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[Julia Haart Battles Estranged Husband over Massive $60M Penthouse]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Julia Haart, star of Netflix’ My Unorthodox Life, is battling her estranged husband over who gets to keep their massive penthouse. Silvio Scaglia bought the condo for $56 million in 2018, according to the NY Post, and the deal was brokered by Haart’s then-son-in-law, real estate agent Binyamin Weinstein. One year […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Man Projected to Be Elected Mayor Of Surfside]( FLORIDA (VINnews) – In a stunning victory, a 42 year old businessman is reportedly leading tonight to become the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Florida. In a special election held today, Shlomo Danziger beat out incumbent mayor Charles Burkett who gained international renown last year in the tragic Surfside building collapse. Originally from New […] [Read More »]( [Should We Be Using the Newer Kennedy Half Dollars for Machatzis HaShekel?]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Shuls are always competing for people to daven by them. Someone recently suggested that perhaps the latest way that a shul can compete is to advertise, “Come to us! We have 99.9% pure silver 2021, 2020, 2019 coins for Machatzis HaShekel!” More on this later, but, suffice it to […] [Read More »]( [Students Steer Bus To Safety After Driver Collapses At Wheel]( TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A group of Maine middle and high school students grabbed the wheel of their school bus Monday morning when their driver suffered a fatal medical condition, steering the vehicle to safety while another classmate attempted to administer first aid to the stricken driver. Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan thanked the students […] [Read More »]( [Seminary Girls Welcome Ukrainian Refugees at Ben Gurion Airport]( JERUSALEM (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – More than 100 Jerusalem seminary students went to Ben Gurion airport this afternoon to greet a United Hatzalah flight of newly arrived refugees from the Ukraine. The girls, students at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim, better known as MMY, were part of a group of about 200 who welcomed the newcomers with balloons […] [Read More »]( [Yair Lapid Recites Tehillim at Chasam Sofer’s Kever]( SLOVAKIA (VINnews) — On Monday, during a trip to Europe, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited the kever of the Chasam Sofer in Slovakia. Mr. Lapid recited Tehillim at the burial site of Rav Moshe Sofer, the legendary Rabbi of Pressburg, and one of the most renowned Poskim in the past three hundred years. The […] [Read More »]( [Amazon To Build Affordable Housing Near Transit Stops]( SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon said Tuesday it will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C, the latest example of a tech company trying to address the affordable housing crisis critics say the industry has exacerbated. Amazon said it is working with Sound Transit and […] [Read More »]( [IFCJ and United Hatzalah Inaugurate Israel’s First Fleet of Emergency Electric Bicycles]( Jaffa – The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in partnership with United Hatzalah has inaugurated the first emergency electric bicycle unit of its kind, which will enable more than 200 volunteers ETMs and paramedics to respond to medical emergencies in less time, thereby saving lives. The new unit, which cost $2.5 million features 200 […] [Read More »]( [Origin of an Error]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It was a halachic discussion that took place between Dayan Yitchok Weiss zt”l and Rav Yaakov Schechter zt”l the Av Bais Din of Belfast, Ireland in the 1950’s. Rav Schechter did eventually move to Eretz Yisroel. He lived in Shaarei Chessed, at Rechov Mordechai Narkis. The discussion is found […] [Read More »]( [War In Ukraine Disrupts Key Supply Chains – And Lives]( It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety of products – from cars to computer chips. But cutting off one of those supply links brought a “depressing feeling” to Andrey Bibik, head of the Interpipe […] [Read More »]( [Two Fast-Thinking Jewish Volunteers At Ukrainian Border Save Jewish Refugee’s Life]( Palance Border Crossing, Moldova/Ukrainian Border – Last Thursday, a unique incident occurred at the Palanca border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova. As part of United Hatzalah’s humanitarian mission in Moldova, a forward team of volunteers regularly head out to the Palanca border to assist refugees by providing them with medical care and humanitarian aid. Many […] [Read More »]( [China Says It’s ‘Impartial’ On Ukraine, Denies Aiding Russia]( BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday said its stance on the Ukraine conflict is “completely objective, impartial and constructive,” and repeated accusations the U.S. is spreading misinformation over reports Beijing has responded positively to a Russian request for military supplies. Beijing has refused to criticize Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, or even to refer […] [Read More »]( [In Ukraine, Female War Reporters Build On Legacy Of Pioneers]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clarissa Ward interrupted her live TV report on Ukrainian refugees to help a distraught older man, then a woman, down a steep and explosion-mangled path, gently urging them on in their language. A day later, Lynsey Addario, a photographer for The New York Times, captured a grim image of a Russian […] [Read More »]( [Japan-US Marine Combat Drills Held Amid China, Russia Worry]( GOTEMBA, Japan (AP) — Japanese and U.S. Marines had their first airborne landing and combat training together on Tuesday near Mt. Fuji as the two allies strengthen military cooperation amid growing maritime activity by China and Russia in the regional seas. Japan has been expanding its defense budget and capability for about a decade and […] [Read More »]( [Fox News Photographer Killed In Ukraine]( NEW YORK (AP) — A video journalist for Fox News was killed in Ukraine when the vehicle he was traveling in outside of Kyiv with another reporter came under fire, the network said on Tuesday. The slain videographer, Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox, the network said in […] [Read More »]( [Foreign Fighters In Ukraine Await Weapons In Chaos Of War]( LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — They are idealists who abandoned their jobs for the battlefields of Ukraine, looking for a cause