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[Polishing Diamonds – Remembering Rav Shmelke Leifer Z’L]( BROOKLYN (VINnews/SandyEller) – Two weeks after his passing at 78 years of age, Rav Shmiel Shmelka Leifer, the Chuster Rebbe, is being remembered as a devoted rov and a visionary rosh yeshiva who dedicated himself to enriching the lives of others in every possible way. Known to his followers as Rav Shmelke, Rabbi Leifer was […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Blasts IAEA Head For Saying Attack On Iran Would Be ‘Illegal’]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized as “unworthy” International Atomic Agency Director Raphael Grossi’s statement a day earlier that any attack Iran’s nuclear program would be illegal. “Against which law?” said Netanyahu at Sunday’s Cabinet meeting. “Is Iran, which openly calls for our destruction, permitted to defend the destructive weapons […] [Read More »]( [Construction Boss Convicted After Worker Killed In Wall Collapse In Sunset Park]( NEW YORK (VINnews)- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Friday, that the operator of a Sunset Park construction company has been convicted at trial of criminally negligent homicide, tax fraud and other charges, and a foreperson at the site was convicted of criminal mischief in connection with an excavation wall collapse that killed a […] [Read More »]( [FDNY: Massive Bronx 5 Alarm Fire Sparked by E-bike Battery (video)]( BRONX (VINnews) – A five-alarm fire in the Bronx injured seven people on Sunday, officials said. The fire started around 10:40 a.m. at Concourse Food Plaza at 2096 Grand Concourse and East 181st Street, according to the FDNY. They say the fire was caused by a lithium-ion battery from [Read More »]( [Connecticut College Students Are In Revolt After President’s Planned Talk At Florida Club With Antisemitic And Racist Past]( CONNECTICUT (JTA) – When students at Connecticut College learned that their president had been planning to attend a fundraiser at a historically racist and antisemitic golf club, they began to organize. But their school’s building for race and ethnicity programming, the Unity House, didn’t have enough space to hold them all. So a pivotal meeting […] [Read More »]( [Small Plane Crashes In Suburban Long Island, 1 Dead]( LINDENHURST, N.Y. (AP) — A single-engine plane crashed in suburban Long Island on Sunday afternoon as it approached a regional airport, killing one person and seriously injuring two more, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Piper PA 28 with three people on board crashed while on approach to Republic Airport in Farmingdale at […] [Read More »]( [‘HATEFUL OBSESSION’: Last 15 NYT Articles by Eliza Shapiro Were Hit Pieces Against Yeshivas]( NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The New York Times is on a jihad against orthodox Jews, and for a change, the community is not rolling over or remaining silent. Members of the Jewish community have responded to the latest Times’ hit pieces against Chassidic yeshivas. They have blasted the biased reporters, Eliza Shapiro […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Ministers Approve Bill On $270,000 Gift To Netanyahu]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Cabinet ministers on Sunday advanced a bill that would allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep a $270,000 donation he received from a relative to pay for his legal bills as he fights corruption charges. The bill is part of a proposed overhaul of Israel’s legal system by Netanyahu’s new government. […] [Read More »]( [Ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Won’t Challenge Trump In 2024]( ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Larry Hogan, the former Republican governor of Maryland who positioned himself as one of his party’s fiercest critics of Donald Trump, said Sunday he will not challenge the ex-president for the GOP’s White House nomination in 2024. “I would never run for president to sell books or position myself for a […] [Read More »]( [Can’t Take Statins? New Pill Cuts Cholesterol, Heart Attacks]( NEW YORK (AP) – Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can’t or won’t take those pills because of side effects may have another option. In a major study, a different kind of cholesterol-lowering drug named Nexletol reduced the risk of heart attacks and some other […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine Plant Builds 6-person Bunkers For War’s Front Lines]( KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The pops of welding torches and the piecing whine of angle grinders fill the spacious production floor at a steel plant in Kryvyi Rih, the city in central Ukraine that is President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s hometown. Instead of doing their usual jobs producing and repairing mining equipment, some workers are […] [Read More »]( [UPDATE: Man, 4 Jewish Children Die In A Fire At A Northwest Phoenix Condo]( PHOENIX (AP) — Two more children have died from their injuries suffered in a northwest Phoenix condominium fire, according to authorities. Phoenix Fire Department officials announced Saturday night that 11-year-old Tamar Boyer and 9-year-old Shevach Boyer had died at a hospital. They said two siblings — identified as 7-year-old Dov Boyer and 8-year-old Nachman Boyer […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Fox News Video Featuring Rabbi Zwiebel, Chaskel Bennett, Other Jewish Leaders Blasting NYT ‘Crusade’]( Watch the latest video at foxnews.com [Read More »]( [Hoping to Inspire Kids, Eli Beer Shares his Personal Journey and United Hatzalah Story in Upcoming Book]( NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A new book being released by ArtScroll tells the story of United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer, detailing