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[IDF Sees Multi-year Drop In Motivation Among Recruits]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – An internal survey conducted by the IDF’s behavioral science unit suggests an ongoing downward trend in the motivation level of prospective recruits, Israel Hayom detailed in an exclusive report. The concerning development could explain why the IDF has stopped publishing figures on how many of its inducted personnel seek to join combat […] [Read More »]( [Tourism Booms In Jamaica After Pandemic, Overwhelms Airport]( KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The number of tourists flocking to Jamaica’s sun-drenched beaches soared nearly 100% in the first three months of the year, causing long queues and hours-long waits for arriving passengers at the island’s main airport. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett told The Associated Press that the problem stemmed from a shortage of airport […] [Read More »]( [Dragon Bursts Into Flames During Popular Disneyland Show]( ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Spectators at Disneyland’s popular “Fantasmic!” show got a shock this weekend when the feature’s fire-breathing animatronic dragon suddenly burst into flames. No injuries were reported following the blaze Saturday night at the Southern California theme park, the Anaheim Fire Department said. Ryan Laux, a frequent Disneyland visitor, said fire has always […] [Read More »]( [Bird Strike Sparks Plane Engine Fire Shortly After Takeoff]( COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bird strike sparked an engine fire on a plane shortly after it took off Sunday from an Ohio airport, and the aircraft returned safely with no injuries reported, authorities said. American Airlines flight 1958 had departed from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus around 7:45 a.m. and was headed […] [Read More »]( [UK Labour Party Suspends MP Abbott Over Claim Jews Don’t Suffer Systemic Racism]( LONDON (JNS) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Sunday suspended member of Parliament Diane Abbott, pending an investigation, after she asserted in a public letter that Jews are not subjected to systemic racism. Abbott wrote in a missive to the Observer newspaper that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people “undoubtedly experience prejudice,” but added, “This is similar to […] [Read More »]( [Four Months After EMT Died In Motorcycle Accident, His Widow Follows His Footsteps And Volunteers For United Hatzalah]( Be’er Sheva (VINnews) – Last December, Yoel Souisa Z”L, a Dimona resident and United Hatzalah volunteer EMT, was riding his ambucycle (emergency motorcycle) on Highway 25 in the Negev when he was struck by a car that carelessly inserted itself into the highway from a side road. Yoel was transported to the hospital in critical […] [Read More »]( [US, Greek, Cypriot, Israeli Lawmakers Meet To Advance Ties]( WASHINGTON (JNS) – Legislators from the United States, Greece, Cyprus and Israel met this week via video conference to further cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. The inter-parliamentary conference took place amid burgeoning relations between Israel and both Cyprus and Greece over the last decade and a half in a variety of fields including tourism, medicine, […] [Read More »]( [R’ Sruly (Issie) Klein ז”ל ׂׂׂSimcha Yisroel Ben Yechezkel Tzvi]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 am Mrs. Faige GrossmanDaughter Will be sitting in Monsey at 119 Rock Hill Road Wednesday all day and Thursday morning. The remainder in Lakewood Mrs. Tilah FriedmanDaughter Will be sitting in Monsey at 119 Rock Hill Road Wednesday all day and Thursday morning. The remainder in Lakewood Rabbi Aron Yitzchok […] [Read More »]( [Special Forces Swiftly Evacuate US Embassy Staff From Sudan]( WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour. No shots were fired and no major casualties were reported. With the last U.S. employee of […] [Read More »]( [Explorers Find WWII Ship Sunk With Over 1,000 Allied Pows]( SYDNEY (AP) — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives. The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after […] [Read More »]( [SHOCK: NYPD Officer Allegedly Covered Up Antisemitic Hate Crime in Brooklyn]( CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A police officer in Crown Heights is being accused of covering up a vicious antisemitic hate crime. The terrifying assault took place just over a week ago on Eastern Parkway between Utica Ave and Rochester Ave, at around 2:15 am, when three Jews were approached by five black teenagers. One of […] [Read More »]( [Jordan: Israel Arrested Lawmaker On Arms-smuggling Charges]( AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said a Jordanian lawmaker has been arrested by Israel on suspicion of smuggling weapons and gold into