or simply to fight. The Ukrainian president’s call for foreign volunteers to join an international brigade to help bolster his country’s defense with a new layer of resistance to Russia’s invasion is for now a […] [Read More »]( [Report: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Unveils ‘Smart Submarine’]( TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has added “smart submarines,” unmanned underwater vehicles, to its navy for the first time, state TV reported Tuesday. The Guard’s navy unveiled the vessels, along with new missiles and speedboats, at a ceremony in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas. Its new speedboats can travel at […] [Read More »]( [Zelenskyy: Ukraine Realizes It Can’t Join NATO]( KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the country realizes that it can’t join NATO. Speaking Tuesday to representatives of the U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), Zelenskyy said that “we heard for years about the allegedly open doors” of NATO, but “we have already heard that we won’t be able to join.” He added […] [Read More »]( [Chinese Virus Cases Climb, Raise Threat Of Trade Disruption]( BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights coronavirus outbreaks. Stock prices in China and Hong Kong sank for a second day following the shutdown on Monday of Shenzhen, a tech and finance […] [Read More »]( [YAAKOV M: President Trump, We Miss You Badly (Even Your Nasty Tweets)]( To all those so-called “conservatives” who insisted that Joe Biden would be better for the country than Donald Trump… Are you ready to admit you were dead wrong? CLICK HERE to listen to the latest episode of the Yaakov M Show Trump’s policies were extremely successful, while Biden’s are a total failure. If Biden’s presidency […] [Read More »]( [Man Wanted In Stabbing At New York’s MoMA Arrested In Philly]( PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police early Tuesday arrested a man at a Philadelphia bus terminal who is wanted in the stabbing of two employees inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Officers found Gary Cabana, 60, sleeping on a bench. He was arrested without incident, police said. Philadelphia police said they were searching for […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Sholom Wolf ז”ל ׁלׁ]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 6:50 pmMaariv: 7:05 pm Mr. Aaron WolfBrother 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Mrs. Rose Lieberman Daughter Until 10:00 PM Mr. Zev WolfSon Until 10:00 PM Mr. Aron WolfSon Until 10:00 PM Mrs. Ita ArnsteinDaughter Until 10:00 PM [Read More »]( [US Producer Prices Climbed 10% In February From A Year Ago]( Wholesale inflation in the United States shot up 10% last month from a year earlier — another sign that inflationary pressures remain intense at all levels of the economy. The Labor Department said Tuesday that is producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.8% from December. The increases were […] [Read More »]( [New York Times Says Iraqi Building Targeted By Iran Is ‘Mossad Training Center’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — One of the buildings in Erbil struck over the weekend by a missile fired by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran was an Israeli training facility, a senior US official tells The New York Times. Iraqi media say a dozen of ballistic missiles have hit secret bases of Israel’s Mossad spy […] [Read More »]( [Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Stalking, Killing Homeless in NYC, DC]( EW YORK (AP) — Police said early Tuesday they arrested a suspected gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington D.C., killing at least two people and wounding three others in less than two weeks. Law enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, D.C., and he was […] [Read More »]( [Bnei Brak Rabbis Condemn Firecrackers, Wild And Immodest Revelry On Purim]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a sharp letter published by the rabbis of Bnei Brak, they have called on the city’s residents to maintain the joyous atmosphere of Purim without unduly wild revelry. Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Eizik Landa, Rabbi Shevach Zvi Rosenblatt and Rabbi Masoud Ben Shimon also condemned the practice of exploding firecrackers and acting […] [Read More »]( [Zelensky To Russian Soldiers: ‘Why Should You Die? I Give You A Chance To Survive’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a video message uploaded on Telegram Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke directly to Russian soldiers invading his country, calling on them to surrender and be treated “with dignity”. Zelensky’s address was featured on the Ukrainian national site Ukrinform: Free people of a free country! The 19th day of our […] [Read More »]( [LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thanks Agudah for Calling Out “Blackface” and Other Racist Purim Behavior]( Dear VIN News: I want to praise Agudas Yisrael and other askanim, for publishing a letter asking people to be extra sensitive in the way we dress and behave on Purim. The letter warns against wearing racist or insensitive costumes that might be offensive to non-Jews, and behaving in a manner that might be viewed […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Anti-War Protester Storms Studio During Live Russian Newscast]( MOSCOW (VINnews) — An employee at a Russian television station burst in front of the camera during a live newscast, in protest against the war. The stunning scene took place during Monday evening’s live broadcast, when the woman stormed her network’s studio to warn viewers that they have been lied to about Putin’s invasion. She […] [Read More »]( [Jury Awards $100M-Plus To Victims Of Seattle Crane Collapse]( SEATTLE (AP) — A jury awarded more than $100 million Monday to some of the victims of a tower crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle in 2019. Workers were disassembling the 300-foot crane in strong wind gusts when it fell from the roof of a Google building under construction in the South Lake […] [Read More »]( [Sam Massell, Atlanta Mayor Who Drove MARTA Creation, Dies]( ATLANTA (AP) — Sam Massell, who was the first Jewish mayor of Atlanta as well as the driving force behind the creation of the region’s transit system, has died. Massell was 94. Massell’s wife Sandra told WXIA-TV that Massell died Sunday morning in his sleep. No cause of death was given. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens […] [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. 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