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[‘I’m Back!’: Trump Returns To Facebook After Reinstatement]( NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has returned to Facebook after a more than two-year ban. “I’M BACK!” Trump posted on the site weeks after his personal account was reactivated. He also shared an old video clip in which he said: “Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business.” Trump posted the same clip […] [Read More »]( [Spotlight: Then & There, Here & Now]( [Read More »]( [Leftist Demonstrator Arrested For Calling To ‘Kill Netanyahu, Hang Charedim By Tefillin From Here To Bnei Brak’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A resident of the Sharon region was arrested on charges of making threats and inciting after he was documented on social media sites calling to murder the prime minister and his family and expressing hatred towards chareidim. Petah Tikva police received notice of the 70-year-old man’s statements and arrested him for interrogation. […] [Read More »]( [International Court Issues War Crimes Warrant For Putin]( THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Friday that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. It was the first time the global court has issued a warrant against a leader of one of […] [Read More »]( [Farmworkers Use Florida March To Pressure Other Companies]( FLORIDA (AP) – Farmworkers were leading a five-day, 45-mile (72-kilometer) trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest in an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power for better worker pay and working conditions. The farmworkers said […] [Read More »]( [Report: NYC Law Enforcement Agencies Prepping Trump Indictment In Coming Weeks]( NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials in New York are making security preparations for the possibility that former President Donald Trump could be indicted in the coming weeks and appear in a Manhattan courtroom in an investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him, four law enforcement officials said […] [Read More »]( [California Buildings Still In Peril From Tumbling Cliff]( SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — About two dozen people forced to flee Southern California apartment buildings endangered by a tumbling oceanside hill may be evacuated indefinitely. Three clifftop apartment buildings and one nearby building in coastal Orange County’s San Clemente were red-tagged and evacuated Wednesday when the land began to shift and slide away from […] [Read More »]( [Abraham Zarem, One Of The Last Surviving Manhattan Project Scientists, Dies At 106]( NEW YORK (JTA) – Abraham Zarem was 28 when he joined the Manhattan Project, the vast U.S. government effort to develop the atom bomb. Engineers like him gathered in secret laboratories in New Mexico, California, New York City and elsewhere to provide the practical know-how the theorists lacked. “‘They were geniuses, but didn’t know how […] [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 »]( [Santos Refuses To Quit, Brazenly Says ‘Truth Still Matters’]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Besieged Republican Rep. George Santos arrives on the House floor most days to deliver short speeches — celebrating women-owned small businesses, a special high school in his district or raising concern about various countries in crises. At other times he can be seen dashing through the halls of the U.S. Capitol as […] [Read More »]( [International Court Issues War Crimes Warrant For Putin]( THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court said on Friday it issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. The court said in a statement that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of (children) […] [Read More »]( [The Rat in the Soup: Halachic Analysis]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com WARNING: THIS HALACHIC COLUMN IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART: A New York City couple claimed that they had found a dead rat in soup that they had ordered from a popular Koreatown restaurant, “Gammeeok” last weekend.  The eatery counter-claimed that the allegation was “nonsense.” The couple brought […] [Read More »]( [Jared and Ivanka Pray at Sunrise at Kosel (PICTURES)]( OLD CITY (VINnews) — On Friday, Ivanka Trump posted photos of her family davening sunrise prayers (vasikin) at the Kosel on Instagram. She posted a photo of herself praying (in addition to other family members), and posted the caption “Sunrise prayers at the Western Wall.”     [Read More »]( [Bronx Defenders To Pay $170,000 To Harassed Jewish Employee]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A legal-aid agency in New York City with a history of anti-Israel bias reached a settlement with a former Jewish employee, who claims that she was harassed and treated so poorly that she had to quit her job. The nonprofit Bronx Defenders will pay $170,000, including attorney fees, to former employee Debbie […] [Read More »]( [Loaves of Love – Rabbi Shalom and Chana Bakshi]( Rabbi Shalom and Chana Bakshi, Chabad of Woodbridge, Ontario Loaves of Love By: Chaya Chazan DOWNLOAD FOR SHABBAS READING Shlichus was a part of the equation from the very beginning. When we first moved to Toronto, it was as a part-time assistant to local shluchim and a teacher in the cheder. After a few years, […] [Read More »]( [Trump Vs. DeSantis: Rivals’ Very Different Styles On Display]( DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — In his first trip to Iowa this year, Ron DeSantis did not take any questions from voters. He ignored the local press. He avoided the diners, pizza parlors and ice cream shops that have helped presidential contenders in the leadoff voting state showcase their personal appeal and charisma for decades. For […] [Read More »]( [In Israel, TV’s Dystopian ‘Handmaids’ Is Protest Fixture]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It’s become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and the eponymous TV series. The women, growing in […] [Read More »]( [Terror Experts Worry Hezbollah May Have Bombed Israel Without Footprints]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces suspect that the Palestinian terrorist Israeli forces shot and killed earlier this week after he planted a roadside bomb, which seriously wounded a man from the Israeli Arab village of Salem, was working for Hezbollah. Days later, it is known that the attacker infiltrated northern […] [Read More »]( [Dershowitz: ‘Judicial Reform Will Not Undercut Democracy’]( NEW YORK (JNS) – U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program does not endanger Israel’s democracy and might even enhance it, speaking on Wednesday during an online debate with Professor Eugene Kontorovich. The rare respectful discussion, given the fevered rhetoric surrounding the reform plan, took place via Zoom and was hosted […] [Read More »]( [Ford Recalls 1.5M Vehicles To Fix Brake Hoses, Wiper Arms]( DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 1.5 million vehicles in the U.S. in two actions to fix leaky brake hoses and windshield wiper arms that can break. The largest of two recalls covers nearly 1.3 million 2013 through 2018 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKX midsize cars. The company says in documents posted Friday […] [Read More »]( [Elite Officers In Israel’s Military Plan Sunday Walkout]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of elite officers in Israel’s military reserves say they will not show up for duty starting on Sunday in protest over the government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system. The firm date is the first time set for an unprecedented political protest within the security services. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial […] [Read More »]( [New Covid Origins Data Suggests Pandemic Linked To Animals]( BEIJING (AP) — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not a lab, international experts say. Other experts have not yet verified their analysis, which has yet to appear […] [Read More »]( [The Half Eaten Donut]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation ON HALACHA QUESTION:  I work in a public school providing certain special services to students. My frum predecessor at work, “Rachel,” gave me shalach manos to give to a very nice (non-religious) Jewish co-worker. It was a donut and a drink. I put it in my […] [Read More »]( [Shatzer Matzah of blessed memory and a History of Matzah Thickness]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This year, many frum people are mourning the loss of Shatzer Matzah. It was one of the most beloved Matzos in the nation and people are at a loss as to why, exactly,  it had closed. The reason for it’s popularity? It was thin, fresh, and crunchy. But how […] [Read More »]( [Fed Lent $300B In Emergency Funds To Banks In The Past Week]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Cash-short banks have borrowed about $300 billion from the Federal Reserve in the past week, the central bank announced Thursday. Nearly half the money — $143 billion — went to holding companies for two major banks that failed over the past week, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, triggering widespread alarm in […] [Read More »]( [Boro Park Leader Blasts NY Times, Says Jews ‘Invented Secular Education’]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A Jewish leader has penned an op-ed on a local news site, “Brooklyn Paper”, blasting the NY Times’ months-long crusade against Yeshivos. In an op-ed entitled “Stop the unfair campaign against yeshivos”, Avi Greenstein, CEO of the Boro Park Jewish Community Council, expressed his “pain and anguish” that a “paper of record […] [Read More »]( [Microsoft Adds AI Tools To Office Apps Like Outlook, Word]( NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is infusing artificial intelligence tools into its Office software, including Word, Excel and Outlook emails. The company said Thursday the new feature, named Copilot, is a processing engine that will allow users to do things like summarize long emails, draft stories in Word and animate slides in PowerPoint. Microsoft is […] [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? 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