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[The IRS Is Launching a Direct File Pilot Program for the 2024 Tax Season — Here Is How It Will Work]( [The IRS Is Launching a Direct File Pilot Program for the 2024 Tax Season — Here Is How It Will Work]( (AP) — As income tax filing season officially starts on Monday, a limited number of taxpayers in 12 states will soon be eligible to join an IRS pilot program that will allow them to calculate and submit their returns to the government directly without using commercial tax preparation software. The Direct File pilot program […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Sarah Stengal ע”ה]( [Mrs. Sarah Stengal ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (1/29/24)Morning R’ Yochonon StengelSon R’ Ruven StengelSon R’ Dovid StengelSon R’ Yeshaya StengelSon R’ Noach StengelSon Mrs. Chana MirskyDaughter [Read More »]( [Rabbi Dovid Kadosh ז”ל]( [Rabbi Dovid Kadosh ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (1/29/24)AM Mrs. Aliza KadoshWife Mr. Albert KadoshBrother Rabbi Shlomo KadoshSon Dr. Yisroel KadoshSon Mrs. Tamar RogersDaughter R’ Michoel KadoshSon Mrs. Shoshana GoldmanDaughter Mrs. Zeeva ScheinbergDaughter R’ Shmuel KadoshSon Dr. Shimon KadoshSon Dr. Daniel KadoshSon [Read More »]( [Mrs. Sara Pinkus ע”ה]( [Mrs. Sara Pinkus ע”ה]( getting up: Tuesday (1/30/24)Morning Dr. David PinkusSon Mr. Neil PinkusSon [Read More »]( [Rabbi Ovadya Levy ז”ל]( [Rabbi Ovadya Levy ז”ל]( getting up: Tuesday (1/30/24)Morning R’ Yitzchok LevyBrother [Read More »]( [Mrs. Sheila Garber ע”ה Chaya Sarah]( [Mrs. Sheila Garber ע”ה Chaya Sarah]( getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 4:45 pmMaariv: 5:10 pm Mr. Boruch GarberSon [Read More »]( [Mrs. Pearl Shaps ע”ה]( [Mrs. Pearl Shaps ע”ה]( getting up: Wednesday (1/31/24)Morning R’ Moshe ShapsSon R’ Vischa ShapsSon Mrs. Rivka GrunbergDaughter [Read More »]( [Mrs. Raiselle Garfield ע”ה]( [Mrs. Raiselle Garfield ע”ה]( getting up: Thursday (2/01/24)Morning R’ Chaim ( Victor ) SnowBrother Mrs. Debbie CywiakSister R’ Moshe SnowBrother Will be sitting at 8 Primo Levi Apt 21 in Yerushalayim: Hours: 9 Am to 1 Pm, 3 Pm to 5 Pm & 6 Pm to 8 Pm Mrs. Joanna DennisDaughter Mrs. Nechama ( Radin ) Charles Will […] [Read More »]( [R’ Yaakov Hedvat ז”ל]( [R’ Yaakov Hedvat ז”ל]( getting up: Thursday (2/01/24)Morning R’ Matisyahu HedvatSon [Read More »]( [Mr. Calman Moscovici ז”ל]( [Mr. Calman Moscovici ז”ל]( getting up: Friday (2/02/24)PM Mrs. Orna MoscoviciWife Mr. Gil MoscoviciSon Mrs. Lemor RosenfeldDaughter [Read More »]( [Mrs. Julia Dweck ע”ה]( [Mrs. Julia Dweck ע”ה]( getting up: Friday (2/02/24)Morning Mr. Joey DweckSon Mrs. Leah EsessDaughter Mrs. Caren KesselDaughter Mrs. Cindy ZaltaDaughter Mrs. Marlene DweckDaughter [Read More »]( [Mrs. Yaffa Glantzman ע”ה]( [Mrs. Yaffa Glantzman ע”ה]( getting up: Friday (2/02/24)Morning R’ Jack GlantzmanHusband Mrs. Michelle GlantzmanDaughter Mrs. Cassi GlantzmanDaughter [Read More »]( [Mrs Margaret Guggenheim ע”ה]( [Mrs Margaret Guggenheim ע”ה]( getting up: Friday (2/02/24)Morning R` Smcha KleinBrother Wednesday morning and on, will be sitting in Lakewood at 48 Carey St R` Mark GuggenheimSon Sitting in Isreal Mrs. Sally WygodaDaughter Mrs. Ruthy Shleider/ GuggenheimDaughter [Read More »]( [Mr. Samuel J. Reiser ז”ל Shmuel Yosef Ben Moshe]( [Mr. Samuel J. Reiser ז”ל Shmuel Yosef Ben Moshe]( getting up: Shacharis: 7:05 amMincha: 4:50 pm [Read More »]( [R` Moshe Eliezer Milrom ז”ל]( [R` Moshe Eliezer Milrom ז”ל]( getting up: Sunday (2/04/24)Morning Mrs. Masha MilromWife Mrs Suri GoldbergDaughter Ms. Sheron MilronDaughter Mrs. Goldi GanzDaughter [Read More »]( [‘Israel Has to Be Much More Food Self-Sufficient,’ Expert Warns]( [‘Israel Has to Be Much More Food Self-Sufficient,’ Expert Warns]( (JNS) – Since 1948, when the fledgling State of Israel celebrated its independence and began exporting and importing goods from other countries, it has become reliant on global trade. Now, as the Jewish state and it faces potential boycotts and sanctions, and trade routes threatened by terrorist factions, this dependence could have dire consequences. […] [Read More »]( [NYC Brothers Were Stockpiling an Arsenal of Bombs and Ghost Guns With a Hit List, Indictment Says]( [NYC Brothers Were Stockpiling an Arsenal of Bombs and Ghost Guns With a Hit List, Indictment Says]( YORK (AP) — Two New York City brothers were accused