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[Iran Says Several Arrested In Nuclear Facility Sabotage Plot]( TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television reported Monday that the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard arrested members of a “network” working for Israel that planned to sabotage Iran’s major underground nuclear facility at Fordo. The TV claimed that the “Zionist regime” — a Tehran reference meaning Israel — has for years been trying to hit Fordo, […] [Read More »]( [In Rare Show Of Unity, All 25 Jewish House Democrats Blast Amnesty Director’s Comments On Israel]( WASHINGTON (JTA) — All 25 Jewish Democrats in the House, a fractious caucus that rarely unanimously agrees on issues of Jewish interest, signed onto a statement slamming recent comments by Amnesty International’s U.S. director, who said he believes polls showing overwhelming U.S. Jewish support for Israel are inaccurate. “As Jewish Members of the House of […] [Read More »]( [US Warns Chinese On Support For Russia In Ukraine War]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser warned a top Chinese official on Monday about China’s support for Russia in the Ukrainian invasion, even as the Kremlin denied reports it had requested Chinese military equipment to use in the war. U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser […] [Read More »]( [Fox News Reporter Injured Near Kyiv]( Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was injured while reporting outside of Kyiv on Monday and was hospitalized, the network said. Hall is a Washington-based correspondent who covers the U.S. State Department for Fox News, where he has worked since 2015. “We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our […] [Read More »]( [Officials: War Threatening Global Food Supply]( Russia’s war against Ukraine is threatening the global food supply and putting some of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the United Nations chief and the executive director of the World Food Program warned on Monday. More than 40 African and least-developed countries import at least one-third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia, and […] [Read More »]( [Plan To Establish Field Hospital In Western Ukraine Approved By Israeli Cabinet]( JERUSALEM — Israel plans to set up a field hospital to provide medical treatment for refugees in western Ukraine, officials said Monday. The project is spearheaded by the country’s foreign and health ministries, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office. The hospital should be operational by next week, the foreign ministry […] [Read More »]( [‘I Wish This War Would End’: Ukrainian Refugees Reach 2.8M]( PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — As Russia’s war in Ukraine becomes a grim new reality for millions of Ukrainians, the tens of thousands who make the increasingly treacherous journey toward safety each day in the European Union are left with no sense of when, or if, they’ll ever return home. More than 2.8 million people have […] [Read More »]( [Federal Reserve To Begin Risky Pursuit Of A ‘Soft Landing’]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will launch one of the most difficult tasks a central bank can attempt: Raise borrowing costs enough to slow growth and tame high inflation, but not so much as to topple the economy into recession. With a war raging in Europe and price increases at a four-decade […] [Read More »]( [R` Meshulem Feivish (Feivi) Mandel ז”ל Meshulam Feivish Ben Yisroel Yaakov]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 AMMincha: 6:40 amMaariv: Following Mincha Mrs. Baila MandelWife R` Yisroel Yaakov MandelFather Starting Tuesday 4:30 PM and Wednesday sitting in Brooklyn at 1286 E 9th St, Getting up from shiva Wednesday Mrs. Miriam (Miri) MandelMother Mrs. Chavy RosenbergSister Mrs. Shany MyersSister Sitting at 1223 Ave L , Entrance on E […] [Read More »]( [Israel And Putin Have Another Call On Ukraine]( MOSCOW — The Kremlin says that President Vladimir Putin has had another call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to talk about Ukraine. Bennett told Putin about his contacts with other heads of states, and Putin shared his assessments of talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives via video calls, the Kremlin said in a statement. […] [Read More »]( [Auschwitz Survivor Leon Schwarzbaum Dies At 101 In Germany]( BERLIN (AP) — Leon Scharzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and a lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died at 101. Schwarzbaum died early Monday in Potsdam near Berlin, the International Auschwitz Committee reported on its website. No cause of death was given. “It is with […] [Read More »]( [War Censorship Exposes Putin’s Leaky Internet Controls]( BOSTON (AP) — Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall. So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with Russia following its invasion, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov was alarmed. He’d spent years […] [Read More »]( [A Pregnant Woman Seen In Widely Circulated AP Images After Russian Bombing Of Ukrainian Hospital Has Died With Her Baby]( MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanity’s most […] [Read More »]( [Save Money At The Pump As Gas Prices Skyrocket]( San Francisco became the first U.S. city this year to reach $5 per gallon for gas last week. The war in Ukraine has only added to fears of shrinking oil supplies, and gas prices have skyrocketed, inflicting more pain on a U.S economy already seeing elevated gas prices due to supply constraints and increased consumption. […] [Read More »]( [China Battles Multiple Outbreaks, Driven By Stealth Omicron]( China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the start of the pandemic two years ago. The National Health Commission reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 895 in the industrial province […] [Read More »]( [Siyum In Moldovan ‘Irish’ Pub Marks Successful End To United Hatzalah Rescue Mission]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — It was Wednesday midnight when the first United Hatzalah Humanitarian Relief Mission finished their shift at the Ukrainian-Moldava border crossing. They were all looking forward to returning to their home base, the Agudas Yisrael Synagogue in Kishinev. Little to their knowledge, their night was far from over. The expected three-and-a-half-hour ride was […] [Read More »]( [US View Of Putin: Angry, Frustrated, Likely To Escalate War]( WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two weeks into a war he expected to dominate in two days, Vladimir Putin is projecting anger, frustration at his military’s failures and a willingness to cause even more violence and destruction in Ukraine, in the assessment of U.S. intelligence officials. Officials in recent days have publicly said they’re worried […] [Read More »]( [Red Cross Chief: Ukraine War ‘Nothing Short Of A