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[‘Nearly 10,000’ People Complained About Super Bowl Ad, Says US Arab Head]( [‘Nearly 10,000’ People Complained About Super Bowl Ad, Says US Arab Head]( YORK (JNS) – A Super Bowl advertisement that the Jewish state purchased to call attention to hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip by Hamas “undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards” and “misleads the public by not providing necessary context about the ad’s origins.” That’s according to Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Rescued Hostages Bentch Gomel as Yeshiva Students Listen and Celebrate]( [WATCH: Rescued Hostages Bentch Gomel as Yeshiva Students Listen and Celebrate]( YORK (VINnews) In this emotional video, Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz of Yeshiva University was on a video call with Rabbi Shay Schachter, who was at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv with the two rescued hostages from Rafah. The hostages bentched Gomel on the call with a remote Minyan, as per the Psak of Rabbi […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains Why He Did Not Challenge Putin: ‘Every leader kills people’]( [WATCH: Tucker Carlson Explains Why He Did Not Challenge Putin: ‘Every leader kills people’]( — In this clip from the World Government Summit, Tucker Carlson attempts to explain why he asked softball questions to Vladimir Putin and did not challenge him on murdering his opponents and suppressing his people. He essentially said that all leaders are guilty of the heinous crimes that Putin has committed, including the US […] [Read More »]( [One Dead, Five Injured in Shooting at a New York City Subway Station. Shooter Is at Large]( [One Dead, Five Injured in Shooting at a New York City Subway Station. Shooter Is at Large]( YORK (AP) — One person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a New York City subway station during the evening commute Monday, authorities said. The shooter was at as still at large after opening fire about 4:38 p.m., police said. A man in his 30s was killed. A Fire […] [Read More »]( [OUTRAGEOUS: Harvard Hosts UN Official Banned for Blaming Hamas Attack on Israel]( [OUTRAGEOUS: Harvard Hosts UN Official Banned for Blaming Hamas Attack on Israel]( — Harvard University is set to host a UN official who was just banned from Israel for saying that the Hamas terror attack was Israel’s fault. Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, was banned from Israel on Monday for saying that the Hamas attack had nothing to do with anti-Semitism, […] [Read More »]( [Watch This First Hand Account of Escaping to Shanghai by Rav Dovid Kviat zt”l!]( [Watch This First Hand Account of Escaping to Shanghai by Rav Dovid Kviat zt”l!]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman They were the greatest generation of recent times.  The Alter Mirrers rebuilt our Torah Infrastructure after the Holocaust. [Read More »]( [Opinion: US Obsession With Two-State Solution Is ‘Delusional’]( [Opinion: US Obsession With Two-State Solution Is ‘Delusional’]( (JNS) – The Biden administration’s dogged focus on creating a Palestinian state is “obtuse” and “delusional,” according to experts who spoke with JNS. Their comments came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s call last week for a “concrete, time-bound, irreversible path to a Palestinian state” during his visit to the Middle East. Jason […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Elizabeth Salemen ע”ה]( [Mrs. Elizabeth Salemen ע”ה]( getting up: Friday (2/16/24)Morning R’ Mark SalemanHusband R’ Daniel SalemanSon R’ Jonathon SalemanSon R’ David SalemanSon Ms. Chana SalemanDaughter [Read More »]( [Feel the Need for Speed? Late President’s 75-Mph Speedboat Is up for Auction]( [Feel the Need for Speed? Late President’s 75-Mph Speedboat Is up for Auction]( Maine (AP) — It seems former President George H.W. Bush felt the need for speed in the waters off Maine, where he kept a nearly 1,000 horsepower speedboat. And for the right price, someone else can experience its excitement. The vessel is set to go up for auction on Thursday during the 2024 Presidential […] [Read More »]( [Al Jazeera Journalist Outed as Hamas Commander]( [Al Jazeera Journalist Outed as Hamas Commander]( (JNS) – The Israel Defense Forces has revealed that a Palestinian journalist working for Al Jazeera is a Hamas officer, citing documents recovered by the military during operations in the Gaza Strip. “In the morning, he’s a journalist on the Al Jazeera channel, and in the evening, a terrorist in Hamas!” Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s […] [Read More »]( [Biden’s Campaign Joins TIKTOK, Even as Administration Warns of National Security Concerns With App]( [Biden’s Campaign Joins TIKTOK, Even as Administration Warns of National Security Concerns With App]( (AP) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices. Biden isn’t expected to personally join the platform, aides said, nor the others in his administration. The account will be run entirely by the campaign team […] [Read More »]( [US Says It’s Taken Possession of a Boeing 747 That Iran Illegally Sold to a Venezuelan Firm]( [US Says It’s Taken Possession of a Boeing 747 That Iran Illegally Sold to a Venezuelan Firm]( (AP) — The U.S. government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws. The Justice Department said Monday that the American-built plane had arrived in Florida and would be disposed of. The […] [Read More »]( [Marathon World Record-Holder Kelvin Kiptum, Who Was Set to Be a Superstar, Has Died in a Car Crash]( [Marathon World Record-Holder Kelvin Kiptum, Who Was Set to Be a Superstar, Has Died in a Car Crash]( Kenya (AP) — Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running and was a top contender for gold at the Olympics in Paris this year, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya. Their vehicle was the only one involved in the crash […] [Read More »]( [Recession Risks Are Fading, Business Economists Say, but Political Tensions Pose Threat to Economy]( [Recession Risks Are Fading, Business Economists Say, but Political Tensions Pose Threat to Economy]( (AP) — Just a quarter of business economists and analysts expect the United States to fall into recession this year. And any downturn would likely result from an external shock — such as a conflict involving China — rather than from domestic economic factors such as higher interest rates. But respondents to a National […] [Read More »]( [Poland’s Tusk Heads to France, Germany to Strengthen Alliance as Fears Grow Over Russia and Trump]( [Poland’s Tusk Heads to France, Germany to Strengthen Alliance as Fears Grow Over Russia and Trump]( (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was traveling to Paris and Berlin on Monday in a diplomatic effort to rebuild key alliances as fears grow that former President Donald Trump could return to power in the United States and give Russia a free hand to expand its aggression in Europe. The meetings on […] [Read More »]( [Fire Breaks Out at a Water Park Under Construction at a Popular Swedish Amusement Park]( [Fire Breaks Out at a Water Park Under Construction at a Popular Swedish Amusement Park]( Denmark (AP) — A fire broke out Monday at a waterpark under construction at one of the Nordic region’s biggest amusement parks, sending a huge plume of black smoke drifting over Goteberg, Sweden’s second-largest city. The blaze spread across several yet-to-be-opened waterslides at Liseberg park, and wrecked large parts of the tube waterslides, including […] [Read More »]( [The Freed Hostages and the Brachos]( [The Freed Hostages and the Brachos]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The entire Jewish nation is elated that, Boruch Hashem, two of the hostages have been freed – Louis Har and Fernando Marman, who were rescued from Rafah, Gaza. Marman, 61, and Har, 70 were taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak by Hamas terrorists on October 7th.  They […] [Read More »]( [NYC Issues Travel Advisory for Monday Night Into Tuesday for Snow]( [NYC Issues Travel Advisory for Monday Night Into Tuesday for Snow]( YORK  – The New York City Emergency Management Department has issued a Travel Advisory for Monday night, February 12 into Tuesday, February 13. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect citywide from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. The latest National Weather Service forecast calls for the possibility of 5 to 8 inches of […] [Read More »]( [POLITICAL HOCK: Biden ‘elderly and too forgetful’. Congress shoots down funding for Israel.]( [POLITICAL HOCK: Biden ‘elderly and too forgetful’. Congress shoots down funding for Israel.]( YORK (VIN Podcast) — According to the Special Counsel, President Biden ‘willfully’ mishandled classified documents. He committed serious crimes, but he is too old and forgetful to stand trial. Republicans say that if he is too senile to stand trial, he is probably unfit to be President! (Seems pretty logical). Yet Trump, who as […] [Read More »]( [A Top Jewish Group in Switzerland Slams Antisemitic Poster Purportedly by a Local Ski Rental Stand]( [A Top Jewish Group in Switzerland Slams Antisemitic Poster Purportedly by a Local Ski Rental Stand]( (AP) — Switzerland’s main Jewish organization on Monday denounced an antisemitic sign put up at a local ski shop near Davos, barring Jews from renting equipment from the store. The sign on Pischa Mountain above Davos, a town known for hosting the annual World Economic Forum meeting of global elites each January, said the […] [Read More »]( [UN Palestinian Aid Agency Says It’s ‘Critical’ to Receive EU Aid Soon, but EU Wants an Audit First]( [UN Palestinian Aid Agency Says It’s ‘Critical’ to Receive EU Aid Soon, but EU Wants an Audit First]( (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday that it’s vital that it