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[Pandemic Relief Money Spent On Hotel, Ballpark, Ski Slopes]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa. In New York, Dutchess County pledged $12 million for renovations of a minor league baseball stadium to meet requirements the […] [Read More »]( [Interview with Rabbi Aryeh Kanievsky Regarding Preserving Rav Chaim zt”l’s Legacy]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Reb Aryeh Kanievsky shlita is the grandson of Rav Chaim zt”l, and spent many hours each day being meshamesh him. He learned in the Ponevech Yeshiva under Rav Gershon Edelstein and under Rav Boruch Dov Povarsky. He also runs the amutah established by Rav Chaim l’zaicher nishmas his grandmother. […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Thieves Take At Least $3M In Goods From Beverly Hills Store]( BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Robbers smashed the front window of a Beverly Hills jewelry store in broad daylight and fled with millions of dollars worth of merchandise. Passersby recorded video of Tuesday’s assault on the store, the latest in a long string of brazen smash-and-grab thefts and robberies of people wearing expensive watches or […] [Read More »]( [LA Police: Wearing Expensive Jewelry Could Make You A Target]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are warning people that wearing expensive jewelry in public could make them a target for thieves — a note of caution as robberies are up citywide. The police department’s suggestion Tuesday came as robbers smashed the front window of a Beverly Hills jewelry store in broad daylight and […] [Read More »]( [US Capitol Reopening For Limited Public Tours After 2 Years]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol will reopen to the public on Monday for guided tours for limited groups of people who have registered in advance, congressional officials said, two years after the coronavirus pandemic prompted the cessation of such visits. Officials said that the resumption would occur in phases, beginning on Monday for school […] [Read More »]( [Wikileaks’ Assange Weds Fiancée In London Prison Ceremony]( WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has wed his fiancée at a small ceremony in the London prison where he is held. Assange, 50, has been held in the high security Belmarsh prison in southeast London since 2019 on a series of charges related to WikiLeaks’ publication of a huge trove of classified documents more than a […] [Read More »]( [Four Victims Of Beersheva Stabbing Attack Laid To Rest; Two Women Remain Hospitalized]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Two out of four Israelis who were murdered in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Beersheva on Tuesday were laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon. The victims have been named as Laura Yitzhak, 43, a mother of three; Doris Yahbas, 49, from Moshav Gilat, also a mother of three; Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky, a […] [Read More »]( [YAAKOV M: Insane Remarks by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at Senate Hearings]( Below is a compilation of the many insane remarks made by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Senate hearings this week. These comments include: Her inability to define “woman”, claiming that calling President Bush a war criminal was not intended to disparage, refusing to acknowledge there are biological differences between men and women, refusing to […] [Read More »]( [R’ & Dr Jerry Hochbaum ז”ל]( Family getting up: Sunday (3/27/22)Morning R’ Fishel HochbaumBrother [Read More »]( [Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary Of State, Dies]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated eastern Europe who rose to become the 1st female U.S. secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. A lifelong Democrat who nonetheless worked […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Etty Miller ע”ה]( Family getting up: Sunday (3/27/22)Morning R’ Avrohom Aba MillerHusband R’ Ezriel Mordechai GreenzweigFather Mrs. Faiga Shprintza GreenzweigMother R’ Moshe GreenzweigBrother R’ Leiby GreenzweigBrother R’ Zeesha GreenzweigBrother R’ Usher Zeilig GreenzweigBrother Mrs. Miri WeissSister Mrs. Gitty FrankelSister Mrs. Leah FleischerSister Miss Shaindy GreenzweigSister Miss Chavy GreenzweigSister Miss Zeldy GreenzweigSister Miss Malky GreenzweigSister Hayeled Yitzchok Millerson Hayeled […] [Read More »]( [R’ Moshe Jankowitz ז”ל]( Family getting up: Monday (3/28/22)Morning Mrs. Frida JankowitzWife R’ Yossi JankowitzSon R’ Mendy JankowitzSon R’ Meir Elya JankowitzSon Mrs. Suri DeutschDaughter Mrs. Ruchy WeberDaughter Mrs. Rivky FriedDaughter Mrs. Miriam