Nightmare’]( DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ongoing Russian war on Ukraine has become “nothing short of a nightmare” for those living in besieged cities, a top Red Cross official said Monday, calling for safe passage out for civilians and humanitarian aid to be allowed through the front lines. Robert Mardini, the director-general of the […] [Read More »]( [My 64-Hour Mission To Save Two Newborns In War-Torn Ukraine]( Right before Shabbat I received a phone call in Chișinău, Moldova from my father-in-law Eli Beer, the president and founder of United Hatzalah of Israel. He told me that there was a two-day-old child that needed to be rescued from Kyiv. The newborn’s mother was in Israel. “You must drop everything and assist in this matter,” […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine, Russia Resume Talks As Fighting Nears Kyiv]( LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fourth round of high-level discussions between Ukrainian and Russian officials is underway even as Moscow’s troops press their assault on Kyiv and other cities. Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted a photo of the two sides meeting by video link. “Communication is being held, yet it’s hard,” Podolyak said on […] [Read More »]( [Zelenskyy To Deliver Virtual Address To US Congress]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Zelenskyy will speak Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, the Democratic leaders announced. “The Congress, our country and the world are in awe of the people of Ukraine,” said […] [Read More »]( [Kashrut Alert: B&G Gherkins]( NEW YORK (VINNEWS) – The Kosher Star-K organization has issued a Kashrut alert for B&G Gherkins saying that they have found some insect infestation in some Jars. The lot codes are printed on the side of the lid. The following shipments affected lots identified so far are: #25021 – Best By Feb 25 2023 #09031 […] [Read More »]( [As Ukraine War Rages, Israel Grapples With Fate Of Oligarchs]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is grappling with how to deal with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. A worried Israeli government has formed a high-level committee to see how the country can maintain its status as a haven for any Jew […] [Read More »]( [YAAKOV M SHOW: Full analysis: NYS wants to force Yeshivas (again) to teach more secular studies]( CLICK HERE to listen to the latest episode of the Yaakov M Show In his latest episode, Yaakov discusses: Analysis of the dreadful new Secular studies rules proposed by NYS that would force yeshivos to comply Why gas prices are completely Biden’s fault New York’s Governor Hochul is giving first license to sell marijuana – […] [Read More »]( [Russians Pound Ukrainian Cities, Mariupol Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ But Peace Talks Continue]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Russia continues its heavy shelling of Ukrainian cities on the 18th day of its onslaught in Ukraine. A 9-storey building in Kyiv was hit by a shell, causing a fire to break out. One person was killed and 3 more injured. Seven buildings in the city of Zhitomir were also hit […] [Read More »]( [BDE: 3-Year-Old Chareidi Girl Dies In Petah Tikva Blaze]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: A 3-year-old chareidi girl has died after a fire broke out Monday morning in a Petah Tikva residential building. Police have opened an enquiry into the blaze. At 8:36 on Monday morning a report was received about a fire in a building in Ichilov street. MDA and United Hatzalah medics treated […] [Read More »]( [Russian Opposition Politician Says Putin ‘Crazy Enough’ To Use Nuclear Weapons And ‘Destroy The World’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — A prominent opposition leader in Russia says that Vladimir Putin will “destroy the world” if left unchecked, adding that global leaders should prepare for Russia to deploy nuclear weapons in the current war. Leonid Volkov, former chief of staff of jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny, issued a chilling warning about Putin’s plans […] [Read More »]( [SHOCK: Israeli Govt. Approves State-Chasidic Curriculum, Belz Vehemently Denies]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite vehement denials from Belz leaders, the chasidic group, which is the second largest in Israel, has apparently agreed to include core curriculum studies in its schools as previously reported, according to a report by Actualic. The Israeli ministry of education authorized the special framework of study for the Belz institutions which […] [Read More »]( [Taking Swipe at Mayor, Bill in Congress Would Force Schools to Serve Chocolate Milk]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — It would be every child’s dream: A law that would force schools to serve kids chocolate milk. That’s a government mandate that even Republicans could appreciate. A Republican New York Congresswoman has introduced legislation to require schools to offer chocolate milk to students. Elise Stefanik put forth the bill in response […] [Read More »]( [Government Ad Campaign Urges Children Not to Smoke on Purim]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — Each year on Purim, in both Israel and America, an unfortunate phenomenon takes place–Charedi teens and pre-teens try out smoking for the first time, and sadly, some become hooked for life. Now the Israeli Health Ministry is launching a campaign to persuade kids not to take even a single puff. In some […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Rifva Lamm ע”ה רבקה רייצא לאם]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:30 pmMincha: 6:45 pmMaariv: 8:15 pm Rabbi Shlomo LammHusband Mrs. Suri kenigSister Mrs. Chaya Horowitz Daughter Mrs. Suri GinsbergDaughter Mr. Avrum Mordeche LammSon Mr. Gavriel LammSon Mr. Benzion Yaakov LammSon Mrs. Tzipi HorowitzDaughter Mrs. Mirel ItzkowitzDaughter Mr. Chesky LammSon Mrs. Goldi BruckDaughter Mr. Naftuli LammSon Mrs. Rochel Leah Reifer Daughter [Read More »]( [UPDATE: Man Sought In Homeless Killings In New York, Washington D.C.]( NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who is believed to have attacked multiple people who were sleeping on the streets in Washington, D.C., and New York City, killing two of his victims and injuring three others, police said. District of Columbia police said Sunday in a news release its investigators are […] [Read More »]( [THE DEFINITIVE RAP Interview with Esther Amini author of CONCEALED Memoir of a Jewish Iranian Daugh]( IRAN (VINnews) — With the holiday of Purim coming up, that takes place in Persia, we commemorate evil turning around to good. How apropos that today we have the pleasure of speaking with Esther Amini who grew up in a Persian-Jewish household. Esther wrote a heart wrenching memoir titled Concealed where the reader can see […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2022 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](.