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[Delta Says Free Wi-Fi Coming To Many US Flights Next Month]( LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February. The airline said Thursday that by the end of the year it will outfit more than 700 planes with high-speed, satellite-based broadband service from T-Mobile and plans to expand free Wi-Fi to international and […] [Read More »]( [Cardiac Events A Frightening, Familiar Sight In The NHL]( NEW YORK (AP) – The horror that swept across the NFL when Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game this week in Cincinnati was all too familiar to members of the hockey community. Five players in the NHL over the past 25 years who collapsed during a […] [Read More »]( [DISGRACE: Biden Compares Illegal Border-Crossers to Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany (VIDEO)]( WASHINGTON DC (Yaakov M / VINnews) — On Thursday, President Biden had the audacity to compare migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, to Jews who were persecuted by Nazis during the Holocaust. Asked by a reported whether (illegal) migration is a human right, Biden replied affirmatively. He said, “I think it is a human right […] [Read More »]( [Pedestrians Struck In 2 Hit-and-runs In Miami Beach; Collins Ave.]( MIAMI (VINnews) – Police were searching Thursday evening for a driver after separate hit-and-run crashes in Miami Beach left 2 people hospitalized on the same stretch of Avenue. At 3:45 p.m., Miami Beach PD received a 911 call of a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian near 44 Street and Collins Avenue. Moments later, a second […] [Read More »]( [Hobbs Calls On Elected Officials To End Conspiracy Theories]( PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs pledged in her inaugural address Thursday to work with her political rivals as she ushers in a period of divided government and Democratic ascendance in a state long dominated by Republicans. She also called on elected officials to reject conspiracy theories that were promoted by GOP candidates who […] [Read More »]( [Oman, Once Thought To Be Next Abraham Accords Signer, Criminalizes Relations With Israel]( MUSCAT (JTA) – Just a few years ago, Oman was expected to be next in line after Morocco, Sudan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign onto the Abraham Accords normalization agreements with Israel. On Friday, the country’s parliament voted to criminalize any relations or interactions with “the Zionist entity.” While the exact details […] [Read More »]( [Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein Appointed As New York State Assembly Assistant Majority Whip]( NEW YORK (VINnews) – On the first day of the 2023 legislative session, NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced the appointment of Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein as the new Assistant Majority Whip of the New York State Assembly. “I am proud to have appointed Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein to serve as Assistant Majority Whip for the Assembly […] [Read More »]( [NYPD Officer Suspended For Hitting Teen, Mayor ‘Not Pleased’]( NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer has been suspended after a video posted on social media showed him repeatedly hitting a teenage girl while he was trying to break up a fight. The incident happened Tuesday when officers responded to an after-school brawl involving a group of girls at a Staten […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Abraham Levy, Influential Leader Among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, Dies At 83]( LONDON (JTA) – British Jews are mourning Rabbi Abraham Levy, who led London’s historic Spanish and Portuguese community for decades, building up multiple institutions serving Sephardic Jews in the process. Levy died Dec. 24 at age 83, a decade after becoming emeritus spiritual head of the S&P Sephardi Community in London, following a 32-year period […] [Read More »]( [FTC Proposes Rule That Would Ban Noncompete Clauses]( WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would prevent employers from imposing noncompete clauses for workers that prohibit them from joining a competitor, typically for a period of time, after they leave the company. The proposed rule released Thursday follows an executive order signed by President Joe Biden in […] [Read More »]( [Bed Bath & Beyond Warns About Bankruptcy As Sales Slump]( NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond warned on Thursday that the home goods retailer may need to file for bankruptcy as sales continue to drop and it struggles to attract shoppers. The Union, New Jersey-based company said that it’s looking at several options including selling assets or restructuring its business in bankruptcy […] [Read More »]( [‘Bomb Cyclone’ Brings Damaging Winds, Rain To California]( SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flash flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. Officials had ordered evacuations in a […] [Read More »]( [2.67 Million Tourists Visited Israel In 2022]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – Last year, 2,675,000 foreign tourists visited Israel, compared to 397,000 in 2021 and 831,000 in 2020, when international travel was curbed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue from incoming tourism in the past 12 months stood at just under $4 billion. Israel’s borders were only officially opened to incoming tourism last March, […] [Read More »]( [Terror Convict Who Murdered IDF Soldier Released After 40 Years]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – The Israel Prisons Service on Thursday released the country’s longest-serving security prisoner, Karim Younis, an Arab Israeli jailed for murdering Israel Defense Forces Cpl. Avraham Bromberg in the Golan Heights in 1980. Under directives from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Younis, who had completed a 40-year jail term, was driven to the […] [Read More »]( [Police Release New Chilling Details On Idaho Slaying Suspect]( BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath recovered at the crime scene and cellphone data shows that in the months before the attack, he was in the area of the victims’ home multiple times, an investigator said in court […] [Read More »]( [Hong Kong To Start Reopening Border With China On Sunday]( HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross from each side every day without quarantine, the city’s leader said. The city’s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years […] [Read More »]( [Seoul: Kim’s Daughter Reveal Hints At Prolonged Family Rule]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disclosure of his daughter in recent public events was likely an attempt to show his people that one of his children would one day inherit his