FriedmanDaughter [Read More »]( [Five People Die From Pileups On Foggy Missouri Interstate]( CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Five people died in a series of fiery chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles on a fog-covered interstate in southeast Missouri, officials said. The Mississippi County coroner initially said a sixth person died in the collisions on March 17 but a final report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said five […] [Read More »]( [Mackenzie Scott Announces Nearly $4 Billion In Donations]( Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed that she has donated nearly $4 billion to 465 nonprofits according to a blog post Wednesday, confirming the gifts that the groups have been announcing on their own for months. The announcement brings Scott’s publicly disclosed donations to more than $12 billion since 2019, including Tuesday’s announcement of a $436 […] [Read More »]( [EXPLAINER: What Are The Latest Clues In China’s Plane Crash?]( Add rain to the challenges facing Chinese investigators as they try to determine why a jetliner with 132 people aboard crashed in remote mountains. Amid difficult conditions, officials said Wednesday they have recovered what they believe is the cockpit voice recorder, one of two “black boxes” carried by the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800. The […] [Read More »]( [Girl Survives Tornado That Dropped House Onto Street]( ARABI, Louisiana (AP) — The tornado that ripped through a New Orleans suburb lifted one house into the air and dropped it onto the middle of a street with a family inside. Neighbors said the parents of a girl climbed out of the wreckage screaming frantically for help. Their daughter was on a breathing machine, […] [Read More »]( [A Month In, Ukraine Fights On, Makes Moscow Pay A High Price]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One month of war, still defiant. With its government still standing and its outnumbered troops battling Russian forces to bloody stalemates on multiple fronts, Ukraine is scarred, wounded and mourning its dead but far from beaten. When Russia unleashed its invasion Feb. 24 in Europe’s biggest offensive since World War II […] [Read More »]( [Powell: Digital Currencies Will Require New Regulations]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers. Powell, speaking Wednesday on a panel organized by the Bank for International Settlements, a global organization of central bankers, also said […] [Read More »]( [NATO: 7,000 To 15,000 Russian Troops Dead In Ukraine]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of fighting in Ukraine, where the country’s defenders have put up stiffer-than-expected resistance and denied Moscow the lightning victory it hoped for. A senior NATO military official said the estimate was based on information from […] [Read More »]( [Airline Offers 17-Hour Flights From New York To New Zealand]( WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s flagship airline said Wednesday it has started selling tickets for direct flights to and from New York, a new route that will take more than 17 hours southbound and be among the longest nonstop flights in the world. Air New Zealand had intended to start the route from […] [Read More »]( [Sudden Passing Of Mrs. Devora Chana Phillipson Of Monsey]( MONSEY (VINnews) — VINnews regrets to inform you of the sudden passing of Mrs. Devora Chana Phillipson of Monsey, NY. According to a report by Bechadrei Chareidim, Mrs. Phillipson didn’t wake up this morning. She was 55-years-old. Mrs. Phillipson was the daughter of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gottlieb. Her husband is Rabbi Binyomin Phillipson, a well […] [Read More »]( [Trump Aide Manafort Removed From Plane For Revoked Passport]( MIAMI (AP) — Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he carried a revoked passport, officials said Wednesday. Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta confirmed that Manafort was removed from the Emirates Airline flight without incident Sunday night but directed further questions […] [Read More »]( [Deputies: Man Mauled By Tiger At Florida Airboat Attraction]( OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — A tiger mauled a worker Tuesday afternoon at a Florida airboat attraction, officials said. The attack occurred at Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Tours in Ochopee, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. According to Wooten’s website, the attraction includes an animal sanctuary that features two tigers, two lions, otters, turtles, crocodiles and […] [Read More »]( [11 Dead, 4 Injured In Fire At Scrap Warehouse In India]( HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A