the West Bank. The ministry’s spokesman, Sinan Majali, said Jordanian officials are following the case “to find out the merits of the situation and address it as soon as […] [Read More »]( [New Wave Of GOP Candidates Poised To Join 2024 Campaign]( NEW YORK (AP) — The opening phase of the Republican presidential primary has largely centered on the escalating collision between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But a new wave of GOP White House hopefuls will begin entering the 2024 race as soon as this coming week after a monthslong lull. They […] [Read More »]( [Chief Rabbi Tells Health Minister To Prioritize Funding For Locales That Build Synagogues]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has come under fire for instructing Shas Party lawmaker and newly-minted Health Minister Moshe Arbel to prioritize the allocation of ministry funds to municipalities that build synagogues and yeshivas. In a video published Sunday by the Kan public broadcaster, Yosef tells Arbel during the former’s weekly […] [Read More »]( [ADAMS’ NYC: NY Post Publishes Scathing Op-ed Blaming ‘Lax Law Enforcement’ for Antisemitic Attacks]( NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The New York Post has published a sharply critical op-ed piece, blasting “lax law enforcement” in New York City for the surge in attacks on Jews. The piece published this weekend, written by a senior researcher at Tel Aviv University, says that the NYPD does not make nearly […] [Read More »]( [Syrian Arrested In German Gym Attack That Left 4 Wounded]( BERLIN (AP) — A suspect has been arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which four people were seriously wounded, authorities said Sunday. The man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested shortly after midnight, police and prosecutors said in a statement. He was to be […] [Read More »]( [Will Fox Settlement Alter Conservative Media? Apparently Not]( NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Fox News agreed to pay nearly $800 million to settle a lawsuit over its airing of 2020 election lies, you’d be hard-pressed to notice anything had changed there. Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham led their shows Thursday talking about Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Ingraham’s show warned, […] [Read More »]( [House Republicans, Manhattan DA End Fight Over Trump Inquiry]( NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to let Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee question an ex-prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. Under the agreement, committee members will be able to question Mark Pomerantz under oath next month in Washington. The deal resolves a lawsuit in […] [Read More »]( [‘Park Outside’: GM Recalls 40,000 Pickups To Fix Fire Risk]( NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors is recalling certain Chevrolet Silverado medium-duty trucks for model year 2019 or later, following the discovery of a potential leak in brake fluid that could result in a fire. Potentially 40,428 vehicles could be affected. They include 4500HD, 5500HD, and 6500HD models with model years between 2019 and 2023, […] [Read More »]( [Bud Light Exec Takes Leave After Boycott Calls, Reports Say]( NEW YORK (AP) — The marketing executive who oversaw a partnership between Bud Light and a transgender influencer is taking a leave of absence after it snowballed into cries for boycotts from some angry customers, according to media reports. Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, will be replaced by Todd Allen, most recently […] [Read More »]( [Israel Lost 59 Soldiers Since Last Memorial Day]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty since the last Memorial Day and an additional 86 disabled veterans died due to their condition, the Defense Ministry announced over the weekend. Overall, 24,213 soldiers have lost their lives in service to the nation since 1860. Israel will mark this year’s Memorial […] [Read More »]( [9 Things to Remember When Saying Tehillim for the Sick]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Please Daven on behalf of R’ Chaim Shlomo ben Rochel, a talmid chochom and tzaddik  There is a fascinating Zohar (parshas vayishlach p. 179) which states: “Come and see, in these songs and praises that Dovid HaMelech recited – there is within them secrets and and matters from […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Ezra Friedlander Defends – ‘People met with Adolf Eichmann for a constructive purpose’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Frum lobbyist Ezra Friedlander, founder of the Friedlander Group, made headlines this week after tweeting photos of himself speaking with two controversial Islamic congress members, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Now he has spoken out, defending his encounter, and clarifying multiple misconceptions made by