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[Miami Beach Sets Spring Break Curfew After 2 Fatal Shootings]( MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials imposed a curfew beginning Sunday night during spring break after two fatal shootings and rowdy, chaotic crowds that police have had difficulty controlling. The city said in a news release the curfew would be from 11:59 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, with an additional curfew likely […] [Read More »]( [Biden Calls Israel’s Netanyahu With Judicial Plan ‘Concern’]( WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “express concern” over his government’s planned overhaul of the country’s judicial system that has sparked widespread protests across Israel and to encourage compromise. The White House said Biden reiterated U.S. concerns about the measure to roll back the judiciary’s […] [Read More »]( [DA Weighing Trump Charges Won’t Be Intimidated By Rhetoric]( NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president. Bragg sent an internal memo late Saturday hours after Trump unleashed a three-part, all-caps social media […] [Read More »]( [How To Shop For New Insurance If You Lose Medicaid Coverage]( (AP) – Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and it will push many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income, a process that has been paused since shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic […] [Read More »]( [READ: Powerful Jewish Politician Sends Scathing Letter to Blinken Over ‘Passport Crisis’]( WASHINGTON (VINnews) — A Democrat Senator from Connecticut has joined the ranks of prominent U.S. politicians demanding answers from the State Dept over passports. In recent weeks, Americans living in Israel have been roiled over the ongoing difficulties in obtaining passports, which has created a crisis as Pesach approaches. Wait times for appointments at the […] [Read More »]( [Banking Giant UBS Acquiring Credit Suisse For $3.2 Billion]( GENEVA (AP) — Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss President Alain Berset announced on Sunday night. Berset called the announcement “one of great breadth for the stability of international finance. An uncontrolled collapse of Credit Suisse […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s Supreme Court Bars Ben-Gvir From Instructing Police At Protests]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir cannot instruct police on how to respond to mass demonstrations against the government’s proposed judicial reforms. “The minister is not allowed to give operational instructions regarding the implementation of policy, the manner in which force is used, the means of dispersing demonstrations, and […] [Read More »]( [Chief Rabbi Of Israel Calls For Dialogue Over Judicial Reforms]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef on Saturday night called for opponents and proponents of the government’s proposed judicial reforms to talk to each other, saying that the national divisions were “disturbing and very painful.” Delivering his weekly sermon, Yosef said that “there should be dialogue so that there is not […] [Read More »]( [Russia’s Putin Makes Surprise Trip To Occupied Mariupol]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges. Putin arrived in Mariupol late Saturday after visiting […] [Read More »]( [I-96 Reopens In Michigan After Pileup Of Up To 100 Vehicles]( PORTLAND, Mich. (AP) — An interstate highway has reopened in central Michigan following a massive pileup involving up to 100 vehicles in whiteout conditions. I-96 in Ionia County reopened about 10 p.m. Saturday, about five hours after authorities reported the pileup in the eastbound lanes near Portland, a city more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) […] [Read More »]( [Millions Of Dead Fish Wash Up Amid Heat Wave In Australia]( CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by depleted oxygen levels in the river after recent floods and hot weather. Residents of the Outback town of Menindee in New South Wales state complained of a terrible smell from […] [Read More »]( [Former U.S. Marine Man Wounded In Second Huwara Shooting]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – A terrorist opened fire at a car in the Arab village of Huwara, just outside Nablus, on Sunday, seriously injuring a 30-year-old man. David Stern, an oleh from the US, was injured the shooting attack, just three weeks after two Israelis were killed in a shooting attack in the Palestinian town. Stern, […] [Read More »]( [North Korea Launches Missile Into Sea Amid Us-skorea Drills]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. The North’s continuation of missile tests showed its determination not to back down despite the U.S.-South […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Urges Military Chief To Contain Reservist Protest]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the military’s chief of staff on Sunday to contain a wave of protest from within the ranks over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary. Netanyahu’s remarks come as Israel is embroiled in a major crisis that has sent tens of thousands of […] [Read More »]( [Palestinian Militant Group: Commander Assassinated In Syria]( DAMASCUS (AP) — A commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad was killed in Syria on Sunday in what it described as an assassination by Israeli agents. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement that Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31, was killed Sunday morning in the Damascus […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Ben Shapiro Quotes Jewish Magazine Advocating Use of Kosher Phones]( On the Daily Wire Tiktok account, a video was posted of Ben Shapiro, orthodox Jewish talk show host, describing how his child taped an article on their refrigerator, from a religious magazine, saying that phones can be harmful to kids. (He did not name the publication.) Shapiro then discussed the benefits of kosher phones. [Read More »]( [Florida House Passes Blockbuster Voucher Legislation, in Major Win for Yeshivas]( FLORIDA (VINnews) — Yeshiva parents in Florida scored a massive victory on Friday. A landmark bill passed the Florida House which would provide thousands of dollars in vouchers for all private school students, regardless of income. The universal school choice bill, HB1, would expand access to education savings accounts by making all families eligible, including […] [Read More »]( [R’ Ari Odzer ז”ל יהודה איתמר בן אהרן הכהן]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 6:50 pmMaariv: Following Mincha R’ Judd OdzerBrother [Read More »]( [Israel, Palestinians Meet In Egypt To Ease Tensions]( CAIRO (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian officials were meeting Sunday in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in a bid to ease tensions between the sides and rein in a spiral of violence ahead of a sensitive holiday period beginning this week. The meeting was the second attempt by the sides, shepherded by regional […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: LA Meteorologist Loses Consciousness During Live TV Broadcast: ‘I’m Going To Be OK’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Alissa Carlson Schwartz, an award-winning CBS meteorologist and former Miss California, collapsed and fainted on a live KCAL news broadcast as she was about to provide the weather forecast. Carlson toppled over onto her desk and then slumped to the floor in an apparent fainting episode. The startled anchors who had […] [Read More »]( [BDE: 1 Killed, 18 Injured As Minibus Returning From Shabbos In Pshevorsk Flips Over Near Antwerp]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — BDE: In a horrific road accident which took place near Antwerp at 3:30 AM Sunday, a Jewish driver from Britain was killed and eighteen other people were injured, including one child in serious condition. The passengers were on the way back from a Shabbos spent with the Admor of Pshevorsk in […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Coalition Moving Forward With Legislation, While Mulling Diluted Version Of Reforms]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the face of huge public and international pressure opposing the proposed judicial reforms in the Knesset, the Israeli coalition is considering modifying some of the legislative bills making up the reforms. Despite this, the coalition is currently advancing the legislation in the Knesset prior to the Pesach vacation. The chairman of […] [Read More »]( [Who is Kerria Lacca And Why Do Some Rabbis Hate Her So?]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com She lies at the heart of the most controversial issues that have hit the Chareidi World since the mid-sixties. Satmar and the Rabbis in Lakewood, New Jersey would like nothing better than to see her go away. The same is true with the Rabbanut of Israel and the Eida […] [Read More »]( [Hundreds Of IDF Special Operations And Cyber Unit Reserve Officers Shirk Duties: ‘No Contract With Dictators’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Hundreds of members of IDF reserve units from the special operations division and the cyber warfare unit did not show up for their service Sunday, according to a report by the Reshet Bet radio outlet. Major N., a member of one of the special operations division, said that “we are 450 reservists […] [Read More »]( [Dr. Benjamin Sprecher ז”ל Binyamin Gedalia ben Shlomo]( Family getting up: Mrs. Vicky SprecherWife Mr. Asher SprecherSon Mrs. Devorah PomerantzDaughter Mrs. Yaffa KrugDaughter Harav Milan SprecherBrother Dr. Lilly DimitrovskySister [Read More »]( [R’ Yosef Shmuel Leiser ז”ל]( Family getting up: Thursday (3/23/23)AM Mrs. Bella LeiserWife R’ Ari LeiserSon R’ Tuli LeiserSon R’ Duvi LeiserSon Mrs. Esty Ferber Daughter R’ Boruch LeiserSon R’ Moishy LeiserSon Mrs. Chana Rivky FriedlanderDaughter R’ Yanky LeiserSon R’ Nussi LeiserSon [Read More »]( [From Highlands To The Coast, Quake Damages Ecuador, Peru]( QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Juan Vera lost three relatives when a strong earthquake that shook parts of Ecuador and Peru on Saturday brought down his niece’s home. The government has offered to pay for the woman’s funeral and those of her baby and her partner, but Vera wonders why local authorities allowed his relatives to […] [Read More »]( [Maos Chittim: An Overview]( [By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times] A prominent Rav once gave the following update to a moshol from the Dubno Maggid: Imagine for a moment, a wealthy gvir wanting his family to get together. Although a seasoned businessman, our gvir is not so familiar with Travelocity and Orbitz. He gives Chaim, […] [Read More »]( [The Bitcoin Bounce: What Comes Next?]( NEW YORK (AP) – Markets this year are roiling, uncertainty abounds and the U.S. government has had to step in to rescue two large American banks in recent days. So why is bitcoin, considered among the riskiest bets of them all, rising so fast? Just months ago, all forms of cryptocurrency appeared to be going […] [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](.