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[Advocacy Groups Are Petitioning for the End of Snap Interview Requirements]( [Advocacy Groups Are Petitioning for the End of Snap Interview Requirements]( YORK (AP) — Student and legal advocacy groups are petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lift the interview requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants to receive food aid. The groups argue the interview requirement is burdensome and prevents those who qualify for food aid from receiving it. The National Student Legal […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Raizy Neydavoud (Rothenberg) ע”ה ????? ?? ?? ??? ?????]( [Mrs. Raizy Neydavoud (Rothenberg) ע”ה ????? ?? ?? ??? ?????]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:15 amMincha: 4:40 pmMaariv: 6:15 pm Rabbi Dovid M. Rothenberg Father Mrs. Sarah Rothenberg Mother Mrs. Esty EdelmanSister R’ Yossi Rothenberg Brother Mrs. Slavie Goldberger Sister R’ Yitzchuk Rothenberg Brother R’ Nochum Rothenberg Brother Mr. Kuppy Rothenberg Brother R’ Pinchus Rothenberg Brother Mrs. Zissy TybergSister Mrs. Chana Aidel BerkowitzSister R’ Shneur […] [Read More »]( [Mall Executive Bill Taubman Talks About Pandemic-Shaped Shopper Trends, Tenant Demand]( [Mall Executive Bill Taubman Talks About Pandemic-Shaped Shopper Trends, Tenant Demand]( YORK (AP) — As the president and chief operating officer of upscale mall landlord Taubman Realty Group, Bill Taubman has a bird’s eye view of consumer habits, which have become more unpredictable since the pandemic. But Taubman, which owns, manages or leases 26 malls primarily in the U.S. and is a joint venture with […] [Read More »]( [Israeli soccer player back in Israel after being arrested in Turkey for supporting hostages]( [Israeli soccer player back in Israel after being arrested in Turkey for supporting hostages]( (VINnews) — Israeli soccer player Sagiv Yehezkel, landed in Israel Monday after he was arrested by Turkish authorities and accused of “public incitement of the public to hatred and hostility” and “supporting the massacre carried out by Israel in Gaza.” Yehezkel’s only crime was for paying tribute to the hostages who have been held […] [Read More »]( [Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Its Dispute With Texas Over Border Land]( [Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Its Dispute With Texas Over Border Land]( Texas (AP) — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents. The Department of Justice filed a new […] [Read More »]( [Hamas Tunnels Are 100S of Miles Longer Than Thought With 5,000-Plus Entry Points]( [Hamas Tunnels Are 100S of Miles Longer Than Thought With 5,000-Plus Entry Points]( (JNS) – Hamas’s network of terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip is even more extensive than previously thought, The New York Times cited senior Israeli defense officials as saying on Tuesday, with new assessments indicating it has upwards of 5,700 entry shafts. In the wake of intensive counterterror combat operations in the southern Hamas […] [Read More »]( [Shame on You Bernie: Sanders Forces US Senators Into a Test Vote on Military Aid as the Israel-Hamas War Grinds On]( [Shame on You Bernie: Sanders Forces US Senators Into a Test Vote on Military Aid as the Israel-Hamas War Grinds On]( (AP) — In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders is forcing colleagues to vote on record whether to investigate human rights abuses in the Israel-Hamas war, a step toward potentially limiting U.S. military aid to Israel as its devastating attacks on Gaza grind past 100 days. The Senate vote, a first of its […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Father of Emily Hand Learns Tragic Fate of Two Hostages During TV Interview]( [WATCH: Father of Emily Hand Learns Tragic Fate of Two Hostages During TV Interview]( — Thomas Hand, the father of former nine-year old hostage Emily Hand, conducted an interview with Piers Morgan on Monday night. Several minutes into the live broadcast, Morgan received the tragic news that two Israeli hostages, Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky, had died in captivity. Thomas was visibly overwhelmed by emotion and moved to […] [Read More »]( [Pakistan Condemns an Attack by Iran, and Says It Killed 2 Children and Wounded 3 People]( [Pakistan Condemns an Attack by Iran, and Says It Killed 2 Children and Wounded 3 People]( – An Iranian strike on targets inside Pakistan killed two “innocent children” and wounded three other people, the Pakistani government said, calling the attack an “unprovoked violation” of the country’s airspace. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement confirming the attack, which were first first announced by Iranian media reports that were later withdrawn. The […] [Read More »]( [Uber cuts off Drizly, the alcohol delivery app it bought for $1.1 billion three years ago]( [Uber cuts off Drizly, the alcohol delivery app it bought for $1.1 billion three years ago]( YORK (AP) — Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery app Drizly, the company confirmed, three years after acquiring the platform for $1.1 billion. Drizly will officially shut down at the end of March, Uber told The Associated Press. That means orders are open until then, Drizly said in details posted on X, the platform […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Eylon Levy SHREDS Vicious BBC Reporter Who Accused Israel of Genocide]( [WATCH: Eylon Levy SHREDS Vicious BBC Reporter Who Accused Israel of Genocide]( [Read More »]( [New York Governor Wants to Spend $2.4B on Migrants in New Budget Proposal]( [New York Governor Wants to Spend $2.4B on Migrants in New Budget Proposal]( N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that she wants to spend $2.4 billion to care for the massive influx of migrants who have overwhelmed New York City’s homeless shelters — addressing a damaging political issue for Democrats in her annual state budget proposal. The migrant spending plan — which would […] [Read More »]( [House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’]( [House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’]( The group Feds United for Peace told Al-Monitor it expects hundreds of government employees from 22 federal agencies to play hooky on Tuesday for a planned “Day of Mourning” to “mark 100 days of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.” Employees of the Executive Office of the President, National Security Agency and Departments of State, […] [Read More »]( [Brazilian Police Are Investigating the Death of a Manhattan Art Dealer as a Homicide]( [Brazilian Police Are Investigating the Death of a Manhattan Art Dealer as a Homicide]( DE JANEIRO (AP) — An American art dealer who co-owned a prominent Manhattan gallery was found dead in a Rio de Janeiro apartment, and homicide investigators are handling the case, state police in Brazil said Tuesday. The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State said its homicide department was investigating the death of Brent […] [Read More »]( [Kibbutz Beeri Announces Murder Of 2 Hostages Seen On Hamas Video]( [Kibbutz Beeri Announces Murder Of 2 Hostages Seen On Hamas Video]( (VINnews) — Israeli Kibbutz Be’eri announced Tuesday that two of its residents being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, have been murdered while imprisoned by the Palestinian terrorist group. Kibbutz officials stated “The abductees Itai Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi were murdered in captivity and their bodies are being held […] [Read More »]( [Jetblue’s $3.8 Billion Buyout of Spirit Airlines Is Blocked by Judge Citing Threat to Competition]( [Jetblue’s $3.8 Billion Buyout of Spirit Airlines Is Blocked by Judge Citing Threat to Competition]( (AP) — A federal judge is siding with the Biden administration and blocking JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition. The Justice Department sued to block the merger, saying it would drive up fares by eliminating Spirit, the nation’s biggest low-cost airline. JetBlue said it disagreed with […] [Read More »]( [Nikki Haley says she won’t debate Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire unless Donald Trump participates]( [Nikki Haley says she won’t debate Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire unless Donald Trump participates]( MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she wouldn’t participate in the next Republican presidential debate unless former President Donald Trump takes part in it, leaving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the only candidate committed to Thursday’s event. “We’ve had five great debates in this campaign,” Haley said in a statement, released […] [Read More »]( [Mrs Baila (Beverly) Marks ע”ה]( [Mrs Baila (Beverly) Marks ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (1/22/24)Morning R` Yaakov MarksSon R` Asher MarksSon Mrs. Casya VaghDaughter [Read More »]( [Top Federal Reserve Official Says Inflation Fight Seems Nearly Won, With Rate Cuts Coming]( [Top Federal Reserve Official Says Inflation Fight Seems Nearly Won, With Rate Cuts Coming]( (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Tuesday that he is increasingly confident that inflation will continue falling this year back to the Fed’s 2% target level, after two years of accelerating price spikes that hurt millions of American households. The official, Christopher Waller, an influential member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, […] [Read More »]( [Vivek Ramaswamy Suspends His 2024 Republican Presidential Bid and Endorses Rival Donald Trump]( [Vivek Ramaswamy Suspends His 2024 Republican Presidential Bid and Endorses Rival Donald Trump]( – Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed former President Donald Trump after finishing a distant