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[Biden Halts Sale Of National Archives Center In Seattle]( SEATTLE (AP) — The Biden administration has halted its predecessor’s decision to sell the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from people across the Pacific Northwest and a lawsuit. Washington Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell announced Thursday that the federal Office of Management and Budget had withdrawn its approval for […] [Read More »]( [Permits Won’t Be Needed To Carry Handguns In Tennessee]( NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become the latest state to soon allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without first clearing a background check and training after Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed the measure into law. “I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise […] [Read More »]( [New York To Offer COVID Aid To Immigrants Excluded Earlier]( ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In the largest program of its kind, New York lawmakers have created a $2.1 billion fund to aid workers who lost jobs or income during the coronavirus pandemic but were excluded from other government relief programs because of their immigration status. The fund, which passed this week as part of the […] [Read More »]( [Biden Orders Gun Control Actions — But They Show His Limits]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America. But he said much more is needed. And for Biden, who proposed the most ambitious gun-control agenda of any […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Chavy Kahan ע”ה חוה בת צבי אריה הכהן]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 7:45 pmMaariv: Following Mincha R’ Moishy KahanSon R’ Heshy KahanSon Mrs. Chana Blima MichlinDaughter Mrs. Zissy RubinDaughter [Read More »]( [Mr. Leonard Fink ז”ל אריה לייב בן ישראל]( Family getting up: Mrs. Batya AntebyDaughter [Read More »]( [NBA Player Honoring Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day With Message on His Shoes]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – Israeli NBA player Deni Avdija commemorated his native country’s Holocaust remembrance day by writing “Yizkor,” which translates to “will remember,” on his sneakers in Hebrew for his team’s Wednesday night game. Yom Hashoah began that night in Israel, where Avdija grew up and played professionally before being drafted by the Washington Wizards last year. […] [Read More »]( [Expert: Lack Of Oxygen Killed George Floyd, Not Drugs]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, a medical expert testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd’s drug use and underlying health problems were what killed him. “A healthy person […] [Read More »]( [Israel Rejects ICC Probe, Saying It Lacks Jurisdiction]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday said it would formally reject the International Criminal Court’s decision to launch a probe into potential war crimes against the Palestinians, denying that it has committed such crimes and saying the court lacks the jurisdiction to investigate. A panel of judges at the ICC ruled in February that the […] [Read More »]( [Interview with author Menachem Kaiser to discuss his book, Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure – Listen on the VINnews Podcast]( Menachem Kaiser’s brilliantly told story, woven from improbable events and profound revelations, is set in motion when the author takes up his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s former battle to reclaim the family’s apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland. Soon, he is on a circuitous path to encounters with the long-time residents of the building, and with a Polish […] [Read More »]( [Collapsible Synagogue Opens On Former Killing Ground Of Babyn Yar In Ukraine]( UKRAINE (JTA) – A new synagogue opened in Babyn Yar, the park in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv commemorating a ravine where the Nazis and their collaborators murdered more than 30,000 Jews. The new structure, which has an innovative collapsible design, opened Wednesday ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings in September. Ukrainian Chief […] [Read More »]( [Lee Zeldin, Leading Jewish Pro-Trump Voice In Congress, Announces Run For NY Governor]( NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress and a staunch defender of Donald Trump, is running for governor of New York. “The bottom line is this: To save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,” Zeldin said in a news release Thursday. Rep @leezeldin announces he will run for […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Academic Won’t Receive Prize After Signing Petition]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister’s decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving the country’s highest honor after he called on the EU to halt funding for an Israeli university located in the occupied West Bank. The ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court drew accusations that the country’s […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Mentions Chareidi Woman In Holocaust Speech, But Omits Significant Part Of Her Biography]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu mentioned in his Holocaust Remembrance day speech the story of Bella Freund, the chareidi daughter of a Holocaust survivor who could not bring herself to vaccinate due to the horrors her mother had experienced as a child who was part of the experiments conducted by the infamous Dr. […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Gisela Freschl ע”ה גיטל בת דוב]( Family getting up: Mrs. Naomi DesslerDaughter Mrs. Ruthie BraunsteinDaughter [Read More »]( [Dutch Police Detain Man In Plot To Attack Vaccination Center]( THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police in the Netherlands have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of plotting a crime with “terrorist intent” for allegedly planning to set off what they described as a “firework bomb” at a coronavirus vaccination center, prosecutors said Thursday. The man, whose identity was not released in line with Dutch […] [Read More »]( [AP Source: NFL Pro Phillip Adams Killed Five, Then Himself]( COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL pro Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said Adams’ […] [Read More »]( [Israel Bows In Memory Of 6 Million Annihilated In The Holocaust]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A two-minute siren wailed across Israel on Thursday, as the country stood still to commemorate the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Holocaust Remembrance Day events got underway on Wednesday evening at a state ceremony at the national memorial, Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem. Hundreds gathered on Thursday morning in front […] [Read More »]( [Experts: Israel May Have Achieved Herd Immunity Against Covid-19]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel may have reached herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, say experts from its largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population has immunity—through vaccination or having recovered from the disease—to indirectly protect those who aren’t immune by preventing the disease from spreading. The immunity […] [Read More »]( [Holocaust Survivors Use Social Media To Fight Anti-semitism]( BERLIN (AP) — Alarmed by a rise in online anti-Semitism during the pandemic, coupled with studies indicating younger generations lack even basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide, Holocaust survivors are taking to social media to share their experiences of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder. With short video messages recounting their stories, […] [Read More »]( [Biden Administration Resumes Payments To UNRWA; Israel Objects]( WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration resumed U.S. funding for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that administers to Palestinian refugees and their descendants, overturning Trump administration policy and drawing a rebuke from Israel’s government. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $235 million in aid for the Palestinians in a statement Wednesday, including $150 million for UNRWA, […] [Read More »]( [Biden’s Push For Restoring Aid To Palestinians Faces Legal Hurdles And A Brewing Political Crisis]( WASHINGTON (JNS) – In recent days, the Biden administration has moved rapidly to restore funding to the Palestinians that had been largely severed during the Trump administration. Concerns are being raised, however, that the funding could both violate existing U.S. law, while also rewarding bad behavior by the Palestinian leadership through their continued support of […] [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](.