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[Walter Mondale Was A Liberal Icon Who Championed Israel]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – Walter Mondale, the former vice president who represented a time in American history when being pro-Israel and progressive were often synonymous, has died at 93. He passed away Monday at his home in Minneapolis, multiple sources reported. From the launch of his national political career, Mondale was close to the national Jewish […] [Read More »]( [Arizona Governor Sending National Guard To Southern Border]( PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Tuesday he is sending 250 National Guard troops to the state’s southern border with Mexico amid the increased arrivals of migrants. The announcement came the day Customs and Border Protection held an open house at a new tent-like migrant processing center in the border community of Yuma. […] [Read More »]( [Despite Growing Chorus, DOJ Is Limited In Police Probes]( CHICAGO (AP) — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley. About a dozen people gathered Tuesday at a legal office in the heart of a Latino neighborhood, near Little […] [Read More »]( [Biden To Floyd Family After Verdict: ‘We’re All So Relieved’]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Tuesday’s guilty verdicts were read out, President Joe Biden said he was praying for “the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Telephoning George Floyd’s family later, he said of himself and Vice President Kamala Harris: “We’re all so relieved.” Chauvin was convicted of two counts […] [Read More »]( [Obama Comments On Guilty Verdict In Floyd Case]( Former President Barack Obama says the conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd was correct but only one step in the fight for justice. He says in a statement that true justice requires Americans to understand that “Black Americans are being treated differently every day” and that millions live in […] [Read More »]( [Ex-cop Derek Chauvin Convicted Of Murder And Manslaughter In George Floyd Death That Stirred Worldwide Protests]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. The jury reached its verdict Tuesday after deliberating about 10 hours over two days […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Exclusive Interview with Ghanem Nuseibeh, Chairman of Muslims Against Anti-Semitism]( Ghanem Nuseibeh comes from an old Arab family in Jerusalem who are custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He is founder of London based strategy consultants Cornerstone Global Associates and Chairman of Muslims Against Anti-Semitism. He is also Patron of Faith Matters, a leading U.K. anti extremism charity. He was educated at Imperial […] [Read More »]( [Where The Rabbi And The Imam Eat Together In Harmony]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In some parts of Israel and in some Arab countries relations are strained between Arabs and Jews but the opposite is the case in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, a republic in central Russia. The Jewish community is on excellent terms with its Muslim neighbors and this was demonstrated this week when […] [Read More »]( [Warsaw Unveils Monument To Secret Underground Archive That Documented The Holocaust’s Horror]( WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A group of Jewish organizations has unveiled a monument marking the area where a group of Jewish writers and activists buried an archive of material documenting their Holocaust experiences. The commemoration of the Ringelblum Archive was timed to the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Monday. A group of […] [Read More »]( [Jury Reaches Verdict At Trial Over George Floyd’s Death]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The verdict is to be read late Tuesday afternoon. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for about […] [Read More »]( [DHS Insider Leaks Report that Yemeni Men on Terrorism Watchlist Apprehended Near Border]( WESTCHESTER (Project Veritas) Today, Project Veritas released a new video featuring leaked Department of Homeland Security [DHS] documents showing how the U.S. government tracked Yemeni national Anwar Abdulrahman Mukred Saeed Al-Bokari, a known associate of men on the terrorism watchlist. Starting his route in Panama, the Yemeni terror suspect was able to make his way […] [Read More »]( [Dogecoin Has Its Day, As Cryptocurrency Fans Push It Up]( NEW YORK (AP) — Dogecoin, the digital currency advertised as the one “favored by Shiba Inus worldwide,” is having its day. Fans of the cryptocurrency are touting April 20, long an unofficial holiday for marijuana devotees, as “Doge Day” and imploring each other to get its value up to $1. That may not sound like […] [Read More »]( [R’ Shaul Eisen ז”ל שאול בן יוסף]( Family getting up: Mrs. Fraidy EisenWife [Read More »]( [Israeli Scientists Find Brain’s ‘Hunger Switch’]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – When Hebrew University of Jerusalem medical student Hadar Israeli studied a family with multiple members suffering from severe obesity and plagued with constant hunger, she found that they all shared a common mutation affecting a specific receptor in the brain: Melanocortin Receptor 4, or MC4. Though scientists have long known that the […] [Read More »]( [Police: 1 Killed, 2 Wounded In Shooting At Long Island Grocery Store]( WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — One person was killed and two people were injured in a shooting a Long Island grocery store, Nassau County police said Tuesday. The person killed was a 49-year-old employee, police said at an afternoon press conference near the scene. The shooting happened inside a manager’s office, upstairs from the shopping […] [Read More »]( [Aide For New York City Council Candidate Says Upper West Side ‘Too Jewish And White’]( NEW YORK (JNS) – The campaign manager for a Democratic New York City Council candidate said last week that Manhattan’s Upper West Side is too white and Jewish, the New York Post reported. Quinn Mootz, who is Jewish, serves as campaign manager for Sara Lind’s run to replace Councilman Helen Rosenthal in the Upper West […] [Read More »]( [Positive Development In #FreeNechama Case As Family Sits Down With Rav]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a positive and encouraging development, the Wasserman family has committed to