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[Stevie Wonder Awarded Israel’s Prestigious Wolf Prize]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Music legend Stevie Wonder on Tuesday was awarded Israel’s Wolf Prize, headlining a group of laureates in the arts and sciences receiving the prestigious recognition. Wonder was recognized for “his tremendous contribution to music and society enriching the lives of entire generations of music lovers,” according to a statement from President Reuven […] [Read More »]( [UN Experts: North Korea Using Cyber Attacks To Update Nukes]( UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas for its arsenal including in Iran, U.N. experts said. The panel of experts monitoring sanctions on the Northeast Asian nation said […] [Read More »]( [5 Shot At Minnesota Clinic; Suspect Said To Be Angry At Care]( BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — A 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday and injured five people, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left there and others at a motel where he was staying, authorities said. All five victims were rushed to the hospital. Three remained […] [Read More »]( [Fox News Leader Signs New Contract, No ‘Pivot’ Planned]( NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott signed a new contract Tuesday and the company said it will continue its “center right” programming mix despite a recent ratings slump and legal fight against its flagship Fox News Channel. The affirmation of Scott’s leadership came a day after Fox filed a motion to […] [Read More »]( [Baltimore Officials Release Report On Prosecutor’s Travel]( BALTIMORE (AP) — The top state prosecutor in Baltimore, a prominent figure in the racial justice movement, attended two dozen events outside Maryland in 2018 and 2019 without getting approval for more than half of the trips, according to an inspector general’s report. The report released Tuesday also found that Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby […] [Read More »]( [Another Winter Storm Brings More Snowfall To Northeast]( BOSTON (AP) — Another winter storm is bringing additional snowfall to the Northeastern United States on Tuesday with the region expected to pick up several more inches of accumulation on top of a major snowstorm that hit the region Sunday. The snow totals are expected to be far less than the storm that pushed through […] [Read More »]( [Senate Votes To Proceed With Trump Impeachment Trial]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial agreed Tuesday to consider the case, rejecting an attempt by the former president’s defense team and some Republican allies to halt the trial because he is no longer in office. The vote was 56-44 on the question of whether the Senate has jurisdiction and […] [Read More »]( [The Loss of a Remarkable Woman: Chaye Sara Jakobovits a”h]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Her name was Chaye Sara Jakobovits, (also known as Sessy) and she had just passed away this past erev Shabbos. She lived in Montreal, Canada. I first met her some 12 ½ years ago. She had made it her business to teach as many Bais Yaakov girls about the […] [Read More »]( [Attorney-at-paw? Filter Makes Lawyer Look Like Cat In Court]( ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on. Judge Roy Ferguson’s warning comes after an attorney accidentally joined a video court hearing while using a Zoom filter that made him appear like a fluffy white kitten. […] [Read More »]( [Former Nazi Guard, Age 100, Charged As Accessory To Murder]( BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, authorities said Tuesday. The man is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp […] [Read More »]( [Palm Beach To Decide Whether Trump Can Stay At Mar-a-lago]( FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — As the Senate’s impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins Tuesday in Washington, a matter even more important to his immediate future is being discussed some 990 miles to the south by the Palm Beach Town Council: Whether he can continue living at Mar-a-Lago. The council members will hear […] [Read More »]( [Holocaust Scholars Ordered To Apologize In Polish Libel Case]( WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw ruled Tuesday that two prominent Holocaust researchers must apologize to a woman who claimed her deceased uncle had been slandered in a historical work that suggested he helped kill Jews during World War II. Lawyers for 81-year-old Filomena Leszczynska argued that her uncle was a Polish hero […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Historic Second Senate Impeachment Trial For Former President Donald Trump]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday in the Senate with a video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress and former president Donald Trump telling a rally crowd — “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol!” The lead House prosecutor... [Read More »]( [Meet A Jewish Woman Who Lives In The Former Stronghold Of The Aryan Nations]( IDAHO (JTA) – Andie Bond can almost see the one-time bastion of the American neo-Nazi movement from her house. Bond, 34, is from St. Louis, Missouri, a city with a robust Jewish population. Now she’s one of just two Jews living in Wallace, Idaho, a town of fewer than 1,000 residents that abuts the Aryan […] [Read More »]( [Vaccinating Florida’s Seniors At Miami’s Largest Hospital]( MIAMI (AP) — The tiny glass vaccine vials are delivered to Miami’s largest hospital and immediately whisked to a secret location, where they are placed inside a padlocked freezer with a digital thermometer that reads minus 76 degrees Celsius (minus 105 F). An armed guard watches outside the door. The pharmacy staff at Jackson Health […] [Read More »]( [Canada To Require Negative COVID Test At Land Border Feb 15]( TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that starting next week any nonessential traveler arriving in Canada by land will need to show a negative PCR-based COVID-19 test or face a fine if they don’t have one. Trudeau said customs officers can’t send Canadians back to the U.S. if they don’t have […] [Read More »]( [Belgium To Give Vaccines Only To Under-55s]( BRUSSELS — Belgium will use the 443,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine the country will receive over the course of February to vaccinate people under the age of 55. Regulators in the country of 11.5 million inhabitants have advised against the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for older people due a lack of data about […] [Read More »]( [NY Judge Blocks Cuomo’s Restrictions On Houses Of Worship]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a big win for the Jewish community on Tuesday, a New York district judge entered a permanent injunction that bars all executive orders from Gov. Cuomo on houses of worship. The judge’s decision comes after Cuomo’s cap of 10 and later 25 people