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[Ishay Ribo Fills United Palace Theater For Uplifting and Energizing Chanukah Concert]( By Chaim Kronenberg This was the first time Ishay held a separate seating concert in America. The show sold out, indicating once again the broad spectrum of fans Ishay’s music has garnered and the unique capability his music possesses to melt away any barriers between Sephardi and Ashkenazi, religious or non-religious, American Jews and our […] [Read More »]( [Kid-Safe Gabb Devices Now Include Chabad.org’s Daily Study App]( NEW YORK (VINnews) – A Utah-based kid-safe technology company is partnering with Chabad.org in a move that is expected to make their devices even more ideal for frum families. Gabb Wireless—a leading kid-safe technology company offering devices and software designed specifically for kids and young teens—announced it has partnered with Chabad.org to include their Daily […] [Read More »]( [Tesla Says It Sold A Record 1.3 Million Vehicles Last Year]( AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla said Monday that sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, but the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to grow the company’s sales by 50% nearly every year. The 2022 figure topped the prior record of 936,000 vehicles delivered in 2021, but it was shy of the […] [Read More »]( [Helicopters Collide Over Australian Beach, 4 Passengers Dead]( MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot Monday afternoon, killing four passengers and critically injuring three others in a crash that drew emergency aid from beachgoers enjoying the water during the southern summer. One helicopter appeared to have been taking off and the other landing when they collided near the […] [Read More »]( [Floods In Philippines Leave 51 Dead, Over A Dozen Missing]( MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people in the Philippines remained in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding, as the death toll climbed to 51 with 19 missing, authorities said Monday. Images showed residents in southern Misamis Occidental province sweeping away thick mud from the floors of their homes. In the seaside […] [Read More »]( [R` Tovya Halberstam ז”ל]( Family getting up: Friday (1/06/23)Morning Reb. Esty HalberstamSister Shiva Hours 4:00-9:30, Thursday sitting at 4910 17th Ave #6J [Read More »]( [RABBI ELCHANAN POUPKO: Pope Benedict was a Nazi (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)]( NEW YORK (VINnews Podcast) — In this exclusive interview, noted author Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, Rebbi at Park East Day School, discusses the Nazi past of the German Pope Benedict, as well as his support of the pro-Hitler Pope Pius, and Benedict’s efforts to reinstate anti-Jewish policies of the Catholic Church. His comments come after many […] [Read More »]( [UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Knighted By King Charles III]( LONDON (JNS) – United Kingdom Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honors, according to a statement released Friday by the U.K. cabinet office. Mirvis was given the designation by King Charles III in recognition of his “significant services to the Jewish […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Hinda Goldstein ע”ה ×”×™× ×“× שאשא בת ר שבתי]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 4:00 pmMaariv: 8:00 pm R’ Dovid GoldsteinSon [Read More »]( [Explainer: How The House Of Representatives Elects A Speaker]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy is set to face a case of deja vu come Tuesday. The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as Republican lawmakers decide if he should be elected as House speaker. It’s a journey the California lawmaker took once before in 2015, fruitlessly, facing the same […] [Read More »]( [A Conversation With Ron Dermer Provides A Blueprint For Israel’s Strategy]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer was sworn in Thursday as strategic affairs minister. Dermer, a confidante of Prime Minister Netanyahu and known as “Bibi’s Brain,” is set to resurrect a ministry closed down by the previous government. While the vaguely-titled Strategic Affairs Ministry has been utilized to advance […] [Read More »]( [South Africa Gas Truck Explosion Death Toll Rises To 34]( JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck on Christmas Eve near eastern Johannesburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital, officials report. The truck was carrying gas when it got stuck under a low-lying bridge in the town of Boksburg, sparking flames. As firefighters […] [Read More »]( [Holocaust Monument Recognized As US National Memorial]( OHIO (JNS) – The Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Ohio was designated a national memorial as part of the 2023 omnibus spending bill passed last week. The monument, located in Zion Memorial Park, Bedford Heights, was built by the Kol Israel Foundation in 1961 to commemorate the victims of the Nazi genocide. It includes […] [Read More »]( [Family Of Idaho Slaying Suspect Expresses Sympathy, Support]( STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania family of a man arrested in the slayings of four University of Idaho students expressed sympathy for the families of the victims but also vowed to support him and promote “his presumption of innocence.” Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice […] [Read More »]( [300 Migrants Make Landings At National Park In Florida Keys]( KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. national park comprising a cluster of uninhabited islands in the Florida Keys was closed Monday after 300 migrants made 10 landings there over the weekend, officials said. Dry Tortugas National Park, about 70 miles west of Key West, was closed so law enforcement and medical personnel could evaluate […] [Read More »]( [The Definitive Rap Interview with Barry Shaw’s book on the life of Zionist Spy Sarah Aaronsohn]( We are post the Jewish holiday of Chanukah where the heroine in the historic victory of the saga schemed to take on Holofernes. How apropos to this show about a woman who was a Zionist pioneer, spy, and patriot, a Joan of Arc type of martyr and heroine. Baila Sebrow producer and host of The […] [Read More »]( [The Trailblazing Female Muslim Arab IDF Major]( She is a Muslim Arab woman. She’s an iconoclast and a pioneer. An army officer who has received both the President’s Award of Excellence