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[Mrs. Miriam Ozeri ע”ה מרים בת ויכתוריה]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 6:30 pm Rabbi Mordechai MaslatonBrother Rabbi Yosef (Joey) Ozeri Son Rabbi Sion OzeriSon Mrs. Judy Safdeye Daughter Mrs. Elana AbadiDaughter Mrs. Devorah PinchasDaughter Mrs. Sarah SankarySister Mrs. Rachel Salem Sister Mrs. Judy ElbazSister Mrs. Diana KuessousSister Mrs. Joyce ShalamSister [Read More »]( [Mr. Meyer Lipshitz ז”ל]( Family getting up: Sunday (8/29/21)AM Mrs. Fern WeinreichDaughter Masks are required at the shiva [Read More »]( [Rabbi Yehoshua Weinstein ז”ל]( Family getting up: Thursday (8/26/21)AM Mrs. Debbie WeinsteinWife Rabbi Yitzchok WeinsteinSon Mrs. Faigie SchonbrunDaughter Rabbi Zvi Dov WeinsteinSon Mrs. Suri GruenDaughter Rabbi Aryeh WeinsteinSon Rabbi Avrumi WeinsteinSon Rabbi Eli WeinsteinSon [Read More »]( [Biden Says US-Led Evacuation From Kabul Is Accelerating]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it remains vulnerable to threats posed by the Islamic State extremist group. One week after the Taliban completed its takeover of Afghanistan by capturing Kabul, Biden said discussions are underway […] [Read More »]( [Moving Inland, Tropical Storm Henri Drenches Northeast]( WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with heavy wind and rain as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island, knocking out power to over 100,000 homes and causing deluges that closed bridges, swamped roads and left many people stranded in their vehicles. The storm was downgraded from a […] [Read More »]( [R’ Shia Hershel Weiser ז”ל יהושע צבי בן יהודה]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 7:30 pmMaariv: 9:00 pm Mrs. Sarah Blima WeiserWife Harav Yaakov Tovia WeiserBrother R’ Eliezer Naftuli WeiserSon R’ Yaakov WeiserSon Mrs. Chaya Zeldy LeiserDaughter R’ Duvid Yitzchok WeiserSon Mrs. Kaila RawickiDaughter R’ Yoel Tovia WeiserSon R’ Yisroel WeiserSon R’ Shimon Moshe WeiserSon [Read More »]( [Gov. Cuomo Says Storm Won’t Stop His Planned Resignation]( NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last day in office projecting an image that he is still in control, and still fully engaged as the state dealt with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Henri. The Democrat, who is set to resign at the end of the day Monday, appeared at […] [Read More »]( [Pop-Up Restaurants May Stick Around As COVID Sees Resurgence]( NEW YORK (AP) — Pop-up restaurants, many started as stopgap measures by struggling chefs and owners, may have staying power as consumers continue to embrace takeout and delivery and the delta variant threatens to make dining in less of an option. Pop-up restaurants can take a variety of forms, from a ramen maker appearing for […] [Read More »]( [Bahrain Celebrates First Bar Mitzvah In 16 Years]( BAHRAIN (JNS) – The first bar mitzvah in Bahrain in 16 years was held over the weekend, at the House of Ten Commandments, the oldest and only operational synagogue in a Gulf Cooperation Council country. The bar mitzvah boy read from the Torah scroll that former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner commissioned in honor […] [Read More »]( [Cuomo’s Drive To Dominate Led To Success, And His Downfall]( NEW YORK (AP) – Back in 2018, when there was talk he might run for president, Andrew Cuomo insisted there was only one reason he would leave office early. And it wasn’t the White House. “The only caveat,” he said, “is if God strikes me dead.” Another possibility will be realized this week, when the […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Pia Chaya Sandel ע”ה פייא חי’ בת שמואל]( Family getting up: R’ Shulem SandelHusband R’ Shmiel Hersh SandelSon R’ Shimon Moshe SandelSon R’ Yossi SandelSon Mrs. Chana WeissDaughter Mrs. Roizy GlauberDaughter Mrs. Rivky KleinDaughter Mrs. Charnie FriedmanDaughter [Read More »]( [At Least 10 Killed In Tennessee Flash Floods; Dozens Missing]( McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least ten people dead and dozens missing Saturday as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes and rural roads, authorities said. Business owner Kansas Klein watched in horror from a bridge Saturday morning as cars and entire houses were swept down a road in Waverly, a […] [Read More »]( [‘Imbecilic’: Ex-UK Leader Tony Blair Slams Afghan Withdrawal]( LONDON (AP) — Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the U.S. decision to withdraw from the country has “every Jihadist group round the world cheering.” In a lengthy essay posted on his website late Saturday, the former Labour Party leader said the […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. ALEGRIA SEBAG ע”ה פרחה בת שמעון]( Family getting up: Mincha: 7:30 pmMaariv: 7:45 pm Mr. Eli CohenBrother [Read More »]( [Israel Taps Former