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[San Francisco Declares Emergency Over Monkeypox Spread]( SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco announced a legal state of emergency Thursday over the growing number of monkeypox cases, allowing officials to cut through red tape and fight a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that began devastating the city in the 1980s. The declaration, which takes effect Monday, […] [Read More »]( [A Mechanical Engineering Discovery That May Affect Scotch Whiskey and Tequila Kashrus]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is about a fascinating mechanical engineering discovery. We can line up which people will be upset about this article and which people will be happy about it. Women, generally speaking, will be happy about it. Men will be upset with it. Rabbis will be happy about it. […] [Read More »]( [Facebook Ends Funding For US News Partnerships Program]( Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook’s News Tab as it reallocates resources in the face of the economic downturn and changing user behavior. The company said Thursday that most of people “do not come to Facebook for news, and as a business it […] [Read More »]( [Car Accident In Egypt’s Sinai Kills 2 Israeli Tourists]( JERUSALEM (AP) — A car accident in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Thursday killed two Israeli tourists and left five injured, the Israeli foreign ministry said. According to the Israeli emergency services, the injured were transported to hospitals in Israel; none suffered life-threatening injuries. Egypt’s Sinai, particular its southern part, has for years been popular with […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: JASON GREENBLATT – ‘Trump was Enormously Fantastic For Israel’ (VIN EXCLUSIVE)]( NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In this exclusive and powerful interview, Jason Greenblatt, author of “In the Path of Abraham”, discusses his historic tenure as a President Trump Special Envoy to the Middle East. Mr. Greenblatt, an orthodox Jew, describes what it was like to work for Donald Trump for 23 years, and whether he […] [Read More »]( [Mega Millions Jackpot Now $1.1 Billion, Nation’s 3rd Largest]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the nation’s biggest lottery prizes got a little bigger Thursday as the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion. The increase ahead of Friday night’s drawing makes the jackpot the third largest, behind $1.5 billion prizes won in 2018 and 2016. The Mega Millions prize has […] [Read More »]( [16 Halachos About Lying From Rav Nachum Yavrov zt”l – The Expert Posaik acc. to Rav Elyashiv zt”l]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This past Sunday, (25th of Tammuz) was the 3rd yahrtzeit of HaGaon HaRav Nachum Yabrov (1955 – 2019) – who, according to Rav ELyashiv zt”l was one of the leading Poskim in Klal Yisroel. “Every area in halacha that he touches becomes the standard in Psak halacha,” Rav Elyashiv […] [Read More »]( [Man Who Accosted Us Rep. Zeldin On Stage Remains Jailed]( ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man who accosted U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage as the Republican campaigned for governor will remain in custody while a federal judge considers his lawyer’s plea to release the Army veteran, who he said was in an alcoholic relapse. David Jakubonis, 43, faces a federal count of assaulting a […] [Read More »]( [Massive Flooding In Eastern Kentucky Engulfs Homes, Leaves Several Dead]( JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed devastating flooding that caused at least three deaths in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the deaths but grimly predicted the state’s death toll could reach double digits. He said hundreds of properties could be […] [Read More »]( [A NY Congressional Candidate Doubles Down On BDS Support At Forum Held By Jewish Groups]( New York (JTA) – A progressive seeking the Democratic nomination for the open seat in Congress in New York’s newly drawn District 10 doubled down on her defense of an Israel boycott during a candidates forum Tuesday night organized by Jewish groups. “I support the BDS movement’s right to political speech,” State Assembly member Yuh-Line […] [Read More »]( [HUMILIATING: ‘The View’ Host Forced to Apologize After Calling Conservatives Nazis (VIDEO)]( NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Whoopi Goldberg apologized for suggesting that innocent students who attended Turning Point USA’s summit were Nazis. This was the seond time in two days that The View apologized to the pro-Trump right wing group, after spreading vicious lies. On Monday, Goldberg falsely accused TPUSA of allowing neo-Nazis to […] [Read More »]( [Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted To Attack NY Jews And Others In ‘Rapekrieg,’ Federal Prosecutors Say]( NEW YORK (JTA) – A former Marine who belonged to a neo-Nazi group that counts willingness to murder Jewish children as a