fourth in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. Ramaswamy said he made the decision after determining there was no path forward for him in the race, “absent things that we don’t […] [Read More »]( [With ‘God’s-Eye View,’ Secretive Surveillance Flights Keep Close Watch on Russia and Ukraine]( [With ‘God’s-Eye View,’ Secretive Surveillance Flights Keep Close Watch on Russia and Ukraine]( A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS (AP) — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. Seen from up here, in the cockpit of a French air force surveillance plane flying over neighboring Romania, the snow-dusted landscapes look deceptively peaceful. The dead from Russia’s war, the shattered Ukrainian towns and mangled battlefields, aren’t visible […] [Read More »]( [Pro-palestinian Protesters Target Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Accusing It of ‘Genocide’]( [Pro-palestinian Protesters Target Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Accusing It of ‘Genocide’]( YORK (JTA) – Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on the Upper East Side during a rally on Monday, accusing the hospital of abetting genocide. Video showed the crowd of hundreds shouting at the hospital during a protest that included delegations of healthcare workers. It was led by a hardline […] [Read More »]( [Trump Leads GOP Rightward March and Other Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses]( [Trump Leads GOP Rightward March and Other Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses]( (AP) — Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration policy. Iowa Republicans […] [Read More »]( [Dangerously Cold Temps Blast Much of THE US, Keeping Schools Closed and Flights Grounded]( [Dangerously Cold Temps Blast Much of THE US, Keeping Schools Closed and Flights Grounded]( N.Y. (AP) — Dangerously cold temperatures affected much of the Rockies, Great Plains and Midwest on Tuesday, with wind chills below minus 30 degrees (minus 34.4 Celsius) in many parts of the central U.S. More than 85,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without power early Tuesday, the bulk of them in Oregon after widespread […] [Read More »]( [A Freed Israeli Hostage Relives Horrors of Captivity and Fears for Her Husband, Still Held in Gaza]( [A Freed Israeli Hostage Relives Horrors of Captivity and Fears for Her Husband, Still Held in Gaza]( NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — Standing in the ruins of her home in the Nir Oz farming village on the Gaza border, Sharon Alony Cunio gazed at the distant skyline of Khan Younis, the Palestinian city where Hamas militants dragged her more than three months ago. Her husband, David, remains captive in Gaza. He’s […] [Read More »]( [European Union Puts Hamas Leader in Gaza on Its Terrorist List]( [European Union Puts Hamas Leader in Gaza on Its Terrorist List]( — The European Union said Tuesday that is has put the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Hamas leader Yehya Sinwar, on its terrorist list. EU headquarters said the move was in “response to the threat posed by Hamas and its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks in Israel.” The EU says Sinwar […] [Read More »]( [R’ Ezra Yitzchok Deucht ז”ל]( [R’ Ezra Yitzchok Deucht ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (1/22/24)Morning Mrs. Tamara HartmanSister [Read More »]( [US Military Seizes Iranian Missile Parts Bound for Houthi Rebels in Raid Where 2 Seals Went Missing]( [US Military Seizes Iranian Missile Parts Bound for Houthi Rebels in Raid Where 2 Seals Went Missing]( – U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday. Meanwhile, a new ship came under suspected fire from the Houthis in the Red Sea and sustained […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Slams South Africa’s ‘Amalek’ Slander]( [Netanyahu Slams South Africa’s ‘Amalek’ Slander]( (JNS) – The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement on Tuesday accusing South Africa of falsely interpreting his use of a biblical quote as a call for genocide. Last week, Pretoria’s legal team argued in its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague that Netanyahu’s recent invocations of […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Former Captive Emily Hand, 9, Comforts Her Father After New Hostage Video Emerges]( [Watch: Former Captive Emily Hand, 9, Comforts Her Father After New Hostage Video Emerges]( (JNS) – Thomas Hand, the father of nine-year-old Emily Hand, who was freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip in November, became emotional on Monday during an interview on British television when the presenter informed him that Hamas had released a new hostage video. Host Piers Morgan asked Thomas for his response to […] [Read More »]( [May I Borrow Your Snow Blower?]( [May I Borrow Your Snow Blower?