working with a new Rav to help facilitate a Get for Nechama. According to information obtained by VIN News, the family has made a serious commitment to work with Rabbi Landesman of Beis Din Tzedek Kollel Harabbonim in Monsey, […] [Read More »]( [In Death, Long After Loss, Mondale’s Liberal Legacy Stands]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris all called to say goodbye and thank you. It was a sign of respect for a […] [Read More »]( [Chocolate Gifts: a Halachic Analysis]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A number of years ago, the Almond Board of California (yes, there is such a thing) conducted a survey of 5400 consumers in eight global markets about why and how people eat chocolate. They announced the results of their survey at the expo. It found that 45% of consumers […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Rachel Kalikstein ע”ה רחל בת ×™×•× ×]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 7:25 pmMaariv: Following Mincha R’ Yechezkel KaliksteinSon Starting Wed will be sitting in Boro Park at 1840 52nd St, 11219 R’ Donny KaliksteinSon R’ Raphael KaliksteinSon Starting Wed will be sitting in Monsey at 18 Lyncrest Dr, 10952. Shacharis: 8:00am, Mincha/ Maariv: 12 min before shkia. Hours: Until 11pm […] [Read More »]( [Feds Consider How To Respond After Verdict In Chauvin Trial]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation and dispatching specially trained community facilitators from the Justice Department, aides and officials told The Associated Press. The jury resumed […] [Read More »]( [EU Regulator Finds Link Between J&J Shot And Blood Clots]( LONDON (AP) — Experts at the agency that regulates drugs for the European Union said Tuesday that they found a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots after a small number of cases were reported in the United States. The European Medicines Agency said a warning about very […] [Read More »]( [Biden’s Anti-israel ‘Point Man’ Is Behind Plan To Fund Palestinians]( WASHINGTON (JNS/DANIEL GREENFIELD) – “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada,” Hady Amr wrote a year after September 11 while working with an anti-Israel group. A few years later, the Beirut-born Amr had become an adviser on Muslim relations to the World Economic Forum, before heading up Brookings’ Doha Center for Qatar. The tiny Islamic tyranny […] [Read More »]( [Federal Judge Hands Jewish Navy Man Reprieve From Shaving Beard]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – An Orthodox Jewish Navy sailor doesn’t have to shave his beard — at least until the end of the month — thanks to a federal judge. Petty Officer 3rd Class Edmund Di Liscia, who is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Asia, petitioned the U.S. District Court for the […] [Read More »]( [Bush Criticizes GOP Isolationism, Anti-immigration Rhetoric]( WASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush says the Republican Party he served as president has become “isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist” and says he’s especially concerned about anti-immigration rhetoric. “It’s a beautiful country we have and yet it’s not beautiful when we condemn, call people names and scare people about immigration,” Bush […] [Read More »]( [Protesters Take A Knee, Demonstrate Over Police Shooting – Until They Learn The Victim Was White]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Black Lives Matter protesters in Minnesota dropped to their knees and set off on a protest march over a fatal police shooting — only to change direction when they learned it was a white carjacker who had fired at police, according to reports. Dozens of people were filmed by Fox 9 […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Police Scuffle With Protesters In Arab Neighborhood]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police scuffled with protesters in an Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv for a second night late Monday after the assault of a rabbi over the weekend. The protesters, including Arabs and Jews, say Jewish nationalist religious groups are buying up property in the traditionally Arab district of Jaffa, which […] [Read More »]( [Is This The End Of The Road For Netanyahu?]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The forlorn figure of Miki Zohar, the Likud whip who chairs the key Arrangements Committee in the Knesset, demonstrated Monday the precarious position of the ruling party and its leader Binyamin Netanyahu. The Likud suffered defeat in the vote on forming the committee, with the anti-Netanyahu bloc gaining a majority which will […] [Read More »]( [Military Says That Chad’s President Killed On Battlefield]( N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, died Tuesday of wounds suffered on the battlefield during a fight against rebels, the military announced on national television and radio. The stunning announcement came just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby, 68, the […] [Read More »]( [US Under Biden Will No Longer Call Migrants ‘Illegal Aliens’]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term that many people consider offensive. Memos issued by Customs and Border Protection, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, recommend agents instead use the words “non-citizen” or “migrant.” The change […] [Read More »]( [Walter Mondale, Carter’s Vice President, Dies At 93]( MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. […] [Read More »]( [Bahrain Airline To Launch Direct Flights To Tel Aviv]( JERUSALEM (JTA) – Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned airline, is launching direct flights to Tel Aviv in June, another marker in the country’s ongoing normalization of ties with Israel. Globes, an Israeli business daily, first reported on Sunday that flights would start on June 3. Gulf Air signed a code-sharing agreement with El Al, Israel’s national […] [Read More »]( [Warren Urges US To Explore Conditioning Aid To Israel To Help It ‘Adjust Course’]( WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged the Biden administration to consider conditioning military aid to Israel in order to help the Jewish state “adjust course.” “We should talk about the elephant in the room—America’s military assistance to Israel,” she said. The senator went on to say that she is committed to Israel’s […] [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](.