membership requirement has been arrested on charges stemming from a federal investigation into his plot to commit mass murder, including against Jews. Matthew Belanger was an active Marine while conspiring online with members […] [Read More »]( [Gov’t: US Bank Workers Opened Fake Accounts For Sales Goals]( NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a decade, US Bank pressured its employees to open fake accounts in their customers’ names in order to meet unrealistic sales goals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday, in a case that is deeply similar to the sales practices scandal uncovered at Wells Fargo last decade. The […] [Read More »]( [Israel Inaugurates New Hospital Emergency Room Largest In The World]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital inaugurated its new Sylvan Adams Emergency Hospital on July 28, which at 8,000 square meters (9,500 square yards) is the largest emergency room in the world. Israeli-Canadian businessman and philanthropist Sylvan Adams donated $28 million for its establishment. Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked Adams for his generous support […] [Read More »]( [Lightning Kills Nearly 50 This Week In India’s Uttar Pradesh]( LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Seven people, mostly farmers, were killed by lightning in a village in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said Thursday, bringing the death toll by lightning to 49 people in the state this week. The farmers had taken shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon rain when they were struck by […] [Read More »]( [US Economy Shrank 0.9% Last Quarter, Its 2nd Straight Drop]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed […] [Read More »]( [After Hot Bidding War Jetblue Agrees To Buy Spirit For $3.8B]( NEW YORK (AP) – JetBlue Airways has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion and create the nation’s fifth-largest airline if the deal can win approval from antitrust regulators. The agreement Thursday capped a months-long bidding war and arrives one day after Spirit’s attempt to merge with fellow budget carrier Frontier Airlines fell apart. […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Supreme Court Overturns Previous Decision, Authorizes Binyamin Outpost Community]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Supreme Court overturned Wednesday a previous decision it had made and ruled that the community of Mitzpe Keramim, near the eastern Binyamin community of Kochav HaShachar, need not be destroyed. The new decision will save the 45 homes at the outpost, which had previously been slated for demolition. Residents of the […] [Read More »]( [Williamsburg Satmar Rebbe: Belz Are ‘Thrusting A Sword Into Talmud Torahs’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — On the occasion of the yahrzeit of his Great grandfather, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalman Leib) Teitelbaum, Satmar rebbe of Williamsburg, sharply attacked the Belz chasidim who recently reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Education. The agreement will provide special budgets for Belz educational institutions which maintain […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Mutzafi: 99% Of Beggars Aren’t Paupers, Hoard Money For Themselves]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a question and answer session which took place Wednesday night with Rabbi Bentzion Mutzafi, a prominent Sephardi posek, he was asked about giving charity to beggars. The woman who asked said that she tries to be tight on expenses and to maintain caution in spending her husband’s hard-earned money. However her […] [Read More »]( [6-Year-Old Matan Killed In Head-On Collision After Palestinian Overtakes Illegally]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a head-on collision which occurred Wednesday evening on Road 60, the main road which traverses Judea and Samaria, a 6-year-old boy was killed and four other family members were injured at varying degrees. The accident occurred after a Palestinian woman crossed a dividing line during a dangerous overtake and crashed into […] [Read More »]( [Black Family Sues Sesame Place, Alleging Discrimination]( PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event last month. The lawsuit comes in the wake of a video, shared widely on social media, showing two other Black girls […] [Read More »]( [Kim Threatens To Use Nukes Amid Tensions With US, S. Korea]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. Kim’s speech […] [Read More »]( [New Los Angeles Bridge Opens, Then Quickly Closes Amid Chaos]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — The newest bridge in Los Angeles, a $588-million architectural marvel with views of the downtown skyline, opened to great fanfare on July 10. It has already been closed, to great dismay, several times since then amid chaos and collisions. The 6th Street Viaduct — which soars over the concrete-lined Los Angeles […] [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](.