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[NOT AGAIN: Rav Chaim’s Daughter Confronted and Threatened by Anti-Vaxxers]( BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Members of the Kanievsky family continue to face threats and assaults over Maran Harav Chaim’s support of Covid vaccines. This past week, Rebbetzin Leah Kolodetsky, Rav Chaim’s daughter, was confronted, threatened, and verbally assaulted by a group of anti-vaxxers demanding to speak with her father. According to a report in Kikar […] [Read More »]( [Terror Attacks Continue : Arab Terrorist Attempts To Stab 2 Breslav Chasidim Near Damascus Gate]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Jerusalem Arab attempted Sunday evening to stab two Breslav chasidim at the East Jerusalem bus station near Damascus Gate. The two were unhurt and the Arab youth escaped from the scene. Large police forces searched the area for the terrorist. A short while later the youth, a 20-year-old Arab from the […] [Read More »]( [Troops Find Religious Exemption For Vaccines Unattainable]( WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success. That total lack of approvals is creating new tensions within the military. The services, urgently trying to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check by getting troops vaccinated, are now besieged […] [Read More »]( [Sen. Joe Manchin Says No To $2T Bill: ‘I Can’t Vote For It’]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back a $2 trillion social safety net bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s signature legislation. Manchin told “Fox News Sunday” that he always has made clear he had reservations about the legislation and that now, after five-and-half months of discussions […] [Read More »]( [Fauci Says Omicron Variant Is ‘Just Raging Around The World’]( WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House’s top medical adviser said Sunday, and President Joe Biden is planning to give “a stark warning of what the winter will look” for unvaccinated Americans. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the county’s leading infectious disease expert, told NBC’s “Meet the […] [Read More »]( [Typhoon Deaths In Philippines Top 100, Mayors Plead For Food]( MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 72 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in more than half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the country this year to […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Tissue Engineers 3D-Print An Ear]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A small percentage (0.1 to 0.3 percent) of people are born with congenitally deformed ears. This can have a severe psychological impact, and sometimes involves hearing loss. While surgeons can reconstruct ears using cartilage harvested from a patient’s chest, the procedure is not usually performed until at least 10 years of age. […] [Read More »]( [Widow of Yehuda Dimentman Speaks About Husband’s Tzidkus, Urges Bennett to Do More]( WEST BANK (VINnews) — The widow of terror victim Yehuda Dimentman HY”D, who was murdered by terrorists last week on his way home from Yeshiva, has spoken out at her husband’s shiva, describing his devotion to Torah learning, and urging Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to keep Chomesh safe. Atiya Dimentman’s heartbreaking words were captured on […] [Read More »]( [Thousands In Brussels Protest Against COVID Restrictions]( BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated in central Brussels on Sunday for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter a spike infections and the emergence of the worrying omicron variant. A strong police presence was deployed on streets in anticipation of the crowds, given how previous […] [Read More »]( [Israeli PM Urges Citizens To Vaccinate As Omicron Spreads]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister warned citizens against the spread of the new, highly infectious variant of coronavirus on Sunday and urged them to vaccinate. Naftali Bennett told ministers that there was already community transmission of the omicron variant in Israel and a rise in the country’s coronavirus infection rate. He called the omicron […] [Read More »]( [Mother of 9 Year Old Snatched by Thugs Describes Terrifying Ordeal]( LONDON (VINnews) — The mother of a 9 year old Charedi boy in Stamford Hill who was grabbed by a group of thugs in broad daylight and then released, has spoken about the horrific experience. She told the Jewish Chronicle that at one point she was chased by the gang, and that one of the […] [Read More »]( [VIDEO: How PLO-PA Activists At University Of Toronto Are Trying To Erase Jewish Groups From Campus Life]( TORONTO (VINnews) — On the University of Toronto Campus, The Student Union of Toronto at Scarborough passed a resolution in support of BDS, calling on the University to sever all ties with ANY organization they deem supports the state of Israel. This included ending Kosher catering for the University’s Jewish students. In May of 2021, […] [Read More »]( [Driver Of Car Hit By Terrorists Near Chomesh Describes Ordeal: ‘Yehuda Said: I Was Hit In The Neck’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Neriya Feldman, the driver of the car attacked by terrorists near the yeshiva of Chomesh on Thursday, described to Yediot Aharonot how he succeeded in saving the rest of the car’s occupants: “In the afternoon, the rosh yeshiva gave a shiur and then we organized in a number of cars to return […] [Read More »]( [BDE: Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, Founder Of Kiryat Arba Yeshiva, Passes Away At Age 84]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Nir Kiryat Arba, passed away Sunday at the age of 84. Rabbi Waldman’s levaya will commence in Kiryat Arba at 12:30 AM and he will be buried in the old Jewish cemetery in Chevron. Rabbi Waldman was one of the prominent […] [Read More »]( [In Israeli Radio Interview, Mordechai Ben David Compares Coronavirus To Flu, Calls It ‘Pandemic Of Lies’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Leading Chasidic singer Mordechai Ben David Wergyger made a number of controversial statements regarding coronavirus in an interview with popular chareidi Israeli radio anchor Menachem Toker. Speaking on Radio Kol Chai on Toker’s Motzash Chai program, Werdyger called coronavirus a “pandemic of lies”. Toker did not air the statements but a number […] [Read More »]( [Terrorists Who Carried Out Attack In Which Yehuda Dimentman Was Killed Captured]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the fatal terrorist attack near Homesh in Judea and Samaria on Thursday, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Sunday. The suspects were taken into custody following a joint operation in the village of Silat al-Harithiya by the Shin Bet, Israel Defense Forces and […] [Read More »]( [Russia Sends Nuclear-Capable Bombers On Patrol Over Belarus]( MOSCOW (AP) — Russia sent a pair of nuclear-capable long-range bombers to patrol the skies over Belarus on Saturday, a mission intended to underline close defense ties between the two allies amid tensions with the West. The Russian Defense Ministry said the two Tu-22M3 strategic strike bombers practiced “performing joint tasks with the Belarusian air […] [Read More »]( [Gas Explosion In Sewer Kills 12 In Pakistan’s Largest City]( KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police spokesman Sohail Jokhio said the blast was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath a […] [Read More »]( [156 Righteous Gentiles To Receive $500,000 In Stipends At Holiday Time]( Ahead of the upcoming Christmas holiday season, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) has sent $515,000 to 156 Righteous Gentiles, rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust living in 14 different countries. The foundation provides monthly financial awards to these aged and needy Righteous Gentiles, helping to repay a debt of gratitude on behalf of […] [Read More »]( [Rav Dovid Kviat zt”l on A Blessing on That Which is Forbidden]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What happens when the doctor says that a sick person must eat something forbidden? Does he recite a bracha or not? Many of us are familiar with the verse in Tehillin (10:3) “Botzea beireich ni’aitz Hashem — A thief who blesses blasphemes Hashem.” The Gemorah uses this verse to […] [Read More »]( [WHO: Omicron Detected In 89 Countries, Cases Doubling Fast]( VIENNA (AP) — The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad, the World Health Organization said Saturday. Omicron’s “substantial growth advantage” over the delta variant means it […] [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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