Monday of stockpiling an arsenal of explosive devices and ghost guns in their family’s home, where authorities say they also found anarchist propaganda and a hit list that mentioned but didn’t name cops, judges, politicians and celebrities. Andrew and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted on […] [Read More »]( [Taking Away Trump’s Business Empire Would Stand Alone Under New York Fraud Law]( [Taking Away Trump’s Business Empire Would Stand Alone Under New York Fraud Law]( YORK (AP) — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ultimate punishment for violating New York’s powerful anti-fraud law. […] [Read More »]( [AI Companies Will Need to Start Reporting Their Safety Tests to the US Government]( [AI Companies Will Need to Start Reporting Their Safety Tests to the US Government]( (AP) — The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their safety test results to the government. The White House AI Council is scheduled to meet Monday to review progress made on the executive order that President Joe Biden signed three months ago […] [Read More »]( [More Than 1,300 Attend a Free Shabbat Dinner at Ayat, a Palestinian Restaurant in Brooklyn]( [More Than 1,300 Attend a Free Shabbat Dinner at Ayat, a Palestinian Restaurant in Brooklyn]( (JTA) – More than 1,300 people made their way to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, last Friday night to take part in a free Shabbat dinner at Ayat, a local Palestinian restaurant owned by restaurateur Abdul Elenani and his wife, Ayat Masoud, for whom the restaurant is named. The dinner was called for 9 p.m., but […] [Read More »]( [Czech Government Signs a Deal With the US to Acquire 24 F-35 Fighter Jets]( [Czech Government Signs a Deal With the US to Acquire 24 F-35 Fighter Jets]( (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government signed an agreement with the United States on Monday to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets as part of a deal worth about 150 billion Czech koruna ($6.6 billion), the biggest single purchase for the Czech military. Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová and U.S. Ambassador Bijan Sabet signed […] [Read More »]( [Ex-IRS Contractor Gets Five Years in Prison for Leak of Tax Return Information of Trump, Rich People]( [Ex-IRS Contractor Gets Five Years in Prison for Leak of Tax Return Information of Trump, Rich People]( (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people was sentenced to five years in prison Monday. Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized […] [Read More »]( [Prisoners in the US Are Part of a Hidden Workforce Linked to Hundreds of Popular Food Brands]( [Prisoners in the US Are Part of a Hidden Workforce Linked to Hundreds of Popular Food Brands]( La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, […] [Read More »]( [Preliminary Probe Suggests Enemy Drone That Killed US Troops in Jordan Was Mistaken for a US Drone]( [Preliminary Probe Suggests Enemy Drone That Killed US Troops in Jordan Was Mistaken for a US Drone]( (AP) — An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, U.S. officials said. The two officials, who were not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity, said Monday the preliminary accounts suggest the enemy drone that […] [Read More »]( [There’s a Wave of New Bills to Define Antisemitism. In These 3 States, They Could Become Law]( [There’s a Wave of New Bills to Define Antisemitism. In These 3 States, They Could Become Law]( – Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. Supporters say it’s increasingly important to add a definition that lays out how to determine whether some criticism of Israel also amounts to hatred of Jewish people. […] [Read More »]( [Document Spells Out Allegations Against 12 Un Employees Israel Says Participated in Hamas Attack]( [Document Spells Out Allegations Against 12 Un Employees Israel Says Participated in Hamas Attack]( (JNS) – Amid bombshell revelations that United Nations Relief and Works Agency staff members were active participants in Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, new information has emerged shedding light on the refugee agency’s deep links to Gaza’s terrorist rulers. While most of this information, gathered by Israeli intelligence and various state bodies, has not yet […] [Read More »]( [READ: Danon Calls for Firing of News Anchor Who Compared