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[Mrs. Leah (Ilona) Schick ע”ה לאה בת אברהם ×ž× ×—×]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 4:20 pmMaariv: 4:40 pm [Read More »]( [Migrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home On Frigid Night]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus dropoffs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Chaim Druckman, Spiritual Leader Of Religious Zionists, Passes Away At 90]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Rabbi Chaim Druckman, a former MK and the spiritual leader of Israel’s religious Zionist sector, died on Sunday evening aged 90. “The ‘Or Etzion’ yeshiva bitterly mourns the great loss” of Rabbi Druckman, the yeshiva announced Sunday evening. Drukman was head of the significant yeshiva for over six decades. The funeral for […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Offers To Suspend Annexation Plans In Exchange For Peace With Riyadh: Report]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu would suspend plans to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank in exchange for the normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia, according to a report over the weekend. Talks are underway between Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia to this end, Yediot […] [Read More »]( [China’s Covid-19 Surge Raises Odds Of New Coronavirus Mutant]( (AP) – Could the COVID-19 surge in China unleash a new coronavirus mutant on the world? Scientists don’t know but worry that might happen. It could be similar to omicron variants circulating there now. It could be a combination of strains. Or something entirely different, they say. “China has a population that is very large […] [Read More »]( [הרה”ח תומך צדקה וחסד רבי יעקב ברוך (×™×¢× ×§×œ) ×ž× ×“×œ×¡×•×Ÿ ז”ל]( Baruch Dayan the Truth: On Holy Shabbat, the late Rabbi Yaakov Baruch (Yankel) Mendelson passed away in the ‘Shaari Tzedek’ hospital in Jerusalem. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. The late deceased was born in Tel Aviv on the Fast of Esther תש”ט, to his father Rabbi Meir Mendelson zt’al, […] [Read More »]( [Putin Claims Moscow Ready For Ukraine Talks As Attacks Go On]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is ready for talks to end the war in Ukraine even as the country faced more attacks from Moscow — a clear sign that peace wasn’t imminent. Putin said in a state television interview, excerpts of which were released on Sunday afternoon that Russia is […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Laibel Tyner ז”ל אריה ליב בן מרדכי זצל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:30 amMincha: 1:30 pmMaariv: 5:30 pm Mrs. Faigy TynerWife Rabbi Dovid TynerBrother Mrs. Chana Perel ShapiroDaughter Mrs. Rochel PapelowDaughter R’ Zev TynerSon Mrs. Fraida Leah JacobowitzDaughter Mrs. Esther Blima LitwackDaughter Mrs. Yehudis SegalmanDaughter Mrs. Shoshana SchulgasserDaughter [Read More »]( [R’ Avrohom Meir Bierman ז”ל]( Family getting up: Friday (12/30/22)Morning Mrs. Chany BiermanWife Mrs. Toby SchwartzSister R’ Shrage Moshe BiermanSon R’ Shloime BiermanSon R’ Yoel BiermanSon R’ Shulem BiermanSon R’ Chaim BiermanSon R’ Mordechai Menachem BiermanSon Mrs. Rivky BarminkaDaughter Mrs. Toby BergerDaughter Mrs. Raizy KrausDaughter Mrs. Bruchy PerlmutterDaughter [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Rebukes Far-right Ally For Anti-LGBTQ Comments]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Designated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his upcoming government. Netanyahu is set to form the most ultranationalist and religious government […] [Read More »]( [Passenger Laptop Fire Forces Plane Evacuation At JFK Airport]( NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening, officials said. Officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the aircraft was taxing to […] [Read More »]( [KOSHER POLITICS: FBI claims the Twitter Files are a conspiracy theory. What’s in the $1.7T spending bill? Eric Adams forgot his mask]( Congress just passed a massive omnibus $1.7 trillion spending package. The bill is 4,100 pages long, yet Congress was given less than one day to read it. What is in the bill? Lots of waste, including millions to rescue salmon, and border security funding…for the MIDDLE EAST! And the military gets $800 billion, a reward […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Esther Klein ע”ה אסתר בת יצחק]( Family getting up: R’ Stanley KleinSon Mrs. Fran GanzDaughter 516-507-9143 [Read More »]( [Millions In US Hunker Down From Frigid, Deadly Monster Storm]( BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 20 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses. The […] [Read More »]( [R‘ Reuven Gross. הרב ראובן מאיר גראס זצ”ל]( Rabbi Reuven Gross earned his B.A. from Mesivta of Long Beach, NY and Smicha from Beth Medrash Gevoha, Lakewood, NJ. He was the rabbi and founder of Congregation Sha’arei Tzedek Mishkan Yair in West Rogers Park, Chicago. Rabbi Gross has been a rebbe at Ida Crown Jewish Academy since 1991. He was a Beloved Leader, […] [Read More »]( [Whoopi Goldberg Repeats Canard That ‘Holocaust Was White On White Violence, Unconnected To Race’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Less than a year after being suspended from hosting “The View” for comments about the Holocaust, ABC producer Whoopi Goldberg made similar remarks on Saturday. Goldberg, who despite her Jewish-sounding name has no Jewish roots, once again claimed that the Holocaust was not connected to race. During an interview with the London-based […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: MK Gilad Kariv Uses Immunity To Bring Sefer Torah To Women Of The Wall]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — MK Gilad Kariv, a reform rabbi, has no qualms about using his immunity to cause controversy and strife at the Kotel, the holiest Jewish site. Kariv continues every Rosh Chodesh to flagrantly violate the Justice Ministry’s rules and regulations at the holy site, which stipulate that no Sifrei Torah can be taken […] [Read More »]( [Of Phil and Dovid #2 – The Schedule in the Mir Yeshiva in Poland]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com We continue with the series, “Of Phil and Dovid.” As readers of the first episode know, ninety years ago, a deep friendship formed between Phil and Dovid. They were both American Yeshiva students in America in the 1930’s. They had both studied under Rav Dovid Leibowitz zt”l, then the […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Mendel And Rochel Druk, Chabad Of Cancun, Mexico – Tourism And Tefillin]( Download PDF for Shabbas Reading Cancun is known as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Mexico. Its international airport receives upwards of 25 million visitors each year. You may be surprised to learn that Cancun only just celebrated its 50th birthday; before being founded in 1970, it was nothing more than an uninhabited […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: NJ Chanukah Hotel Gathering Cut Short After Pipe Burst, Guests Evacuated]( WOODCLIFF LAKE (VINnews) — Hundreds of orthodox Jewish guests attending a special Chanukah program had to be evacuated from a hotel in New Jersey after Shabbos. All 800 people staying at the Hilton at Woodcliff Lake were forced to leave on Motzei Shabbos following a pipe burst, likely from the frigid temperature. Many of the […] [Read More »]( [The Case of the Insided-Out Duvet Cover]( The Case of the Insided-Out Duvet Cover By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Every so often it happens. One is a guest at another’s home. Sometimes it is an aufruf. Other times it is for a sheva brachos. The husband notices that the duvet cover is put on upside down. He now has a halachic […] [Read More »]( [NYC Robbery Crews Drug Unsuspecting Men, Some Fatally]( NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple people have been fatally poisoned with narcotics in what investigators say were schemes by criminal crews to incapacitate and rob people at New York City bars and nightclubs. The killings — at least five, according to police — stretch back months and appear to be the work of different crews, […] [Read More »]( [This Brooklyn Family’s Hanukkah Celebration Is All Over New York’s Subway]( NEW YORK (JTA) – For photographer and Instagram blogger Mordechai Rubinstein, seeing his face plastered all over the subway this holiday season has been an unexpected delight. Rubinstein is decidedly not a dermatologist (a la subway-famous Dr. Zizmor), nor is he hawking subscription meds or beauty products. Rather, Rubinstein is featured in Nordstrom’s prominent “Make Merry” holiday campaign, where […] [Read More »]( [Jan. 6 Report Blames Trump, Aims To Prevent Return To Power]( WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive final report released by the House Jan. 6 committee late Thursday places the blame for the 2021 Capitol insurrection on one person: former President Donald Trump. The dense, 814-page document details the findings of the panel’s 18-month investigation, drawing on more than 1,000 witness interviews and more than a million […] [Read More »]( [Judge Kept FTX Execs’ Plea Deals Secret To Get Founder To US]( NEW YORK (AP) — A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas, according to court transcripts made public Friday. U.S. prosecutors in New York waited until Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, […] [Read More »]( [Shapiro’s Big Win Is A High Note Amid Anti-Semitism Surge]( PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage. At a time of rising concern about overt expressions of antisemitism, some observers are seeing a bright spot in his decisive victory, particularly coming […] [Read More »]( [R’ Moshe Weiswasser ז”ל משה אברהם בן צבי יצחק]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:00 pmMaariv: 9:00 pm Mrs. Gita KohnDaughter Sitting in Lakewood till Wednesday Night, in Far Rockaway on Thursday and Friday R’ Yitzchok WeiswasserSon R’ Yisroel WeiswasserSon [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2022 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. 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