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[This Orthodox Dad Leaned On His Jewish Community To Survive A 2-Month COVID Coma]( LONDON (JTA) – What would it be like to go to sleep one day and suddenly wake up in a world turned upside down by COVID-19? Eli Seliger, an Orthodox Jewish father of seven from London, has a pretty good idea. In March 2020, long before anyone knew the scope of the pandemic in the […] [Read More »]( [Rival Satmar Factions Unite, Throwing Their Weight Behind Yang, Ranking Adams Second]( BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – In a rare display of unity, Satmar’s two rival factions are said to be coming together for a common cause – choosing the Democratic candidate in the upcoming New York City mayoral election. With the upcoming June 22nd Democratic primary less than a month away, Politico ( reported that an ad […] [Read More »]( [New York City Public School Principal Draws Criticism After Urging Staff To Support Palestinians]( BROOKLYN (JTA) – The principal of a Brooklyn middle school has apologized to her staff after sending an email last week calling on them to support Palestinian liberation — even as some of them say they did not think an apology was necessary. Amanda Bueno, who heads M.S. 136, emailed teachers and administrators at her […] [Read More »]( [Man Armed With BB Gun While Wearing NYPD Sweatshirt Arrested In Times Square]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — A man was arrested in Times Square early Tuesday, after he was caught apparently impersonating a police officer while armed with a BB gun. The man, who has been identified as 31-year-old Abm Faisal of Bensonhurst, was spotted by an off-duty NYPD detective who was working security. The detective noticed Faisal […] [Read More »]( [Police Arrest Suspect For Harassing Chasidim During Shabbos In Front Of Shul]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) – A 20-year-old man was arrested and charged last weekend in connection with a series of attacks on Jewish victims in Brooklyn. Danial Shaukat from Brooklyn was charged with Aggravated Harassment/Hate Crime. It was reported to police that on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at approximately 7:00pm, in front of 4911 16 Avenue (Agudath […] [Read More »]( [Robber on the Loose in Far Rockaway]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There have been a spate of robberies in Far Rockaway, where a young hispanic burglar who carries a knife has been breaking into basements and into homes through the windows. Essentially, he searches for money and entirely ransacks the area. He stole over $12,000 in cash and jewelry from […] [Read More »]( [Palestinians Fume As Senior UNRWA Official Calls Israel’s Attacks On Gaza ‘Sophisticated And Precise’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Palestinian civil organisations fumed over comments made by a senior figure at the United Nations Relief Work Agency (UNRWA) regarding the 11-day Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The comments were deemed “misleading and dangerous”. Matthias Schmale, the director of operations for UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, told Israel’s Channel 12 on […] [Read More »]( [Justice Dept. Appeals Judge’s Order On Russia Probe Memo]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is appealing a judge’s order directing it to release in its entirety a legal memo on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. But it also made public a brief portion of the document showing that senior Justice Department leaders concluded that the evidence could […] [Read More »]( [In UK, Hamas-Israel Ceasefire Hasn’t Slowed The Spike In Antisemitic Incidents]( LONDON (JTA) — Acts of antisemitism in the United Kingdom continued to rise this week, despite the ceasefire in hostilities between Israel and Hamas that had triggered the outbreak there and beyond. Over the past 17 days, at least 267 incidents of antisemitism have been reported – an increase of over 500% compared to the […] [Read More »]( [In A Chaotic Market Demand And Prices For Homes In US Soar]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. housing market has gotten so out of whack, with demand far outpacing supply, that prices have risen to record levels and roughly half of all U.S. houses are selling for above their list price. Data from real estate brokerage Redfin shows that two years ago, before the pandemic, just a […] [Read More »]( [The Case of the $1,000,000 Lotto Ticket]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It happened in Massachusetts in a store called “Lucky Spot.” A woman, Lea Rose Fiega, had tried to throw out a lottery ticket worth $1 million but had thought that it was a loser. She did not fully scratch off the ticket. “I was in a hurry, on lunch […] [Read More »]( [House GOP Leaders Condemn Greene Over Holocaust Comments]( WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican leaders are chastising Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for the Georgia GOP lawmaker’s latest bid to liken measures to combat the coronavirus to the Holocaust. On Tuesday, Greene compared a supermarket’s decision to add a logo to the badges of vaccinated workers to the yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear […] [Read More »]( [US Allows Americans With Expired Passports To Return Home]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says many American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. Citing delays in passport renewals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said certain passports that expired on or after Jan. 1, 2021, […] [Read More »]( [Union Chief Says Flight Attendant Lost 2 Teeth