Settler Leader As New Head Of Yad Vashem]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government approved Sunday the appointment of a former diplomat and settler leader as the new director of Yad Vashem, the country’s official Holocaust remembrance organization. Yad Vashem announced that Dani Dayan, 65, was tapped as chairman of the organization’s directorate. Until recently, Dayan served as Israel’s consul general in New York. […] [Read More »]( [R’ Avi Marshal ז”ל אברהם בן מכאל שלום]( Family getting up: Mrs. Elisheva MarshalMother R’ Leiba Yitzchok MarshalBrother R’ Dov Ber MarshalBrother R’ Shneur Zalmen MarshalBrother Mrs. Chaya Mushka MarshalSister [Read More »]( [Israeli Probe Into Deadly Meron Site Stampede Opens Hearings]( JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli government commission investigating a deadly accident at a Jewish pilgrimage site in April held its first day of hearings Sunday, almost four months after the stampede at Mount Meron left 45 people dead. The April 29 incident at the Jewish festival in northern Israel was the deadliest civilian disaster in […] [Read More »]( [Biden’s View Of Job Comes Into Focus After Afghan Collapse]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made up his mind about Afghanistan months — really years — ago. For more than a decade, Biden advocated for an end to American involvement in Afghanistan. But he did so as something of an outsider, a senator whose ultimate power came in the form of a single vote […] [Read More »]( [Palestinians Arrest 24 Demonstrators In West Bank]( RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian police on Sunday said they arrested 24 people protesting the government’s response to the death of a prominent political activist while in the custody of Palestinian security forces. The demonstrators had planned to call for accountability in the death of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority […] [Read More »]( [Haiti Raises Earthquake Death Toll, Passes 2,200]( PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing. The previous figure had been 2,189 on Wednesday. The agency said via Twitter that 12,268 people were injured and nearly 53,000 houses were destroyed by the Aug.- […] [Read More »]( [What’s Worse: Wind Or Rain? What To Know As Henri Approaches]( NEW YORK (AP) — Henri was downgraded to a tropical storm ahead of its expected landfall Sunday in the Northeast. Here’s everything to know about this weekend’s weather that’s tropical in name, but far from its titular home: IS HENRI STILL A HURRICANE? Not at the moment. The National Hurricane Center downgraded it to a […] [Read More »]( [7 Killed At Stampede in Kabul Airport; Fighters Seize Areas From Taliban]( KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The deaths come as a group of fighters opposing the Taliban’s rule […] [Read More »]( [Biden Sees Dip In Support Amid New COVID Cases: AP-NORC Poll]( WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing a summer slump, with Americans taking a notably less positive view of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his job approval rating ticking down. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 54% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance, […] [Read More »]( [Henri Weakens To Tropical Storm Ahead Of Northeast Landfall]( NEW YORK (AP) – Henri weakened slightly to a tropical storm early Sunday but still packed wind gusts of up to 75 mph in some areas as it was slated to pummel a long stretch of northeastern coastline, where millions on New York’s Long Island and in southern New England braced for the possibility of […] [Read More »]( [Satmar Montreal Dayan Passes Way At 74]( MONTREAL (VINnews) – Once again, the Satmar community has been rocked by the passing of another Torah giant, with the passing of Rabbi Moshe Menachem Tyrnauer, the Satmar dayan of Montreal. Rabbi Tyrnauer served as the rosh yeshiva of Montreal’s Toras Moshe Satmar yeshiva and was a student of the late Rabbi Avraham Leitner, head […] [Read More »]( [PM Bennett Retweets Rav Kanievski’s Daughter Rebbetzin Kolodetsky, Urging Everyone To Vaccinate]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett picked up a tweet by Rebbetzin Kolodetsky, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski, calling on every member of the public from the age of 12 to vaccinate against coronavirus. Rebbetzin Kolodetski quoted her father and said that there are three positive commandments involved in vaccinating: 1) “And you shall […] [Read More »]( [What The CDC And Others Have Not Told Us About COVID: Interview With Dr. Richard Gunderman, Author Of Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures]( INDIANA (VINnews) — It was roughly a year and a half ago, during the very early stages of Covid, when local politicians were telling us