how a traumatic childhood event prompted the Jerusalem resident to found an emergency medical corps with a volunteer base so broad that it offers a response time of 90 seconds or less within […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Chana Novick (Israel) ע”ה ×—× ×” בת הרב יצחק אייזיק]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 5:40 pmMaariv: Following Mincha Rabbi Avrohom YagodBrother [Read More »]( [Former Israeli Chief Justice: No Compromise On Judicial Appointments Committee]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch claimed that there is no room to compromise on the government’s planned judicial reforms, which she termed a “regime coup.” “Compromise on what? On these bills? No. In my opinion, there are no two sides here. There are things which they want to be passed in […] [Read More »]( [Gitty Kleinerman: ‘We Can Bring Salvation On Purim By Giving Mishloach Manos To People We’re Less Close To’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an emotional message to the Jewish nation prior to Purim, Gitty Kleinerman, mother of Moishy Kleinerman who has been missing for nearly a year, spoke from her heart about the power of the festival. 351 יום להיעדרותו של ×”× ×¢×¨ מוישי ×§×œ×™×™× ×¨×ž×Ÿ. אמו גיטי בבקשה מיוחדת מעם ישראל לזכותו, "תשלחו ×”×©× ×” משלוח […] [Read More »]( [KOSHER POLITICS: Trump crushes DeSantis in new poll. FBI says Covid leaked from a lab.]( NEW YORK (VINnews Podcast) — According to a new bombshell poll, President Trump has a huge lead against every GOP candidate. He’s beating Ron DeSantis by 30 points and decimating Nikki Haley by a whopping 60 points. WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS: PLUS: A new blockbuster report by the Wall Street Journal says that the Dept of […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Tries To Calm Diplomatic Fracas Over Smotrich: ‘Foreign Diplomats Also Make Mistakes’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Seeking to ease the ugly diplomatic quarrel with the US over Finance Minister Smotrich’s upcoming visit, Prime Minister Netanyahu offered support for Smotrich’s clarification of his statements, while hinting that US ambassador Nides also needed to tone down his criticism. “It is important for all of us to work to tone down […] [Read More »]( [Matanos L’Evyonim – An Overview]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim on Purim is discussed in the Gemara at the bottom of Megillah 7a. The mitzvah is to give at least one gift to two different poor people on the day of Purim. The plural form of the word “l’evyonim” appearing in the verse teaches us […] [Read More »]( [Ambassador Nides On Smotrich: ‘He Has A flight To Washington, And If I Could, I’d Throw Him Off The Plane.’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The US cold shoulder towards senior members of the right-wing in the Israeli cabinet has taken a new dimension after the events in Hawara last Sunday and Betzalel Smotrich’s apparent call to “wipe out” Hawara. Even prior to Smotrich’s statement, the US administration in the US had been planning to pointedly ignore […] [Read More »]( [Watch This Video on the Nuremberg Nazis and the Ten Sons of Haman]( [Read More »]( [Trump Pitches A Sequel, But Shies Away From Attacking Rivals (VIDEO)]( OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump cast himself Saturday as the only Republican candidate who can build on his White House legacy but shied away from directly critiquing his potential rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump, giving the headlining address at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, told a cheering crowd […] [Read More »]( [Tom Sizemore, Actor, Dies At 61]( BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61. The actor had suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18 at his home in Los Angeles. He died in his sleep Friday […] [Read More »]( [Last Boeing 747 Jet Inspired Worker To Buy Jackpot Ticket]( OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A woman who won the fifth-largest jackpot in Powerball history is a longtime Boeing worker who was inspired to buy the lucky ticket when she saw the jackpot hit $747 million — just days after the company delivered its final 747 jumbo jet. Becky Bell, of Auburn, Washington, said in news […] [Read More »]( [Spotlight: Yeshiva Yesterday and Today]( [Read More »]( [Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway And Husband Are Divorcing]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, a senior presidential adviser in the Trump White House, and her husband, attorney George Conway, a prominent critic of the former president, say they are divorcing. The Conways posted a joint statement on their Twitter accounts Saturday, which said in part that “we are in the final stages of an […] [Read More »]( [Fiery Tanker Crash Kills Driver, Burns Maryland Homes]( FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A tanker truck hauling a flammable liquid crashed on a Maryland highway Saturday and caught fire, killing the driver and damaging several homes and vehicles, authorities said. The truck crashed around noon on U.S. 15 in Frederick, about an hour’s drive west of Baltimore. Photos showed massive flames and billowing smoke. […] [Read More »]( [Antisemite Nick Fuentes Holds Rally in Same Hotel as Jewish CPAC Shabbaton]( MARYLAND (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denying Neo-Nazi, was removed from the premises of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland on Thursday. According to an orthodox Jewish reporter, Fuentes then staged a rally at the same nearby hotel in which orthodox Jewish conference attendees spent Shabbos and held a Shabbaton, […] [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](.