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[Doctors: Heart Screening May Not Have Prevented Hamlin’s Collapse]( Quick on-the-field emergency care from well-rehearsed medical personnel is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life. But whether his cardiac arrest could have been prevented is much less certain. Doctors say they’re still evaluating what caused Hamlin’s heart to stop after a tackle during Monday night’s game in Cincinnati. One possibility — a fluke […] [Read More »]( [THE DEFINITIVE RAP: Antisemitism On The Rise, Interview With Professor Jeffrey Lax]( There are billions of people living on this earth. Let’s imagine what the world would look like if everyone would just love and respect one another. But, that can’t seem to be accomplished. We have racism. We have antisemitism. And we have the media supporting it. We have high profile celebrities supporting it. From MSNBC’s […] [Read More »]( [Mayor: Teacher Shot By 6-Year-Old ‘Red Flag For The Country’]( RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting, the city’s mayor said Saturday. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones […] [Read More »]( [Mega Millions Jackpot Rises To $1.1 Billion After No Winner]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a big winner. No one hit all six numbers and won the estimated $940 million jackpot, pushing the lottery prize to an estimated $1.1 billion ahead of the next drawing Tuesday night. The prize is now the third-largest in U.S. history. The numbers […] [Read More »]( [3 Hurt As SUV Hit Small Plane After Nevada Highway Landing]( LAS VEGAS (AP) — A small plane clipped an SUV as it made an emergency landing Saturday on a highway north of Las Vegas, sending three people to a hospital as a precaution. Nevada State Police said the two-seater plane was having mechanical issues and had to land on U.S. 95. The agency posted photographs […] [Read More »]( [Who Made Up “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 »]( [Negotiations Inch Along Under Shadow Of NYC Nurses’ Strike]( NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing a group of nurses at a New York City hospital reached a tentative contract agreement with its management, but close to 9,000 nurses at several other major hospitals were still preparing to go on strike. The New York State Nurses Association and BronxCare Health System said Saturday that […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: McCarthy Elected House Speaker In Rowdy Post-Midnight Vote]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father always told me, it’s not how you start, it’s how […] [Read More »]( [BDE: Rav Yosef Liberman, Author Of Mishnas Yosef And Head Of Kolel Shomrei Hachomos Passes Away At 95]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Torah world mourns the loss of Hagaon Rabbi Yosef Liberman, Rosh Kollel and Rosh Yeshiva At Shomrei Hachomos and Rabbi of the Sadigura Shul in Jerusalem, who passed away on Shabbos at the age of 95. Rabbi Liberman had been hospitalized Thursday in serious condition, suffering from pneumonia. Until his final […] [Read More »]( [Thousands Of Israelis Protest New Government’s Policies]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday evening to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government that opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms. The protesters gathered in the central city of Tel Aviv days after the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country’s 74-year history […] [Read More »]( [Biden Faces Israel Quandary With New Netanyahu Government]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is little more than a week old but it’s already giving the Biden administration headaches. Just days into its mandate, a controversial member of Netanyahu’s right-wing Cabinet riled U.S. diplomats with a visit to a Jerusalem holy site that some believe may be harbinger of […] [Read More »]( [Teslas Of The Sea? CES Showcases Electric Hydrofoil Boats]( (AP) – Flying cars and self-driving vehicles always get attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, but this year electric recreational boats are making bigger waves. Swedish company Candela on Thursday unveiled a 28-foot (8.5-meter) electric-powered hydrofoil speedboat that can cruise for over two hours at 20 knots, or about 23 mph. California […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Researcher: Twitter Leak Exposes 235 Million Email Addresses From Hack]( NEW YORK (AP) – Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal — making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance. Gal, who is the […] [Read More »]( [Majority Of 16K Canceled PA. Mail-in Ballots Were From Dems]( HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New data from Pennsylvania’s elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes resulted in otherwise valid votes being thrown out. The Department of State said this week more than 16,000 mail-in ballots were disqualified by county officials because […] [Read More »]( [NOT SATIRE: Mother, Daughter Who Were Fulton County Election Workers To Be Awarded Presidential Medal]( GEORGIA (VINnews) — A mother and daughter who were Fulton County election workers are scheduled to be awarded a presidential medal on Friday. Mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss will be recognized at the nation’s capital today for their work during the 2020 election. On Friday, President Biden will present the Presidential