that parades will go on and everything is fine. Then as people were starting to get sick, we were told that by the end of the summer, the Virus would […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Baby Transferred Over Fence In Kabul And Given To American Soldiers]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — The traumatic pictures emerging from Kabul airport as thousands of people desperately try to escape the Taliban regime included some pictures of women and children trampled by people trying to get into the compound where American soldiers are evacuating foreigners on planes leaving for foreign countries. More viral imagery from the […] [Read More »]( [BDE: Admor Of Lizhensk-Boro Park Passes Away At Age 81]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Meir Leifer, who was known as the Lizhensk-Boro Park Rebbe, passed away just before Shabbos at the age of 81. Rabbi Leifer was born to Rabbi Yissocher Ber Leifer, the Admor of Nadvorna-Bania, in Bania, Romania in 1940. The family are direct descendants of Rabbi Mottel of Nadvorna and Rabbi […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Channa Goldenberg ע”ה ×—× ×” בת פעסל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 7:00 pmMaariv: 7:00 pm Rabbi Roded GoldenbergHusband Harav Eliezer HarariFather Habachur Eliezer GoldenbergSon Miss Mazal GoldenbergSister Hayalda Reuven Chaim GoldenbergSon Hayeled Michael Yehudah GoldenbergSon Mrs. Betsy HarariMother Rabbi Yaakov HarariBrother R’ Yeshaya HarariBrother R’ Aharon HarariBrother R’ Yosef HarariBrother Mrs. Yaffa BennoSister Mrs. Sara Miriam DabbahSister Mrs. Chaya NahemSister […] [Read More »]( [For US Military Leaders, Afghan News Strikes Personal Chord]( WASHINGTON (AP) — For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week’s news was profoundly personal. The photos and videos pouring out of Afghanistan hit a nerve, and triggered searingly vivid flashbacks to battles fought, troops lost and tears shed during their own deployments there. And in a response shaped by their memories and experiences in […] [Read More »]( [Miami Beach Suspends Law Used Against People Filming Police]( MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach police officers are no longer enforcing a new law that critics believe has emboldened officers to arrest bystanders using their phones to film police on duty. The department announced Thursday that it had suspended the law last month following a series a controversial arrests, the Miami Herald reported. […] [Read More »]( [Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID Claim Denounced As Racist]( AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated Black people — comments that were quickly denounced as racist. Republican Lt. Governor Dan Patrick made the remarks Thursday night on a Fox News segment in response to question about the latest coronavirus surge in Texas. The state […] [Read More »]( [Orlando Mayor Urges Water Limits Because Of COVID-19 Surge]( ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of the Florida city of Orlando asked residents on Friday to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars immediately, saying water usage needed to be cut back because of the recent surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Orlando Utility Commission treats the city’s water with liquid oxygen and supplies […] [Read More »]( [Rev. Jesse Jackson, Wife Hospitalized For COVID]( CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday. Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated against the virus and received his first dose in January during a publicized event as he urged others […] [Read More »]( [Crowd Told To Leave Concert In Central Park Due To Weather]( NEW YORK (AP) — The crowd at a superstar-laden Central Park concert meant to celebrate New York City’s recovery from the coronavirus was asked to leave because of severe weather as Hurricane Henri approached. New York City police on Saturday night told concertgoers via Twitter to “calmly move to the nearest exits and proceed to […] [Read More »]( [Radio Host Who Regretted Vaccine Skepticism Dies Of COVID]( NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalized from COVID-19 has died. He was 61. Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine’s death in a tweet Saturday. Valentine had been a skeptic of coronavirus vaccines. But after he tested positive […] [Read More »]( [Henri To Have Dangerous Impacts As Hurricane Over Northeast]( NEW YORK (AP) – Parts of the Northeast could begin to experience impacts from Tropical Storm Henri as soon as late Saturday, as the system that is expected to become a hurricane by the end of the day barrels toward the region. Storm surge and the tide could cause high water in coastal New England […] [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](.