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[Citing Previous High Turnover Rate, Surfside Mayor Downplays Resignations of 3 Top Officials]( SURFSIDE (VINnews/SandyEller) – The resignation of three town officials in Surfside, Florida may have made national headlines, but the Orthodox Jewish mayor of the oceanside community where 98 people lost their lives in a 2021 horrific building collapse described the turnover as a relatively common occurrence. The Associated Press ( reported that Surfside Town Manager […] [Read More »]( [Standing Up to Bullies and Chanukah]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are many messages in Chanukah, of course.  There is the message that the lights of Chanukah, representing both the Mitzvos and Torah can bring us back to Hashem even throughout the night, which represents galus or distance from Hashem. But there is another message which the Chashmonaim teach […] [Read More »]( [New Mackenzie Scott Website Details $14 Billion In Gifts]( NEW YORK (AP) – Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott says her donations have yielded more than $14 billion in funding for about 1,600 nonprofits since 2019, according to her long-awaited website Yield Giving, unveiled Wednesday night. Scott also announced that she plans to introduce an “open-call process” that allows nonprofits seeking donations from her to send information […] [Read More »]( [Health Officials Revise Tool To Track Severe Obesity In Kids]( WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Makes Important Pledge To Chareidi Parties]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — The designated Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, is still trying to build a coalition. According to a report by Walla news, he promised the Hareidi parties Shas and UTJ that his government will make sure that no student will ever sit in jail for Torah learning. The new government plans to advance a […] [Read More »]( [Trump Set to Appear At Torah U’Mesorah Conference]( FLORIDA (VINnews) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to address a Torah U’Mesorah conference on Friday. As reported in Politico, Trump is set to deliver a speech at the annual President’s Conference of Torah Umesorah which will take place at his club, National Doral, in Miami. The event is part of a days-long gathering […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu, Set To Return To Office, Eyes Deal With Saudis]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s designated prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday vowed to seek full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia once he takes office, claiming that doing so would also promote peace with the Palestinians. Netanyahu also said he would be open to restarting behind-the-scenes peace talks with the Palestinians. The comments, made in a […] [Read More »]( [White House Reveals Winter COVID-19 Plans, More Free Tests]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter. After a three-month hiatus, the administration is making four rapid virus tests available through covidtests.gov starting Thursday, a senior administration official said. The official spoke […] [Read More »]( [Wall Street May Get Much Worse In 2023 Before Getting Better]( NEW YORK (AP) — The worst may be yet to come for the stock market. Wall Street’s mini-rebound since mid-October has recovered some of the index’s sharp losses from the first 10 months of the year. It closed Monday a shade below 4,000, up more than 10% since its bottom two months earlier. Many analysts […] [Read More »]( [Prosecutors: Family Used Sham Ministry To Get COVID Loans]( ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Family members who ran a sham ministry have been charged with defrauding the federal government of COVID-19 relief funds in a scheme to buy a $3.7 million luxury home in a development at Walt Disney World, authorities said. Evan Edwards, 64, and his 30-year-old son, Joshua Edwards, were arrested Wednesday on […] [Read More »]( [In Farewell To Congress, Elaine Luria Accuses Colleagues Of Peddling Anti-Semitic Dual Loyalty Trope]( WASHINGTON (JTA) — In her farewell speech to Congress, Elaine Luria, the Virginia Jewish Democrat, called out colleagues in the House of Representatives who she said insinuated the antisemitic dual loyalty trope about Israel. “The first time I stood in this very place to speak on the floor of the House I rose as a […] [Read More »]( [Gift From Ukraine Explodes At Polish Police Headquarters]( WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A gift that a Polish police commander received during a recent visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw, causing the commander and a civilian employee to suffer minor injuries, the Polish Interior Ministry said Thursday. The explosion occurred on Wednesday morning at 7:50 a.m., the ministry said. It did […] [Read More »]( [Officials From American Heart Association Visit United Hatzalah Headquarters, Renew Organization’s Training License]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) – officials from the American Heart Association (AHA) visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem and met with representatives from the organization’s Medical Division. The meeting took place to further the partnership between the two organizations which have been working together since 2017. At that time, United Hatzalah was tapped to become the AHA’s […] [Read More »]( [Jewish