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[Another Victory At The Supreme Court For Religious Groups]( WASHINGTON (AP) — In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. The court said the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of […] [Read More »]( [St. Louis Gun-Waving Couple Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanors]( ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice protestors last year pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges and agreed to give up the weapons they used during the confrontation. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000. Her husband, Mark McCloskey, pleaded guilty […] [Read More »]( [Ms. Carole Evans ע”ה Chava Leah Bas Avraham]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 8:15 pmMaariv: 8:30 pm Mr. Eric EvansSon Mrs. Sarah GilbertDaughter Sarah Gilbert will be sitting in her home in Passaic until Friday, and will then sit with her brother, Eric Evans, in Monsey, through Sunday morning [Read More »]( [Officers Resign From Portland, Oregon, Protest Response Unit]( PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of 50 police officers who serve on a specialized crowd-control unit in Portland, Oregon, and respond to the city’s ongoing, often violent protests have resigned en masse after a team member was indicted on criminal charges. During a Wednesday night meeting, officers, detectives and sergeants on the Rapid Response […] [Read More »]( [Video: Memorial Service Held For Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, Forty-Five Years After The Entebbe Rescue Operation]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, who lost his life 45 years ago during “Operation Entebbe,” a successful counterterrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by Israeli commandos at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Jonathan Tobin, Senior Editor-In-Chief Of JNS, Reveals Why Jewish Democrat Elected Officials Are Terrified To Confront The Squad’s Anti-Semitism]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — On Thursday, Alan and baila from the VINnewsd podcast ‘The Definitive Rap’ sat down with with award-winning journalist and Senior Editor-in-Chief of JNS, Jonathan Tobin, to discuss his recent column in The Federalist, ‘If Ilhan Omar Was A Republican She’d Be Another Marjorie Taylor Greene.’ Jonathan cited the fear that Jewish […] [Read More »]( [Experts: Remains Near Auschwitz Probably Post-War German]( WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish experts say human remains uncovered this month near the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz date to after World War II, and most probably belonged to German soldiers taken prisoner by Soviet forces. A local resident spotted 12 human skulls and many bones protruding from the banks of the […] [Read More »]( [‘Obamacare’ Survives: Supreme Court Dismisses Big Challenge]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to throw out the law that provides insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine Honors 2 Tiny Sects With Jewish Roots As ‘Indigenous Peoples,’ And Putin Is Furious]( UKRAINE (JNS) – Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine. The few hundred Karaites who remain in Ukraine today are remnants of a sect that broke off from mainstream Judaism in eighth-century Iraq. They were documented in Crimea in the 13th century and nearly […] [Read More »]( [Explainer: The Story Of Juneteenth, The New Federal Holiday]( WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.” President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill Thursday that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a […] [Read More »]( [Israel Headed For Severe Garbage-Disposal Crisis, Environment Ministry Warns]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel is likely to run out of landfill space for the disposal of waste by next year, the Environmental Protection Ministry warned mayors and local council heads this week. The Efaa, Ganey Hadas and Tarbin (Dudaim) landfills are fast reaching capacity, which will likely necessitate their closure, the ministry said, according to […] [Read More »]( [Fauci: US To Spend $3.2B For Antiviral Pills For COVID-19]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, announced the investment Thursday at a White House briefing as part of a new “antiviral program for pandemics” to […] [Read More »]( [Scotch Whisky Makers Welcome Suspension Of Costly US Tariffs]( LONDON (AP) — Scotch whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports following the resolution of a long-standing trade row between the U.S. and the EU over subsidies to aircraft companies Boeing and Airbus. President Donald Trump slapped a 25% tariff […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Officer Charged In Killing Of Autistic Palestinian]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a border police officer with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City last year. The indictment came just over a year after the shooting of Eyad Hallaq. Hallaq’s family had previously criticized Israeli authorities’ investigation into Eyad’s killing, and […] [Read More »]( [Charedim Fume Over Coalition’s Plan To Review Religious-Secular Status Quo]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – United Torah Judaism lawmakers were enraged to learn on Wednesday that Israel’s new government plans to set up a special committee to review the longstanding religious-secular status quo in Israel. The panel, set to be formed under the aegis of the Religious Services Ministry, is expected to look into controversial matters such […] [Read More »]( [First Crisis For Fledgling Bennett Government Could Expose Its Frailties Or Even Topple It]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Bennett-Lapid government has hardly warmed the Knesset’s chairs when it is faced with what could be an existential threat which could tear it apart. This is due to a 2003 ordinance regarding unification of families, which is designed to prevent Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs from receiving citizenship in Israel. The […] [Read More »]( [Facebook Post: I’m Ultra-Orthodox, Chassidic, Chareidi And I’m Normal – Not As The Media Depicts Me]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The following Facebook post, authored by Rabbi Doniel Katz, has been going viral recently. It is written thoughtfully by a person concerned about the image of his community in the media: There’s something I need to get off my chest. I’m an Ultra-Orthodox, Chassidic, Hareidi Jew. I live in Jerusalem, in an […] [Read More »]( [US Jobless Claims Tick Up To 412,000 From A Pandemic Low]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since April despite widespread evidence that the economy and the job market are rebounding steadily from the pandemic recession. The Labor Department said Thursday that jobless claims rose 37,000 from the week before. As the job market […] [Read More »]( [Lod Imam Arrested For Incitement To Violence After Sharing Gory Scene Of Murder Of Police Officers]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After weeks in which the imam at Lod’s central mosque has been under suspicion for apparent incitement to violence during the riots which broke out in the town a month ago, police arrested him Thursday on charges of incitement. Sheikh Yusuf Albuzz, 63, an imam at Lod’s Great Mosque, was questioned by […] [Read More »]( [Profile Of The ‘New’ Terrorist: Dr. Mai Afane]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Terrorism in Israel is unfortunately not news but part and parcel of life. Not a day goes by without some nationalistically-motivated attack, whether stones thrown at Jewish vehicles, petrol bombs thrown towards army outposts, incendiary balloons burning farmlands or even plain arson to burn forests for the sake of it. In extreme […] [Read More »]( [Texas governor: State, Crowdsourcing Will Fund Border Wall]( AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that he will use $250 million in state money and crowdsourced financing to build more barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico, part of an emerging proposal that also extends his political fight over immigration with the Democratic Biden administration. But questions remain over how […] [Read More »]( [How Naftali Bennett’s Kippah Stays On His Bald Head And Why It Matters]( JERUSAELM (JTA) – Israel’s new prime minister is probably the first one who has stuck a wad of chewing gum to his head right before a public event. Naftali Bennett, who took office this week, is the first prime minister in the country’s history to regularly wear a kippah, or Jewish ritual head covering. Unlike […] [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](.