Citizens […] [Read More »]( [New Israeli Government Takes Steps To Penalize Palestinians]( JERUSALEM (AP) — In some of its first acts since coming to power, Israel’s new Security Cabinet approved a series of punitive steps against the Palestinian leadership, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Friday. According to a statement from Netanyahu’s office, the move is in retaliation for Palestinians pushing the U.N.’s highest judicial body to […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Sholom Ber And Devorah Leah Dubov, Chabad Of Orlando, Florida – Shliach Oseh Shliach]( DOWNLOAD FOR SHABBAS READING By: Chaya Chazan The state of Florida boasts close to 300 shluchim, 12 of them in Orlando alone. We were the twelfth shluchim to the state and the first in central Florida. We were also the first couple to benefit from the Rebbe’s campaign of “Shliach oseh shliach.” We’d been approached […] [Read More »]( [The White Sedan: How Police Found Suspect In Idaho Slayings]( (AP) – The white sedan cruised past the gray, three-story rental home on a dead-end street in Moscow, Idaho. Then again. And again. It was unusual behavior in the residential, hillside neighborhood in the quiet hours before dawn. And according to a police affidavit released Thursday, surveillance videos showing the vehicle that November night were […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Hene Tracy ע”ה ×”×¢× × שרה בת שלמה]( Family getting up: Mrs. Rosalyn EisnerDaughter Mrs. Chaya KirschnerDaughter [Read More »]( [Agent: Bills Safety Damar Hamlin Is Breathing On His Own]( ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and able to talk after having his breathing tube removed, his agent said Friday — the latest step in his remarkable recovery in the four days since going into cardiac arrest and being resuscitated on the field during a game […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Feigie Schlusselberg (Kappel) ע”ה Faigie]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMaariv: 8:00 pm Mr. Hershy KappelSon Dr. Chesky KappelSon [Read More »]( [Violence Hits Mexico Cartel Stronghold As ‘Chapo’ Son Nabbed]( MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sun wasn’t yet up in Culiacan when David Téllez and his family began making their way to the city’s airport for a return flight to Mexico City after their vacation. But not long after they set out they encountered the first crude roadblock, an abandoned vehicle obstructing their way. Téllez […] [Read More »]( [Kremlin-Ordered Truce Is Uncertain Amid Suspicion Of Motives]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire was in doubt Friday after Kyiv officials dismissed the move as a ploy but didn’t clarify whether Ukrainian troops would follow suit. Moscow also didn’t say whether it would hit back if […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Newspaper: For Chareidim, Israel Is All-Enclusive Hotel Vacation, Secularists Are Room Service]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In yet another display of virulent anti-chareidi incitement, Israeli newspaper The Marker, which is affilliated with Haaretz, accused the entire chareidi community of treating Israel as an “all inclusive hotel vacation, in which room service and bell boys are secularists.” The op-ed article queried how in infrastructure, finance and housing “a minority […] [Read More »]( [Robert Kraft’s $18,003 donation to fundraiser for NFL player who suffered cardiac arrest has symbolic meaning]( (JTA) — As the sports world continues to react to NFL player Damar Hamlin’s sudden cardiac arrest during a game on Monday night, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is pitching into a fundraiser campaign — with a donation inspired by his Jewish identity. Kraft and the Patriots donated $18,003 to an online fundraiser Hamlin […] [Read More »]( [Iowa Woman Believed To Be Oldest Person In US Dies At 115]( LAKE CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who was believed to be the oldest living person in the U.S. has died at the age of 115. Bessie Laurena Hendricks, of Lake City, died Tuesday at the Shady Oaks Care Center, according to Lampe & Powers Funeral Home in Lake City. Hendricks celebrated her 115th […] [Read More »]( [McCarthy Fails For 3rd Long Day In GOP House Speaker Fight]( WASHINGTON (AP) — For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the U.S. House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber’s gavel. Pressure was building as McCarthy lost seventh, […] [Read More »]( [Universal Moves To Build Rail Stop In Orlando’s Tourism Hub]( ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort on Thursday filed paperwork and pledged 13 acres for a commuter rail station that could link the seventh busiest airport in the U.S. with the heart of the tourism district in one of the top travel destinations in the world. Universal filed an application with Orange County, Florida […] [Read More »]( [Palestinian Backers And Israel At Odds Over Temple Mount Site Visit]( UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians and many Muslim and non-Muslim supporters sharply disagreed with Israel on Thursday at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting over the visit of an ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site. The Palestinians warned it could lead to another deadly uprising, while Israel dismissed it as […] [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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