and that of the minister of defense, she is the first Muslim Arab woman to publicly become a major in the IDF. Meet Ella Waweya, 33, internationally known as “Captain Ella” […] [Read More »]( [3 Dead, 2 Hurt In North Carolina Construction Site Accident]( CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt on Monday when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial accident at a job site in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said. The collapse happened at a construction site on East Morehead Street just outside of uptown Charlotte, WBTV reported. The two injured workers […] [Read More »]( [NYC Nurses, Hospitals Resume Contract Talks; Some Reach Pact]( NEW YORK (AP) — A strike by thousands of New York City nurses loomed Monday even as nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement hours before their contract was set to expire. The pact affecting 4,000 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital awaits ratification. Contract talks between nurses and seven other hospitals will resume this week […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Planning Visit To The United Arab Emirates]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the United Arab Emirates as early as next week in what will be his first trip outside the country since the swearing-in of his new government. The reports surfaced after UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday called Netanyahu to congratulate him on […] [Read More »]( [Russia Says Ukrainian Rocket Strike Kills 63 Russian Troops]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry said Monday that 63 Russian soldiers have been killed by a Ukrainian strike on a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where military personnel was stationed. Ukrainian forces fired six rockets from a HIMARS launch system and two of them were shot down, a Russian defense ministry statement. […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Visits Western Wall To Mark Government’s Inauguration]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night visited the Western Wall to mark the inauguration of his government, the 37th in the Jewish state’s history. “I just wrote in the [guest] book: ‘The Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.’ I have summarized the two continuing actions that I have taken […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Baruch Harrar ז”ל ברוך שלום בן ישראל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 1:40 pmMaariv: 7:00 pm [Read More »]( [Agudath Israel Launches A Battle For Public Opinion]( NEW YORK (JNS) – Facing the reality that fighting The New York Times’ “crusade” against Hasidic Jews behind the scenes wasn’t working, Orthodox Jewry is taking the battle public. Agudath Israel of America, which represents Haredi Jews, has launched a media campaign, with the introduction of the KnowUs.org website and the purchase of high-visibility billboards. The organization […] [Read More »]( [46-Year-Old Israeli Gives Birth Via IVF Four Years After Husband’s Death]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 46-year-old Israeli widow gave birth on Chanuka to a son who is the progeny of her husband despite him having died over four years ago. The woman, Sharon Alon Twitto, had been trying to conceive with her husband Sagi when he died suddenly in March 2018 of a heart attack. On […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Raizel Moskovits ע”ה Raizel Bas Yitzchok Yaakov]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:15 pmMaariv: 6:00 pm Mr. Yitzchok MoskovitsSon Mr. Leiby MoskovitsSon Mrs. Esther SchoenblumDaughter [Read More »]( [On First Day, Finance Minister Smotrich Rolls Back Unpopular Taxes On Sweet Beverages, Paper Goods]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On his first day as Israel’s new finance minister, Religious Zionism leader Betzalel Smotrich reversed the decision of his predecessor Avigdor Liberman and cancelled the unpopular taxes on sweet beverages and paper goods. Liberman had claimed that the goal of these taxes was to encourage better health as well as protect the […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Yosef Levitin ז”ל יוסף בן ×¤×™× ×—×¡ הלוי]( Family getting up: [Read More »]( [Two Terrorists Eliminated In Firefight As IDF Forces Demolish Terrorist Home Near Jenin]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF forces demolished the homes of terrorists who were involved in the killing of major Bar Faloch HyD in the Jenin region a few months ago. During the course of the demolishment which took place in the village of Da’an where the terrorists lived, the troops were fired upon by local terrorist […] [Read More »]( [2 Injured In Violent Bar Ilan Demonstration, Protesters Wear Prison Garb To Identify With Detainees (VIDEO)]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Bar Ilan street in Jerusalem was once again the scene of violent demonstrations Sunday evening, with two people injured. The current protest however was not over the light rail due to pass through the street within the coming years but rather over the arrest of two people suspected of damaging Optika Halperin, […] [Read More »]( [The 10th of Taives – 4 Ways to Understand the Avudraham]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Aviudraham lived in Seville in the part of Spain known as Andalusia in the 1300’s. What follows is an in-depth view of Asara B’Taives, which is this coming Tuesday. The author of the Shulchan Aruch, Rav Yoseph Karo (in his Bais Yoseph 550), cites the view of the […] [Read More »]( [Why Does Making Money Make Us Feel Good?]( by Nechama Rabbinowitz It is a question that I had once asked my father – Why does making money make us feel good? There are several reasons for it, but as a general rule, Hashem put it in the teva so that we can do our avodas Hashem – as having a source of income allows […] [Read More »]( [Disappointment in Claims Conference decision to feature Seth Rogen]( (JNS) — Pro-Israel activists expressed outrage and disappointment this week over the Claims Conference’s decision to feature actor-comedian Seth Rogen as a headliner in its celebrity-studded virtual Hanukkah event honoring Holocaust survivors. The Jewish Canadian-American’s public remarks have been interpreted by some as delegitimizing Israel’s existence. Last week’s event, which remains available for the public […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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