In Assault]( DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth in the attack last weekend, according to a union president, who complained to the airline’s CEO about unruly passengers. “Unfortunately, this is just one of many occurrences,” said the union president, Lyn Montgomery. She said there were 477 […] [Read More »]( [US Secretary Of State Blinken Announces Plans To Reopen Consulate In Jerusalem, Upgrading Ties With Palestinians]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the reopening of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem — a move that restores ties with the Palestinians that had been downgraded by the Trump administration. The consulate long served as an autonomous office in charge of diplomatic relations with the Palestinians. But former President […] [Read More »]( [Biden Taps Tom Nides, An Obama Administration Official, To Be Ambassador To Israel]( WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden will name Tom Nides, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to Israel. The Times of Israel first reported the decision. Multiple sources close to the Biden administration confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Nides was the pick for ambassador and would […] [Read More »]( [White House: Biden To Meet Putin For Geneva Summit In June]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Geneva, a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders that comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia in the first months of the Biden administration. The White House confirmed details of the summit on Tuesday. The […] [Read More »]( [Opinion: If The US Wants To Be Humane, It Won’t ‘Rebuild’ Gaza]( JERUSALEM (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) – In the aftermath of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of fighting that left 12 Israelis and 248 Palestinians dead, and approximately 77,000 Gazans homeless, the Biden administration now wants to help. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East this week but his purpose […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Kaylu Susholz ע”ה חיה קילא בת ר חיים שאול הכהן]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 7:30 pmMaariv: 9:30 pm R’ Zisha SusholzSon R’ Shmiel SusholzSon R’ Shea SusholzSon Mrs. Chumee SteinmetzDaughter [Read More »]( [Flatbush: Man Arrested After Threatening Shul And Assaulting Security Guard (Video)]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A man was arrested late Monday, after trying to enter a Shul, and comitting an assault. At approximately 9:30 PM, the man approached a Shul in Flatbush on E 27th Street and Ave S. According to reports, he began yelling Anti-Semitic slurs, while trying to enter the Shul. He was asked to […] [Read More »]( [Knesset Approves Government Probe Into Meron Disaster]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede on Mount Meron last month. The bill, sponsored by Knesset member Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid), passed by a majority of 19 to 13 in what was described as a “heated” session. Some […] [Read More »]( [Pakistani Parliament Members: ‘We Must Attack Israel With Chemical Weapons, Hitler Was Right’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — “Why do we have chemical weapons, we must attack Israel with them, Hitler was right in his actions,” -these and other vitriolic statements were made by members of the Pakistani parliament in a discussion regarding the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. A member of the governing party of Prime Minister […] [Read More »]( [Suspect Arrested In South Florida Synagogue Harassment]( HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police have arrested a man who they say yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi and dumped a bag of human feces in front of a South Florida synagogue. Hallandale Beach police arrested Jeffrey Carl Fleming on Monday on charges of felony stalking with a hate crime enhancement and littering human […] [Read More »]( [Morocco’s Mixed Messages]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani congratulated Hamas on its “victory” over Israel. Othmani wrote to Hamas’ political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on Saturday to congratulate him on “the victory achieved by the Palestinian people and their resistance,” the Moroccan news outlet Al Maghrib Today reported. Moroccan King Mohammed VI also sent emergency aid […] [Read More »]( [Blinken In Israel On Mideast Tour To Shore Up Gaza Truce]( ERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli leadership, Palestinian divisions and deeply […] [Read More »]( [Danielle Wolf Is First Israeli Woman To Reach Summit Of Everest]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Danielle Wolfson was an anonymous Israeli lawyer until last week, when she became the first Israeli woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The 43-year-old Wolfson’s achievement is even more remarkable since just 10 years ago after a skiing accident left her badly injured, doctors told her that she might not […] [Read More »]( [Yair Lapid: ‘I’m A Descendant Of The Holy Shlah, But He’s Probably Not Satisfied With Me’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At a special event organized at the Knesset by UTJ leader Moshe Gafni to express appreciation for the heroic work of Chareidi volunteers during the period of coronavirus, opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke and expressed his jealousy towards the volunteers. “Not many people know this but I am a direct descendant 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? 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