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Chofetz Chaim wrote a number of famous works. He wrote the Mishnah Berurah commentary on the Orach Chaim section of Shulchan Aruch. He also wrote Sefer Chofetz Chaim on the laws of lashon ha’ra. There is another book that he wrote which is not so famous. It is called Ahavas […] [Read More »]( [IDF Carries Out ‘Significant Wave’ of Strikes on Hezbollah Targets]( [IDF Carries Out ‘Significant Wave’ of Strikes on Hezbollah Targets]( (JNS) – Combined Israeli ground and aerial forces carried out an “extensive” series of strikes on Hezbollah targets in the Wadi Saluki district of Southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Among the targets were dozens of Hezbollah posts, military structures and weapons infrastructure.   Israel accuses the Iranian terror proxy […] [Read More »]( [Gaza Terrorists Launch Largest Rocket Barrage at Israel in Weeks]( [Gaza Terrorists Launch Largest Rocket Barrage at Israel in Weeks]( (JNS) – Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday launched over 50 rockets into southern Israel, according to local authorities. The barrage, one of the largest launched from Gaza in recent weeks, appeared to target the southern city of Netivot, setting off sirens there and other nearby towns.   Footage shared to social […] [Read More »]( [Trump In Iowa: If I Were President, Israel Wouldn’t Have Been Attacked]( [Trump In Iowa: If I Were President, Israel Wouldn’t Have Been Attacked]( (VINnews) — Speaking after his landslide victory at the Republican caucuses in Iowa, former US president Donald Trump said that Israel would not have been attacked if he were still president and vowed to solve the situation “very fast” if reelected. Trump termed President Joe Biden the “worst president that we’ve had in the […] [Read More »]( [Pro-Hamas Speaker In London : ‘We Must Normalize Massacres As Status Quo’]( [Pro-Hamas Speaker In London : ‘We Must Normalize Massacres As Status Quo’]( (VINnews) — Mohammed El-Kurd, a Hamas supporter from Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem who is also a writer and poet, recently spoke at a pro-Hamas rallyin London and suggested that they “must normalize massacres as the status quo.” “We must root (Zionism) out of the world!” “Zionism is a death cult!” “We must normalize massacres […] [Read More »]( [IDF Soldier Falls In Battle In Southern Gaza, 50 Rockets Fired Into Israel]( [IDF Soldier Falls In Battle In Southern Gaza, 50 Rockets Fired Into Israel]( (VINnews) — The IDF announced Tuesday morning that Sergeant first class (res.) Nitzan Schessler, 21, from Hadera, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. In addition, a reservist was seriously injured in the battle in which Schessler fell. Also, a soldier from the 603rd Engineering Battalion was seriously injured in a […] [Read More »]( [Grave of Sara Schenirer Desecrated With Nazi Slogan and Knocked Down]( [Grave of Sara Schenirer Desecrated With Nazi Slogan and Knocked Down]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman It seems that anti-Semitism never dies.  This time, it reared it’s hateful, cowardly head in Poland again. Yesterday, it was discovered that the grave of one of Judaism’s greatest heroes of the twentieth century was horribly desecrated with Nazi slogans. Gentiles workers near the Cracow cemetery, discovered the vandalized grave and […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Leible Flusberg ז”ל ????? ???-? ?? ?? ????? ????]( [Mr. Leible Flusberg ז”ל ????? ???-? ?? ?? ????? ????]( getting up: Mrs. Harriet FlusbergMother Harriet, Debbie & Malkie will be sitting at the main address till Monday morning Mrs. Debbie Kaufman Sister Mr. Yanky FlusbergSon Yanky will be sitting shiva in Toronto starting Wednesday morning. Ms. Malkie FlusbergDaughter [Read More »]( [Freed Hostage Describes Horrors of Captivity in Gaza: ‘A Horror Movie’]( [Freed Hostage Describes Horrors of Captivity in Gaza: ‘A Horror Movie’]( — Released hostage Hagar Brodutch described the unthinkable horrors of her brutal ordeal in Hamas captivity along with her children. Speaking with Kan News, Hagar said: “It was a horror movie. The fields of Kfar Azza were full of Gazans in every direction. We drove wildly, in my car, into Gaza. As we were […] [Read More »]( [Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as Haley and DeSantis fight for second place]( [Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as Haley and DeSantis fight for second place]( MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump decisively won the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his closest rivals languishing far behind, a crucial victory that reinforces the former president’s grip on his party at the outset of the GOP’s 2024 nomination fight. It was not immediately clear who would emerge as the second-place finisher, Florida […] [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. 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