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[Mayor: 2 More Bodies Have Been Pulled From The Collapsed Condominium Building In The Miami Area, Bringing The Toll To 22]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Mayor: 2 more bodies have been pulled from the collapsed condominium building in the Miami area, bringing the toll to 22. [Read More »]( [North Miami Beach City Orders Evacuation Of Condo Building Deemed Unsafe]( NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe conditions. The city said in a news release that an audit prompted by the deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside found the 156-unit Crestview Towers structurally and electrically […] [Read More »]( [Polish Rallygoer Who Led Chants About Hanging ‘Zionists’ Sentenced To 1 Year In Jail, An Unusually Stiff Punishment]( BIALYSTOK (JTA) — Two ultranationalists in Poland were sentenced to prison in connection with a 2016 rally that featured chants about hanging “Zionists.” One of the participants at the rally in Bialystok was given a 12-month term — an unusually stiff punishment for such an offense in Poland — by the Criminal Tribunal in Warsaw […] [Read More »]( [China Rejects US Criticism On Human Trafficking]( BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday rejected U.S. accusations it is failing to stop human trafficking and said Washington has no right to criticize due to its history of racial discrimination. Beijing was among 17 governments that were warned Thursday of potential U.S. sanctions over human trafficking, adding to tension with Washington. Others included Malaysia, […] [Read More »]( [Firefighter’s Daughter, 7, Found In Florida Condo Rubble]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The body of a Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter was recovered from the site of a South Florida condo collapse by the search and rescue team he had been assisting, officials said Friday. The child was one of two victims found in the rubble of Champlain Towers South late Thursday, one week […] [Read More »]( [No Lockdown Plans In Russia As Virus Deaths Hit New Record]( MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities reported a record-breaking 679 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, a fourth day in a row with the highest daily death toll in the pandemic. No plans for a lockdown are being discussed, however, the Kremlin insisted. The previous record, of 672 deaths, was registered on Thursday. Russia has struggled to […] [Read More »]( [Unusually Agreeable Justices End Term With Conservative Wins]( WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ended with conservative-driven decisions on voting rights and charitable-donor disclosures that offered a glimpse of what the coming years of the right’s dominance could look like for the nation’s highest court. The court began its summer recess with an already consequential list of cases to be […] [Read More »]( [Collapsed Florida Condo Building Likely To Be Demolished]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials are working on plans to tear down what’s left of a partially collapsed oceanfront condominium building after concerns about the structure’s instability prompted a 15-hour halt to the search for survivors. After rescue efforts resumed Thursday evening, officials said they had started planning for the likely demolition of the […] [Read More »]( [R’ Martin Roth ז”ל]( Family getting up: Wednesday (7/07/21)Morning Mrs. Rhoda RothWife R’ Eric RothSon [Read More »]( [Mayor: 2 More Dead Found At Collapsed Florida Condo Building]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The bodies of two more people have been found at the site of a partially collapsed oceanfront condominium building in the Miami area, raising the death toll to 20 people with 128 still missing. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday that the bodies were found Thursday evening, after concerns […] [Read More »]( [US Plans To Make Airlines Refund Fees If Bags Are Delayed]( WASHINGTON (AP) – The Transportation Department will propose that airlines be required to refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren’t delivered to passengers quickly enough. The proposal, if made final after a lengthy regulation-writing process, would also require prompt refunds for fees on extras such as internet access if the airline fails to […] [Read More »]( [Sen. Chuck Schumer Arranges Visa For Jewish Girl To Obtain Urgent Care In U.S.]( MANCHESTER (VINnews) — A Jewish girl and her family who were at the brink of despair can now breathe a little easier, due to the efforts of Sen. Chuck Schumer and other politicians and activists. Ten years ago, Avraham Fixler got married and started his life with his wife, Chaya. Two years after their marriage, […] [Read More »]( [Firm Alerts County To ‘Significant’ Issues At Condo Complex in Orlando]( KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Engineers from a private firm alerted county officials in central Florida this week to significant structural problems that were discovered at a condominium complex two months ago but never addressed by the homeowners association. The warning came days after another condominium, the 12-story Champlain Towers South, partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida, […] [Read More »]( [WHO: ‘Dangerous Period’ With Delta Variant]( GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says the world is in “a very dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious delta variant is identified in nearly 100 countries. At a press briefing on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the delta variant, first found in India, is continuing to […] [Read More »]( [Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Pacific Ocean; 2 Rescued]( HONOLULU (AP) — A cargo plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii on Friday morning and both people on board have been rescued. The pilots of the Transair Flight 810 had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the […] [Read More »]( [Collapse Survivors Escaped With Their Lives, But Little Else]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Susana Alvarez fled her home on the 10th floor of Champlain Towers South, escaping with her life and almost nothing else. “I don’t have anything,” said the 62-year-old survivor of the condominium building collapse just outside Miami. “I walked out with my pajamas and my phone.” The disaster that killed at […] [Read More »]( [Report: Massachusetts Gunman Likely Planned To Target Synagogue In Shooting Spree]( BOSTON (JNS) – Witnesses said a gunman was likely headed toward a synagogue in Winthrop, Mass., on Saturday when he stopped along the way and killed two black bystanders before being himself killed by police, CBS Boston reported. Sandra Pellegrino, president of Temple Tifereth Israel, also said her building is believed to have been the main […] [Read More »]( [US Adds A Solid 850,000 Jobs As Economy Extends Its Gains]( WASHINGTON (AP) — In an encouraging burst of hiring, America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months and a sign that companies may be having an easier time finding enough workers to fill open jobs. Friday’s report from the Labor Department was the latest sign that the […] [Read More »]( [Jerusalem Parents Shocked After 19 Magnets Discovered In Baby’s Stomach]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Last week a one-year-old baby was rushed to the Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, suffering from high fever and shivering. The pediatrician who checked the baby suspected a more serious condition and referred him for a lung x-ray which revealed that the baby had swallowed a large number of magnets. […] [Read More »]( [When President Biden Heard Rivlin’s Aide Rivka Ravitz Is Mother Of 12, He Bowed Down To Her]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jewish people sometimes take for granted the incredible sacrifice involved in the lives of Jewish career women who have large families. Many of these women are torn between their demanding jobs and their sense of obligation to their families and make herculean efforts to maintain both roles successfully. It is therefore […] [Read More »]( [Suspect Identified After Chabad Rabbi Stabbed In Boston]( BOSTON (VINnews) – Police have identified the suspect responsible for the stabbing earlier today of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski. Khaled Awad, 24, of Brighton is the suspect in the stabbing. Police said he’s being charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery on a police officer, police said. His […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Pinchas Korf, 86, Beloved Chassidic Mentor and Role Model]( NEW YORK (CHABAD.org/Yaakov Ort) – Rabbi Pinchas Korf, a beloved Chassidic mashpia (mentor) whose endearing smile, indefatigable energy and blazing inner fire influenced and inspired thousands of students and rabbinic peers for decades, passed away June 30. He was 86. Affectionately known to all as “Reb Pinye,” Korf was born in Kharkov, Soviet Union, in […] [Read More »]( [When The Lubavitcher Rebbe Spoke About Not Giving Up On Souls Buried In Rubble]( SURFSIDE (VINnews) — This Shabbos, hundreds of thousands of Jews will learn in Daf Yomi the Mishnah in Yuma (83a) about the laws of clearing the rubble of a collapsed building to search for possible survivors. 88 years ago, at a “farbrengen” in Riga, Latvia, the young Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson zt”l, later to become […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. 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