major fire in a scrap warehouse killed at least 11 people and injured four others Wednesday in India’s southern Hyderabad city, police and officials said. Police said 15 laborers were sleeping in the shop when fire caused by a short-circuit broke out, trapping the people inside. The laborers were from […] [Read More »]( [Onetime Top Aide Testifies Against Netanyahu In Graft Trial]( JERUSALEM (AP) — A onetime top aide to Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand for the first time Wednesday against the former Israeli prime minister engulfed in corruption charges over a scheme to generate positive news coverage. Shlomo Filber, the director of the Communications Ministry under Netanyahu and one of two former aides to testify for […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Molly Listhaus ע”ה ‏ מלה בת מרדכי]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 6:55 pm Mrs. Betty MakovskyDaughter Mrs. Irene LaubDaughter R’ Bruce ListhausSon Mrs. Betty MakovskyDaughter Mrs. Irene LaubDaughter R’ Bruce ListhausSon Mrs. Betty MakovskyDaughter Mrs. Irene LaubDaughter R’ Bruce ListhausSon [Read More »]( [One ‘Black Box’ Found In China Eastern Plane Crash]( WUZHOU, China (AP) — A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two “black box” recorders had been found with its casing severely damaged, two days after a China Eastern flight crashed in the country’s south with 132 people on board. The exterior is so damaged that investigators were not able to tell […] [Read More »]( [WHO: COVID-19 Cases Rise For 2nd Straight Week, Deaths Fall]( GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7% in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific, even as reported deaths from COVID-19 fell, the World Health Organization said. There were more than 12 million new weekly cases and just under 33,000 deaths, a 23% decline in […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine Official Claims Russian Soldier Surrendered Tank In Exchange For $10,000]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine allegedly surrendered his tank to Ukrainian military forces in exchange for $10,000, according to a statement by Victor Andrusiv, adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky. Andrusiv wrote on Facebook Tuesday that a member of the Russian forces – whom he identified with the pseudonym […] [Read More »]( [Former Israeli General: ‘The Bedouin Are Not Terrorists But Their Situation Is A Hotbed For Terrorism’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The murderous attack in Beersheva on Tuesday afternoon which claimed the lives of four Israeli citizens has shocked the country to the core. Despite a spate of terrorist attacks in recent weeks in Jerusalem and the advent of Ramadan which usually brings more shrill anti-Israel rhetoric, the last place where terror was […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Terrifying Moment When Bounce House Blows Across Yard, Nearly Hits Child]( NORTH CAROLINA (VINnews) — A mother posted a terrifying video on Facebook showing a bounce house being thrown in the wind and flying across the backyard. The large object nearly crashed into a small child that was nearby. Fortunately, the empty inflatable house only grazed him and no serious injuries were reported, according to the […] [Read More »]( [US Ambassador Nides Makes Shiva Visit to Kanievsky Family]( BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Tom Nides, US Ambassador to Israel, made a shiva visit to the Kanievsky family on Tuesday. He tweeted a picture of the visit and wrote, “Made a shiva call today on Gadol Hador Rabbi Kanievsky’s family. Truly a loss of such a respected leader and Torah scholar. יהא זכרו ברוך” Made […] [Read More »]( [Be’ersheva Terrorist had Prior Conviction on Terror Charges, Got Light Sentence]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — The terrorist who killed four Israelis in Beersheba on Tuesday was convicted in the past on terrorism charges and served four years in prison. Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an was called a “ticking time bomb” by prosecutors after he attempted to join ISIS, according to Israeli media reports. He served four years in […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Firebrand Heshy Tischler Runs For Office, Again]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) – An Orthodox activist who led the charge against city’s COVID regulations said he is running for district leader in Brooklyn’s District 48, hoping to take advantage of Mayor Eric Adams’ bid to topple the current office-holder in Borough Park. Heshy Tischler, a radio host and political gadfly, pleaded guilty last year to […] [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](.