Mayor Gives No Explanation After 3 Officials Resign In Florida Town Where Building Collapsed]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The town manager, police chief and assistant town manager resigned from their posts this week in the small South Florida community where 98 people died last year in a beachfront condominium collapse. Officials in Surfside offered no explanation in a news release Thursday for the departures of Town Manager Andrew Hyatt, […] [Read More »]( [No Fuel, No Mast, No Water: Rescued Sailors Describe Ordeal]( NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean for 10 days after a storm hit their sailboat off North Carolina thanked the crew of the tanker that rescued them and said they were lucky to have survived. “By some bizarre chance” a crew member of the Silver Muna happened to […] [Read More »]( [Russia Warns ‘Consequences’ If US Missiles Sent To Ukraine]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that if the United States confirms reports that it plans to deliver sophisticated air defense missiles to Ukraine, it would be “another provocative move by the U.S.” that could prompt a response from Moscow. Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a weekly briefing Thursday that “the […] [Read More »]( [Uber Driver Tells Jewish Passenger That There Are “Too Many Jews” In Brooklyn (VIDEO)]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A disturbing new video shows an Uber driver making some anti-Semitic comments to his Jewish passenger. In the video, posted to Twitter by user Jason Bedrick, the driver asks him if he goes to church to pray to God. The passenger answers that yes he prays to God. After a few quiet […] [Read More »]( [Tesla Stock Slips As Musk Sells Another $3.58B Of Its Shares]( NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of Tesla are sliding before the market open on Thursday after news broke that CEO Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of the electric vehicle maker’s stock this week. The stock slipped to $153 in premarket trading and is nearing two-year lows. Musk, the new owner of Twitter, sold […] [Read More »]( [Top Israeli Legal Official: Planned Laws Undermine Democracy]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s attorney general warned on Thursday against a raft of legislation being proposed by the expected next government, saying some of the planned new laws would imperil the country’s democratic principles. Gali Baharav-Miara’s comments set up what’s expected to be a major clash between the next government, a far-right coalition […] [Read More »]( [NY Threatens To Fine Private Schools, Yeshivos $2000 Per Day For Not Updating Immunizations Schedules]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York health authorities are threatening to fine private schools across the state if they are not up to date on immunizations. The move is seen as a response to a recent discovery of poliovirus in wastewater samples from areas in and around New York City, as well as one case […] [Read More »]( [Couple Divorce After Shabbos Table Dispute Over Spiritual Leaders]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An unusual story landed in the Tel Aviv district rabbinical court, with a couple expressing their wish to divorce over a dispute regarding rabbis at the Shabbos table. The Yisrael Hayom newspaper reported that during the course of the divorce proceedings the woman had also accused her husband of infidelity but one […] [Read More »]( [Moshe Morgereten Meets President Zelensky In Kiev, Presents Him With Silver Mezuzah]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Chasidic Jewish social activist Moshe Morgereten, who heads the Tzedek organization, met Wednesday with Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev. Morgereten had been invited to visit the president by his father, Oleksandr Zelensky, who was inspired and moved by the work of Tzedek in Ukraine in helping refugees and sending tens […] [Read More »]( [UTJ Withdraws Demand For Draft Law In Return For Basic Law Establishing Value Of Torah Study]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Likud and UTJ’s negotiating teams have continued to focus on one of the last issues remaining between them, the draft law. According to the latest updates on the negotiations, Agudath Yisrael, the chasidic faction of UTJ, have withdrawn their demand to immediately legislate a law removing all sanctions or enlistment quotas from […] [Read More »]( [Turkey Arrests 44, Claiming They Are Tied To Mossad]( ANKARA (JTA) – Turkey arrested 44 people on Wednesday for what officials claimed was their involvement with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, Turkish media reported. Those arrested appear to be largely Turkish citizens, and the group includes several private detectives, as well as the director of a private detective firm named Ismail Yetimoglu. No Israelis […] [Read More »]( [‘Sunday Night Football’ To Feature First-Ever Hanukkah Menorah Lighting]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – When the New York Giants and Washington Commanders face off on “Sunday Night Football” this weekend, there will be two extra lights inside the stadium. Sunday is the first night of Hanukkah, and for the first time ever, the National Football League’s marquee game will feature a menorah lighting. Organized by Chabad’s […] [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? 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