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[Mr. [Shmiel] Meir Klein ז”ל]( Family getting up: Thursday (9/02/21)AM Mrs. Sheindy KleinWife Mr. Shloima KleinBrother Mr. Leivy KleinSon Mr. Shloimy (Emanuel) Klein Son Mr. Shinshy (Simon) KleinSon Mrs. Miriam Golda KleinDaughter Mrs. Chana Malka SchwartzDaughter Mrs. Sura Leah Perlmutter Daughter Mr. Menachem KleinBrother [Read More »]( [Flames Consume High-rise In Milan; Residents Evacuated]( MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were hurriedly evacuated. Mayor Giuseppe Sala said there were no reports of injuries or deaths, but that firefighters were kicking down doors, apartment by apartment, to […] [Read More »]( [U.S. Sticks With Booster Shot Recommendation]( WASHINGTON — The government’s top infectious disease expert says the U.S. is sticking with its recommendation for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots eight months after receiving the vaccine but will be open to changes based on evolving data. Dr. Anthony Fauci says there’s “no doubt” in his mind that people will need to get […] [Read More »]( [Packed With Virus Patients, Louisiana Hospitals Await Ida]( NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana hospitals already packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge are now bracing for a powerful Category 4 hurricane, which is expected to crash ashore Sunday. “Once again we find ourselves dealing with a natural disaster in the midst of a pandemic,” said Jennifer Avegno, the top health official for […] [Read More »]( [Expedition Discovers Island Believed World’s Northernmost]( HELSINKI (AP) — A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an […] [Read More »]( [Iran And Syria Vow To Confront U.S. Sanctions]( DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran and Syria vowed on Sunday to take “mighty steps” to confront U.S. sanctions imposed on the two regional allies, saying their relations will strengthen under Iran’s new leadership. The announcement was made by Iran’s new Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who was received at the airport a visit to Damascus by […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Jemil Haskil Chaaya ז”ל Haskil]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 6:00 pm Mrs. Noura ChaayaWife Mr. Azour chaayaSon Mrs. Marcelle SharfDaughter Mrs. Jemilla GolanDaughter Mrs. Arlet HaliliDaughter Mr. leon chaayaSon Mr. Raymond ChaayaSon Mr. Morris ChaayaSon [Read More »]( [Explainer: IDA Similar To Katrina, But Stronger, Smaller]( Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as horrific in others. “The main story with Katrina was storm surge damage, and over a […] [Read More »]( [Amazon Teams With Affirm To Offer Buy-now-pay-later Option]( SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards. San Francisco-based Affirm Holdings Inc. announced Friday that its flexible payment service will soon be available on Amazon.com. The news sent Affirm’s stock up more than 35% in after-hours trading. With […] [Read More »]( [Biden Paying Respects To US Troops Killed In Afghanistan]( DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden embarked on a solemn journey Sunday to honor and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return to U.S. soil from Afghanistan. Biden and his wife Jill traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware […] [Read More »]( [UPDATE: US Drone Strike Hits Vehicle Carrying Is Bombers]( WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say an American drone strike has hit a vehicle carrying multiple Islamic State suicide bombers heading for the Kabul airport. A military official said the strike on Sunday caused “significant secondary explosions” indicating the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material in the vehicle. Two senior U.S. officials said the […] [Read More »]( [Watch: IDF Planes Strike Terror Tunnel, Military Training Center In Gaza]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF planes attacked targets in the Gaza strip in response to the continuing spate of incendiary balloons which have been causing fires and damage in Israel. The planes attacked a terror tunnel as well as a training post used for making weapons and training terrorists to fight Israel. In an official statement […] [Read More »]( [Biden In The ‘Loneliest Job,’ A Presidency Driven By Crisis]( WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s called the loneliest job in the world for a reason. Surrounded by everything a superpower can offer and watched by all, President Joe Biden wore the weight of a lonely man as he came to grips in recent days with the deadly end of the American effort in Afghanistan and tried […] [Read More »]( [Taliban: US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bomber Targeting Airport]( KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said that a U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle Sunday who wanted to attack the Kabul international airport amid the American military’s evacuation there. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, […] [Read More »]( [Delta Airlines Pilot, Son Of Holocaust Survivor And US Immigrant, Describes Flying Afghan Refugees To US]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Delta Airlines Pilot Alexander Kahn described to CNN his special feelings on transporting a group of Afghan refugees from Germany to the US. Kahn is the son of a Holocaust survivor who came from Buchenwald to the US with nothing but the clothes on his back and succeeded in studying to […] [Read More »]( [Tel Aviv University Researchers Print First 3-D Brain Tumor, Paving Way For Optimal Treatments]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Researchers at Tel Aviv University achieved a major breakthrough in the battle against cancer by successfully completing the first 3D-bioprinting of an entire active tumor. The researchers succeeded in creating a 3D print of glioblastoma — the deadliest type of brain cancer — from human glioblastoma tissues which contain all components of the malignant […] [Read More »]( [Relics From Ancient Roman Town Discovered Under Historic London Synagogue]( LONDON (VINnews) — A restoration project at the historic Bevis Marks synagogue in London, the oldest synagogue in the UK, has led to the discovery of part of an ancient town dating back to Roman times. Earlier this year, the synagogue received £497,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out renovation and other work […] [Read More »]( [Watch: PM Bennett Meets With Biden, Attends Kabolas Shabbos Ceremony In Washington Hotel]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Due to the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Biden being delayed from Thursday to Friday after the attack in Kabul, the Israeli prime minister could not return to Israel in time for Shabbos. Local Chabad representatives in Washington managed to set up a makeshift synagogue in the […] [Read More »]( [Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva -Rav Dovid Schustal: Sefardim vs. Ashkenazim on Slichos]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The material below is based upon Maamar #1,2, and 8 of Vaadim published last Elul delivered by Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva – Rav Schustal Shlita and published by Rabbi Shimon Meir Perlman in a Kuntrus entitled, “Kol Dodi.” TWO CUSTOMS The Shulchan Aruch cites two customs for the strengthening that […] [Read More »]( [Tesla On Part-automated Drive System Slams Into Police Car]( ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A Tesla using its partially automated driving system slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser Saturday on an interstate near downtown Orlando and narrowly missed its driver, who had pulled over to assist a disabled vehicle. Earlier this month, the U.S. government opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driving system […] [Read More »]( [China Protests US Navy, Coast Guard Ships In Taiwan Strait]( BEIJING (AP) — China’s defense ministry protested Saturday the passage of a U.S. Navy warship and Coast Guard cutter through the waters between China and Taiwan, a self-governing island claimed by China. A statement posted on the ministry’s website called the move provocative and said it shows that the United States is the biggest threat […] [Read More »]( [Russia’s Covid Deaths Hit New High In July]( MOSCOW (AP) — A new report from Russia’s state statistics agency shows the country recorded a record number of deaths in July of people infected with coronavirus. The report from the Rosstat agency said 50,421 people suffering from COVID-19 died during the month, sharply higher than the previous record of 44,435 in December. However, the […] [Read More »]( [Hurricane Ida Strengthens, Louisiana Braces For Severe Blow]( NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph (209 kph), life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain when it slams ashore in Louisiana on Sunday. The National Hurricane Center warned […] [Read More »]( [RFK Assassin Sirhan Wins Parole With Support Of 2 Kennedys]( SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was granted parole Friday after two of RFK’s sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars. The decision was a major victory for the 77-year-old prisoner, though it does not assure his release. The […] [Read More »]( [U.S. Official: Bomber Carried Unusually Large Explosive Pack]( WASHINGTON — The suicide bomber who killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members at the Kabul airport carried about 25 pounds of explosives, loaded with shrapnel, a U.S. official said Friday. The massive amount of explosives and spray of shrapnel created such a large blast that it killed U.S. troops who […] [Read More »]( [Taliban Guard Airport As Most NATO Troops Leave Afghanistan]( KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan. Western leaders acknowledged that their withdrawal would mean leaving behind some of their citizens and many locals […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. 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