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[Jewish Prisoner’s Photos Depicting Horrid Life In Lodz Ghetto Donated To Boston Museum]( BOSTON (JTA) – Henryk Ross risked his life to take surreptitious photographs of the brutal life in Poland’s Lodz Ghetto. Now a cache of nearly 50 of those photos taken by the Jewish prisoner has been donated to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston by a collector, Howard Greenberg. They are the first Ross photographs […] [Read More »]( [Garland Vows Sharp Focus On Capitol Riot As Attorney General]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to prioritize combating extremist violence with an initial focus on the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as he sought to assure lawmakers that the Justice Department would remain politically independent on his watch. A federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Mayer Gross ז”ל Mayer ben Yechiel Hacohen]( Family getting up: Mincha: 17:30Maariv: 18:10 Mrs. Mindu GrossWife Mr. Yossi GrossSon Mrs. Elkie Gruman Daughter Mrs. Freidi Breiner Daughter [Read More »]( [Watch: NASA Releases Mars Landing Video: ‘Stuff Of Our Dreams’]( CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface. The footage was so good — and the images […] [Read More »]( [CDC Study: Teachers Key To COVID-19 Infections In 1 District]( ATLANTA (AP) — A new study finds that teachers may be more important drivers of COVID-19 transmission in schools than students. The paper released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies nine COVID-19 transmission clusters in elementary schools in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta in December and January, That included one […] [Read More »]( [Wife Of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Arrested On US Drug Charges]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges, the Justice Department said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, who is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico, was arrested at Dulles International Airport and is expected to appear […] [Read More »]( [Family Of Americans Held In Iran Want Any Deal To Free Them]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a father and son detained for years in Iran appealed Monday to President Joe Biden to make the freeing of Iranian American detainees a condition of any deals or concessions with that country. “It is beyond outrageous for Iran to continue playing with my father’s life,” said Babak Namazi, […] [Read More »]( [New York City Movie Theaters To Reopen In Early March]( ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City movie theaters can open their doors again at limited capacity starting March 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Movie theaters can only operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people per screening, Cuomo said. His announcement came nearly a year after he shuttered movie theaters statewide […] [Read More »]( [Key Senators Oppose Biden Budget Pick, Confirmation At Risk]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget was thrown further into doubt on Monday as moderate Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah said they would vote against confirming her. On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia […] [Read More »]( [In A First, Canada Charges A Political Party’s Leader With Promoting Anti-semitism]( MONTREAL (JTA)— The leader of a far-right political party in Canada has been arrested and charged with willfully promoting hatred against Jews – reportedly a first for a Canadian political party. Travis Patron, the founder and head of the Canadian Nationalist Party, or CNP, was taken into custody in the Saskatchewan town of Carlyle. Wednesday’s […] [Read More »]( [After Long Wait, New Jersey Moves Ahead On Recreational Pot]( TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A recreational marijuana marketplace, cannabis decriminalization and looser penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol became law Monday in New Jersey, more than three months after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to legalize adult use of the drug. Acknowledging that the legislation took much longer to be enacted […] [Read More »]( [Polish Historian Resigns State Position Over 2007 Photos Of Him Performing Nazi Salute]( POLAND (JTA) – A senior state historian in Poland resigned following the publication of photos from 2007 in which he appears to be giving a Nazi salute. Tomasz Greniuch had served as acting director of the Institute of National Remembrance’s branch in Wrocław, in southwestern Poland, since 2019. The institute in its announcement Monday wrote […] [Read More »]( [Dominion Voting Systems sues ‘MyPillow Guy’ for $1.3 Billion]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia alleges that Lindell ignored repeated warnings from Dominion, a […] [Read More »]( [Volunteers Mobilize To Clean Israel’s Tar-Coated Beaches]( PALMACHIM BEACH, Israel (AP) — A small Israeli task force scoured the sands of a nature reserve along Israel’s Mediterranean coast Monday, taking part in a widening effort to clean up a disastrous oil spill that has blackened most of the country’s shoreline. The roughly dozen workers on Palmachim Beach were among thousands of volunteers, […] [Read More »]( [Fans To Be Allowed At New Jersey Sports Venues]( NEW JERSEY (AP) – Fans will be allowed to attend sports and entertainment events at New Jersey’s largest facilities in limited numbers starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. New Jersey venues with an indoor seating capacity of 5,000 or more will be allowed to have 10% of those seats occupied by fans starting […] [Read More »]( [Germany: Nazi Guard Deported From US Agrees To Be Questioned]( BERLIN (AP) — A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard deported from Tennessee has agreed