on synagogues were found by the supreme […] [Read More »]( [‘Arab States Making Peace With Israel Will Burn,’ Says IRGC Commander]( TEHRAN (JNS) – Arab countries should not pursue normalization with Israel as doing so could make them targets of Iran on their own soil, said Islamic Revolution Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami on Monday. “We warn the anti-revolution regimes in the region, the Zionist regime is a cursed entity that … pollutes every […] [Read More »]( [WHO Team: Coronavirus Unlikely To Have Leaked From China Lab]( WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a visit to explore the origins of the virus. The Wuhan Institute […] [Read More »]( [In Florida City, Hackers Try To Poison The Drinking Water]( OLDSMAR, FL (AP) – A hacker gained unauthorized entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, exposing a danger cybersecurity experts say has grown as systems become both more computerized and accessible via the internet. The hacker […] [Read More »]( [Impeachment Trial Will Not Be Delayed By Shabbat]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will not be delayed by Shabbat now that his Orthodox Jewish lawyer has withdrawn his request for the delay. Last week, David Schoen asked for and received permission to delayed the proceedings should they extend into Friday evening and Saturday, as they are expected. But on Monday […] [Read More »]( [Tel Aviv Gives Foreign Nationals, Asylum Seekers COVID Shots]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of asylum seekers and foreign workers in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv lined up to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as part of an initiative to inoculate the city’s foreign nationals. Tel Aviv city hall and the Sourasky Medical Center started administering vaccines […] [Read More »]( [IDF Soldier Finds Rare 1,800-Year-Old Coin]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A rare coin bearing the head of the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and dating from 158–159 C.E. was found during a training exercise by an Israel Defense Forces soldier on the southern end of Mount Carmel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Tuesday. The well-preserved coin, found by Ido Gardi, is […] [Read More »]( [Kollel Heads Call On Avreichim To Vaccinate ‘And Then We Will Be Able To Study As Before’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Due to the recent rise in infections as well as the large number of tragedies within the chareidi community since the advent of coronavirus, tens of heads of kollelim around the country are calling on all avreichim (Torah scholars) to vaccinate. The letter, signed by the heads of kollelim including Rabbi Yitzchak […] [Read More »]( [Saudi FM: Iranian Nuclear Program Threatens Entire Region]( SAUDI ARABIA (JNS) – A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Monday. “The development of the Iranian nuclear program and the ballistic missile project endanger the entire region,” he said in […] [Read More »]( [Six Actions Biden Should Take To Hold The ICC And Palestinian Leaders Accountable]( NEW YORK(JNS) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague issued an illegitimate and politicized decision on Friday, falsely claiming that it has jurisdiction to open an investigation focused on false allegations of Israeli “war crimes.” The Feb. 5 ruling is the latest development in the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic lawfare campaign against Israel. The P.A. […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Remarkable Footage Of Dead Sea Sinkhole Being Formed]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Geologists surveying the ecological damage of sinkholes at the Dead Sea released a remarkable live clip showing the formation of a sinkhole near the sea. In the past year some 500 new sinkholes have formed, causing ecological disruption and significant economic damage to the tourism industry at the Dead Sea. Land made […] [Read More »]( [Biden Considers Appointing To State Dept. BDS Supporter Who Accused Israel Of ‘Terrorism’ After Iran Assassination]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Joe Biden is considering appointing to the State Department Matt Duss, a top advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders who is a staunch anti-Israel activist and supporter of BDS and who recently termed Israels’ assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist “terrorism”. Duss’s woeful record on Israel includes supporting cutting aid to Israel, […] [Read More »]( [Honoring Parents, and a New Interpretation from Rav Elyashiv Zt”l]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Last week, parshas Yisro, we leined the aseres hadibros. In them, of course, is the Mitzvah of Kivud Av v’Aim – honoring one’s parents. The Torah itself assures us that one who is careful with it will merit long life – something very apropos during this pandemic. The Talmud […] [Read More »]( [Man Charged in US Capitol Riot Worked For FBI, Lawyer Says]( WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say is a leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and helped to organize a ring of other extremists and led them in the attack last month at the U.S. Capitol has held a top-secret security clearance for decades and previously worked for the FBI, his attorney […] [Read More »]( [New York’s High Court Ends State Case Against Paul Manafort]( NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Manafort won’t face mortgage fraud charges in New York after the state’s highest court declined to revisit lower court decisions that barred prosecuting Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman on double jeopardy grounds. The New York Court of Appeals decision last week closed the door on charges against Manafort in the […] [Read More »]( [Congresswoman Who Said ‘Hitler Was Right On One Thing’ Meets With Rabbis]( ILLINOIS (JTA) — A freshman congresswoman who said “Hitler was right on one thing” during a speech just before the Capitol insurrection met Monday with a right-wing rabbinical group that defended her from calls to resign. The Coalition for Jewish Values said Monday that Rep. Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, had met with its rabbinic […] [Read More »]( [Robinhood Sued by Family of 20-Year-Old Trader Who Killed Himself After Believing He Racked up Huge Losses]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a novice stock trader who killed himself after mistakenly believing he lost more than $700,000 are suing Robinhood Financial, claiming the popular stock-trading platform’s business practices “directly” led to their son’s death. The complaint, filed Monday in state court in Santa Clara County, California, seeks unspecified damages on […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 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 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.