza Terror Tunnels]( [IDF Intelligence: Hamas Spent ‘Tens of Millions’ on Gaza Terror Tunnels]( (JNS) – Hamas spent tens of millions of dollars, which was intended for the Gaza Strip, building underground terrorist infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday evening, citing intelligence findings. Hamas “opted to invest precious resources in building terrorist infrastructure used to harm Israeli civilians and IDF forces, while cynically exploiting the civilian […] [Read More »]( [Houthi Rebels Vow Fierce Retaliation After American and British Strikes Against Them]( [Houthi Rebels Vow Fierce Retaliation After American and British Strikes Against Them]( United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed fierce retaliation Friday for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza. The bombardment — launched in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial […] [Read More »]( [FAA to Audit Boeing Manufacturing, Increase Scrutiny After Panel Blew off Jet in Midflight Last Week]( [FAA to Audit Boeing Manufacturing, Increase Scrutiny After Panel Blew off Jet in Midflight Last Week]( (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration says it will audit Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled manufacturer after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week, the last in a string of mishaps for its marquee aircraft. The agency’s move comes just a day after it announced an investigation […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: IDF Soldiers Say Kaddish For Jewish WWI Victims Buried In Gaza]( [WATCH: IDF Soldiers Say Kaddish For Jewish WWI Victims Buried In Gaza]( (VINnews) — IDF forces operating in the central Gaza region of Al-Muazi located the tomb of a Jewish soldier who fell fighting during the first world war in the region. The soldiers decided to say Kaddish for the soldier and for other Jewish soldiers buried in the WWI cemetery. Gunfire can be heard in […] [Read More »]( [Israel Says It Complies With International Law and That a Ruling of Genocide Would Set a Bad Precedent]( [Israel Says It Complies With International Law and That a Ruling of Genocide Would Set a Bad Precedent]( — Israel argued on Friday that South Africa was trying to defame Israeli leadership and society by accusing the country of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Making Israel’s closing statement, attorney Gilad Noam said South Africa’s case against Israel made the nation look like a state “singularly consumed with destroying an entire […] [Read More »]( [Focusing on the Torah Value of Honesty]( [Focusing on the Torah Value of Honesty]( not subscribe to the Sfas Tamim Foundation newsletter each week?  It helps us incorporate everyday emes in our lives.  Below is this week’s edition. ON THE PARSHA “’And now, go back to your work, but you will not be given any straw [from which to make bricks]. Nevertheless, the [same] number of bricks you […] [Read More »]( [The show that made history: HASC 37 Produced by Shlome Steinmetz of Pivot Productions]( [The show that made history: HASC 37 Produced by Shlome Steinmetz of Pivot Productions]( 37: A Time For Unity By: Yossi Zweig Thirty Seven years ago, a young Sheya Mendlowitz spent a life changing Shabbos in a special needs camp in upstate NY. When he witnessed firsthand the level of care and commitment not to mention love that the staff of Camp HASC had for these special neshamos, […] [Read More »]( [LIVE FEED: Israel’s ICJ Response To Charges Of Genocide]( [LIVE FEED: Israel’s ICJ Response To Charges Of Genocide]( YORK (VINnews) — At the Hague International Court Of Justice, Israel is now responding to the claims by South Africa that is is perpetrating genocide in Gaza   Israeli lawyer Tal Becker started Israel’s defense at the court, claiming that South Africa’s allegations of genocide were “curated” and “distorted” allegations of genocide against Israel. He […] [Read More »]( [US, British Militaries Launch Massive Retaliatory Strike Against Iranian-Backed Houthis in Yemen]( [US, British Militaries Launch Massive Retaliatory Strike Against Iranian-Backed Houthis in Yemen]( (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The military targets included logistical hubs, air defense systems and weapons storage and launching locations, […] [Read More »]( [HONIG: Send A Child To Defend Israel at At The ICJ]( [HONIG: Send A Child To Defend Israel at At The ICJ]( Op-Ed / Duvi Honig) — Israel should not have to send the most brilliant minds to testify against the genocide accusations being presented by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In fact, it would be more impactful to send a 12 year old child to testify, as it would demonstrate how […] [Read More »]( Get More VINnews Join our [WhatsApp group]( for breaking updates. Not on our email list yet? [Join here](. [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 600 Reisterstown Rd Suite 401Baltimore, MD 21208 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.