to be questioned by German prosecutors as they re-examine whether there is enough evidence against him to bring charges, authorities said Monday. Friedrich Karl Berger arrived Saturday in Frankfurt on a special flight from the U.S. after being ordered deported […] [Read More »]( [Opinion: The US Brings Israel Into Centcom]( JERUSALEM (JNS/YAAKOV LAPPIN) – Though the move will take some time to go into effect, the Pentagon’s recent decision to relocate Israel to the area of responsibility (AOR) of the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM, which operates in the Middle East) is a direct operational reflection of the Abraham Accords, in which Israel normalized relations […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Court Puts Gag Order On Oil Spill Investigation]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – In a surprise move, a Haifa court on Monday imposed a seven-day gag order on the ongoing investigation into the massive oil spill that devastated Israel’s Mediterranean coast over the weekend, according to Hebrew media reports. The order prohibits the publication of any details of the investigation, including the name of the […] [Read More »]( [Shlomo Hillel, Who Spearheaded Mass Aliya Of Iraqi Jews, Dies At 97]( JERUSALEM (JTA) – Shlomo Hillel’s life spanned the length and breadth of Israel’s immigrant story and he played a critical role in many of its chapters. Hillel, who died Feb. 8 at 97, helped smuggle Iraqi Jewish immigrants into pre-state British Mandate Palestine and then brought more in in the state’s first years. His family […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Twerski’s Zatza’l Approach To A Great Life]( Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Zatza’l was a great talmid chochom and world-renowned psychiatrist. He served as the director of psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 20 years. From his early years, he lectured about self-esteem, stress, chassidus, and spirituality. He stemmed from a royal Chasidic background, tracing his lineage back to […] [Read More »]( [Former World Leaders Take Stand Against ICC Investigation Of Israel]( THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (JNS) – A group of former heads of state and high-ranking ministers on Friday sent a letter to newly-appointed International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him against launching a war-crimes investigation against Israel. Such an investigation, the letter states, would politicize the court and thus harm its standing. The letter, a […] [Read More »]( [Biden To Boost Pandemic Lending To Smallest Businesses]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is targeting federal pandemic assistance to the nation’s smallest businesses and taking steps to further equity in what is known as the Paycheck Protection Program. The administration is establishing a two-week window, starting on Wednesday, in which only businesses with fewer than 20 employees — the overwhelming majority of […] [Read More »]( [In Rare Visit To Jerusalem, Senior Egyptian Minister Meets With Israeli Premier To Discuss Regional Energy]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy Minister Yuval Steintz met on Sunday in Jerusalem with Egyptian Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Tarek el-Molla, the first member of the government in Cairo to visit Israel the arrival in 2016 of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. “This is an important day, marking our continued […] [Read More »]( [Supreme Court Won’t Halt Trump Tax Record Turnover]( WASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is declining to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court’s action Monday is the apparent culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reached the high court once […] [Read More »]( [Boeing: 777s With Engine That Blew Apart Should Be Grounded]( Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all of 777s with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver this weekend, as U.S. regulators ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of those planes. Several airlines, including United, said they were temporarily removing the aircraft from service after one of the American carrier’s […] [Read More »]( [Zarif: Iran Expects Compensation For $1 Trillion Damage From US Sanctions]( TEHRAN (JNS) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday said that the unilateral sanctions that the United States has imposed on his country have cost the Islamic Republic’s economy more than $1 trillion. Tehran expects to be fully compensated, he told Iran’s state-run PressTV. Zarif said that once the U.S. takes action to […] [Read More »]( [UAE Weapons Show Draws Major Deals, Traders Amid Pandemic]( ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In spite of the surging coronavirus pandemic, major arms makers descended Sunday on a convention center in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, hoping to make deals with militaries across the Middle East. The UAE unveiled $1.36 billion in local and foreign arms deals to […] [Read More »]( [R’ Shulem Tzvi ( Hersh) Schwartz ז”ל שלום צבי -ן משה ע״ה]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 09:06 Mrs. Frumie Schwartz Wife Mrs. Yitty PillerDaughter Rabbi Shmulie Schwartz Son Mrs. Sussie Banayan Daughter Mrs. Lolly Solkowitz Daughter Mr. Moishe Schwartz Son Habachur Shaya Schwartz Son [Read More »]( [Arkansas’ GOP Governor Says He Won’t Back A Trump 2024 Bid]( ARKANSAS (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he will not back Donald Trump if the former president runs for the White House in 2024, saying “it’s time” to move on to different voices in the Republican Party. “No, I wouldn’t,” Hutchinson said when asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he would […] [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](.