power in what would be the country’s third hereditary power transfer, South Korea’s spy service told lawmakers Thursday. […] [Read More »]( [Biden Restricting Nicaraguans, Cubans And Haitians At Border]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday said it would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a major expansion of an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the U.S. Instead, the administration will accept 30,000 people per month from the four nations for two […] [Read More »]( [8 Found Fatally Shot In Utah Home, Including 5 Children]( SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a potential motive for the killings. The victims were found Wednesday when police did a welfare check at the residence, according to […] [Read More »]( [Mercedes Recalls Nearly 324K Vehicles Due To Engine Stalling]( DETROIT (AP) — Mercedes is recalling nearly 324,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the engines can stall while they’re being driven. The recall covers a range of models from the 2012 to 2020 model years including the ML550, ML350, AMG ML63, ML250, ML400, GLE450, GLE300, GLE350, GLE550, GLE400, AMG GLE43, and AMG GLE63. The National […] [Read More »]( [Ted Cruz Slams Biden for Throwing Israel Under Bus]( WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In a scathing statement, Senator Ted Cruz blasted the Biden administration’s “pathological obsession with undermining Israel”. The statement came after top Biden officials condemned National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Har HaBayis this week. “This visit has the potential to exacerbate tensions and to provoke violence,” […] [Read More »]( [Beds Run Out At Beijing Hospital As COVID-19 Spreads]( BEIJING (AP) — Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities’ resources in China’s capital Beijing, even after its reported peak. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city’s east was packed Thursday with newly arrived patients. Beds ran out by […] [Read More »]( [Bills: Safety Damar Hamlin Showing ‘Remarkable Improvement’]( ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has shown what physicians treating him are calling “remarkable improvement over the past 24 hours,” the team announced Thursday, three days after the player went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field. “While still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine To Get French Combat Vehicles In Key Move By West]( PARIS (AP) — The French Defense Ministry said Thursday it will soon hold talks with its Ukrainian counterpart to arrange for the delivery of armored combat vehicles in what France’s presidency says will be the first time this type of Western-made wheeled tank destroyer will be given to the Ukrainian military. Discussions will include the […] [Read More »]( [Putin Orders 36-Hour Weekend Cease-Fire In Ukraine]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow’s armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said. The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day, which was dismissed by […] [Read More »]( [US Jobless Claim Applications Fall To Lowest In 14 Weeks]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than three months last week, reflecting a still-robust job market despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and bring down decades-high inflation. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 31 fell by 19,000 […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Chana Fried ע”ה ×—× ×” דבורה בת אשר ×× ×–×™×œ]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 4:30 pm [Read More »]( [‘A Disaster’: Speaker Fight Exposes GOP Leadership Vacuum]( NEW YORK (AP) — With House Republicans riven by infighting, unable to coalesce around a pick for speaker, former President Donald Trump had an emphatic message for the new GOP majority. “Do not turn a great triumph into a giant & embarrassing defeat,” Trump warned in all-caps on his social media platform Wednesday morning, urging […] [Read More »]( [After 34 Years Of Marriage, Bobov Chasid R’ Efrayim Fishel Weinberger Has Firstborn Son]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There was tremendous joy among Bobov chasidim in Jerusalem after Rabbi Efrayim Fishel Yisrael Weinberger, a member of Bobov who also serves as a Magid Shiur at the Bobov chasidic yeshiva in Jerusalem, and his wife had a first baby boy – after 34 years of marriage. Rabbi Weinberger came to Israel […] [Read More »]( [Senior Israeli Rabbinate Official Arrested For Molesting Chareidi Minor, Who Spoke Openly To Media]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A senior member of the Jerusalem Religious Council has been arrested on charges of molestation and sexual offenses against a young woman during the period when she was aged 13 to 17. The senior official is 47-year-old David Malka, who was the director of the Kashrus department in the Jerusalem rabbinate at […] [Read More »]( [The Mysterious Minhag of “Chazak Chazak VeNischazaik”]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The fact is that no one really knows how the minhag of reciting “Chazak, Chazak v’Nischazaik” upon completing the last parsha in each of Chamisha Chumshei Torah really started. Nor do people really known where and when it started (but there are some indications). Toward the end of this […] [Read More »]( [Drama In Israel’s Supreme Court As Petitioners Seek To Disqualify Aryeh Deri From Being Minister]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic hearing taking place at Israel’s Supreme Court Thursday morning, the court is debating the legality of Aryeh Deri’s appointment as a minister in the current Netanyahu government despite having been found guilty of tax offenses a year ago and receiving a suspended sentence. The hearing comes just a day […] [Read More »]( [A Suggestion as to Why Trump Released His Superman-Like Playing Card]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation On December 13th, Mr. Trump had hyped and promoted a “major announcement” on his social media website, Truth Social. Both Republicans and Democrats speculated about what Mr. Trump might have planned for his major announcement. The New York Times reported that they assumed that, “it related […] [Read More »]( [REPORT: Bombshell Audio Released of 2020 Election Worker Admitting to Massive Fraud (CLIPS)]( GEORGIA (VINnews) — Staggering video and audio footage have been published by the Georgia Record, in which election worker Ruby Freeman is heard telling authorities about shocking activity she witnessed following the 2020 election. The news outlet describes multiple staggering claims made by Freeman to officials, such as ballot boxes being hidden under tables and […] [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. 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](.