His Gaza Plan to Holocaust]( [READ: Danon Calls for Firing of News Anchor Who Compared His Gaza Plan to Holocaust]( — Likud MK Danny Danon has written a letter to Sky News, demanding they terminate the news anchor who compared his suggestion about voluntary relocation of Gazans to the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust. In a sharply worded letter posted on X, he writes that while he acknowledges “Sky News’s prompt apology following […] [Read More »]( [Lyft Driver Attacks DC Rabbi in Apparent Hate Crime]( [Lyft Driver Attacks DC Rabbi in Apparent Hate Crime]( — A Lyft driver kicked a Chabad rabbi out of his car in Washington, D.C. and attacked him on Sunday, sending the latter to an urgent care facilities with cuts on his face. Menachem Shemtov, 29, director of Chabad Georgetown and the son and grandson of prominent Chabad rabbis in the nation’s capital, told […] [Read More »]( [China Evergrande Has Been Ordered to Liquidate. The Real Estate Giant Owes Over $300 Billion]( [China Evergrande Has Been Ordered to Liquidate. The Real Estate Giant Owes Over $300 Billion]( KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden. “It would be a situation where the court says enough is enough,” […] [Read More »]( [Dissenting Judge At ICJ: ‘Israel-Hamas Dispute Is Political, Not Legal, No Genocide Intent From Israel’]( [Dissenting Judge At ICJ: ‘Israel-Hamas Dispute Is Political, Not Legal, No Genocide Intent From Israel’]( (VINnews) — An unlikely hero emerged at the International Court of Justice hearing about South Africa’s claims of genocide by Israel towards the Gazan population. The hero unfortunately was not Israel’s own chosen judge Aharon Barak, who chose to side with the court on two of the issues submitted for interim measures: The demand […] [Read More »]( [Iran Executes 4 Men Convicted Of Planning Sabotage And Alleged Links with Mossad]( [Iran Executes 4 Men Convicted Of Planning Sabotage And Alleged Links with Mossad]( YORK (AP) — Iran executed on Monday four men convicted of planning sabotage and alleged links with Israel’s Mossad secret service, state media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the men were convicted of planning to target a factory in 2022 belonging to Iran’s defense ministry and involved in missile and defense equipment […] [Read More »]( [Rav Yisroel Belsky zt”l’s 8th Yahrtzeit]( [Rav Yisroel Belsky zt”l’s 8th Yahrtzeit]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Eight years ago,  Klal Yisroel had lost an extraordinary Rosh Yeshiva, a world-class Posek, and a remarkable Tzaddik – Rav Yisroel Belsky, zichron tzaddik v’kadosh livracha. If one stayed in his home for just an hour – one would see numerous Nitzrachim of Klal Yisroel. An Agunah here.  An Ani there […] [Read More »]( [Soldier Seriously Injured In Haifa Ramming Attack]( [Soldier Seriously Injured In Haifa Ramming Attack]( (VINnews) — A 20-year-old IDF soldier was seriously injured Monday morning during a combination terror attack in the Bat Galim neighborhood of Haifa. Initial details revealed that the terrorist at first carried out a ramming attack, injuring the soldier, and afterwards exited the vehicle armed with an axe and was neutralized by other soldiers […] [Read More »]( [At Jerusalem Rally, Ministers And Mks Call To Resettle Gaza With Jewish Communities]( [At Jerusalem Rally, Ministers And Mks Call To Resettle Gaza With Jewish Communities]( (VINnews) — Hundreds of right-wing Israelis gathered for a rally in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, calling on Israel to rebuild settlements in Gaza and northern Samaria, regions which were evacuated during the 2005 disengagement. 12 Likud ministers as well as numerous right-wing Knesset members attended the event, which was dubbed an “Israel victory rally”. […] [Read More »]( [Central Park 5 Exoneree and Council Member Says Police Stopped Him Without Giving a Reason]( [Central Park 5 Exoneree and Council Member Says Police Stopped Him Without Giving a Reason]( YORK (AP) – New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated group of men known as the Central Park Five, says he was stopped and pulled over by police without being given an explanation. The police stop in New York City on Friday casts a renewed light on a police […] [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? 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