receives new European Union funding within weeks because Israel appears to be readying a ground assault on Rafah, where many civilians have taken refuge. The aid agency UNRWA is reeling from allegations that 12 of its […] [Read More »]( [White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby Gets Expanded Role in Biden Administration]( [White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby Gets Expanded Role in Biden Administration]( (AP) — John Kirby, President Joe Biden’s national security spokesman, is getting an expanded role at the White House, according to a U.S. official. Kirby will have a new title, White House national security communications adviser, and will be named an assistant to the president, the official said Sunday. The official was not authorized […] [Read More »]( [The Daughter Promised To Light Candles, Son-In-Law Promised Tefillin, And Luis Was Released]( [The Daughter Promised To Light Candles, Son-In-Law Promised Tefillin, And Luis Was Released]( YORK (VINnews) — Just one week ago, the daughter of Luis Harr, who was rescued from captivity Monday morning in dramatic fashion by the IDF, came together with her husband to pray at the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, according to a Facebook post by Naama Tuchfeld, wife of Yisrael Hayom journalist Mati Tuchfeld. […] [Read More »]( [First Images Show Two Hostages Freed in Gaza Operation Reunited With Loved Ones]( [First Images Show Two Hostages Freed in Gaza Operation Reunited With Loved Ones]( – Fernando Marman and Louis Har, elderly hostages who were freed early Monday morning in a dramatic rescue operation by the IDF, were reunited with their families. מעיין סיגל קורן, בתה של קלרה מרמן ששוחררה מהשבי והלילה דודה ×¤×¨× × ×“×• ובן זוגה של אימה לואיס, חולצו מהשבי: "×× ×™ × ×¨×’×©×ª, קצת בהלם. כל כך הרבה רגשות […] [Read More »]( [IDF Names 2 Soldiers Who Fell In Southern Gaza Battles]( [IDF Names 2 Soldiers Who Fell In Southern Gaza Battles]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit on Monday morning cleared for publication the names of two IDF soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza and whose families have been notified. Sergeant first class Adi Eldor, 21, from Haifa, fell in battle in southern Gaza. Sergeant first class (res.) Alon Kleinman, 21, from Tel […] [Read More »]( [IDF Spokesman Reveals Rescue Operation Details: ‘Soldiers Embraced Hostages And Began Gunfight’]( [IDF Spokesman Reveals Rescue Operation Details: ‘Soldiers Embraced Hostages And Began Gunfight’]( (VINnews) — IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari released a statement Monday morning with further details of the heroic Sunday night rescue of two hostages, Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Luis Har (70) from captivity. In his statement, Hagari said that “This was a complex rescue operation carried out under fire in the heart of Rafah, […] [Read More »]( [Remembering a Friend of Israel From the Five Towns: US Marshal Alfred McNeill]( [Remembering a Friend of Israel From the Five Towns: US Marshal Alfred McNeill]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman He had travelled many times to Israel to lend them his expertise.  Alfred McNeill was a remarkable example of a military and police expert who told it like it is, and did so – when he saw mistakes and tweaks when battling crime and terrorism.  He was one of those rare, […] [Read More »]( [Patrick Mahomes Rallies the Chiefs to Second Straight Super Bowl Title, 25-22 Over 49ERS in Overtime]( [Patrick Mahomes Rallies the Chiefs to Second Straight Super Bowl Title, 25-22 Over 49ERS in Overtime]( VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions. Mahomes threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman with 3 seconds left in overtime, and the Chiefs rallied to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 on Sunday in the second overtime game in Super Bowl history, […] [Read More »]( [NYC Imposing Curfew at More Migrant Shelters Following Recent Violent Incidents]( [NYC Imposing Curfew at More Migrant Shelters Following Recent Violent Incidents]( YORK (AP) — New York is expanding a curfew to additional migrant shelters after violent incidents attributed to migrant shelter residents gained national attention in recent weeks. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will impose an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew at 20 migrant shelters starting Monday, after initially placing the restrictions at four other […] [Read More »]( [Israel Rescues 2 Hostages Alive]( [Israel Rescues 2 Hostages Alive]( (AP/VINnews) – The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip early Monday. It identified the men as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70. It said both men were kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir Yizhak in the Oct. 7 cross-border attack that started the 4-month […] [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](.