critics about his tweet and its true […] [Read More »]( [Longtime Trump Ally Laxalt Joins Pac Supporting DeSantis]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help lead a political action committee encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Laxalt, who roomed with DeSantis while in naval officer training, will serve as the chairman of the Never Back […] [Read More »]( [SHOCKING: Israeli Trying To Enter Jordan Told To ‘Cut Off Your Peyos’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Kobi Trabelsi just wanted to take his family for a vacation in Jordan. The Hashemite kingdom has a peace treaty with Israel and many Israelis visit the country, which also has a number of sites holy to Jews including the tomb of Aharon Hakohen. Trabelsi, who sports long payos, has visited Jordan […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Volunteer To Ukraine Army, 34-Year-Old Father Of 2, Executed By Russians In Bakhmut]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Alexander Dubovick, an Israeli citizen who volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian army, was captured and executed by Russian forces as he fought in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, according to a report by Ynet. Dubovick, known by his friends as “the partisan,” was killed in a battle on December […] [Read More »]( [Kiddush Hashem: Israeli Robotics Team Withdraws From Competition Due To Shabbos, Gaining Audience Applause]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of students from the Amit high school in Modiin, Israel, participated in the First Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas. The team succeeded in reaching the final stage of the competition, only to discover that it was scheduled for Shabbos. Demonstrating their strong religious values, the team left a note on […] [Read More »]( [Chareidi Who Fell Defending Yemin Moshe Windmill In 1872, Recognized As 1st Victim Of Arab Terror]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The first victim of Arab terror in the modern period, a chareidi Jew named Aharon Hershler, will be commemorated at the historic Yemin Moshe windmill for the first time, 150 years after he was murdered. Hershler immigrated to Palestine from Hungary at about the same time as Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and […] [Read More »]( [Ms. Aliza Malka Weintraub ע”ה]( Family getting up: Thursday (4/27/23)AM Mr. Yossie WeintraubFather Mrs. Aviva WeintraubMother Mrs. Esti RosenfeldSister Mr. Benji WeintraubBrother Mr. Eli WeintraubBrother Mrs. Racheli GoldbergSister Mrs. Dina PrenglerSister Ms. Sima WeintraubSister [Read More »]( [DeSantis Seeks Federal Aid For Fort Lauderdale Flood Victims]( FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that he will ask the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. If granted, the declaration would make Broward residents who incurred damage to their homes and other property eligible for a wide […] [Read More »]( [Hayalda Fraidy Lebovitz ע”ה אייגא פריידא]( Family getting up: Mr. Yitzchak Lebovitz Father Mrs. Chanie LebovitzMother Mrs. Miri HoffmanSister Mr. Yiddy Lebovitz Brother Mrs. Malky KellnerSister Habachur Zevy Lebovitz Brother Habachur Avrumi Lebovitz Brother [Read More »]( [‘New York Times’ Buries Palestinian Terrorists’ Murder Of Dee Sisters, Mother]( NEW YORK (JNS) – A New York Times story about the Palestinian terror attack and subsequent murder of Lucy Dee, and her daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, as they were driving in their car during Passover didn’t mention their names and obscured the tragedy under an anodyne headline. “It is a compelling, crushing story. […] [Read More »]( [Israelis Protest Legal Changes Before Nation’s 75th Birthday]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel on Saturday to vent their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and its divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. The mass protest — staged weekly since the start of the year — comes […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Ben Shapiro Makes Beracha Before Eating on His Podcast]( FLORIDA (VINnews) — This week on his popular political talk show, Ben Shapiro made a bracha before eating a chocolate bar he was promoting. Notice the nihiyah (kamatz) instead of nihiyeh (segol) 💪💪💪way to go @benshapiro! — The Youngers of Zion 🫴🎺🎺🎺 (@Badchonews) April 20, 2023 A Twitter debate ensued over whether Shapiro pronounced […] [Read More »]( [De Blasio Presidential Campaign Fined For Financial Errors]( NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has imposed a $53,100 fine on three committees associated with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s failed bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The commission said the De Blasio 2020 campaign committee accepted improper contributions from two political action committees de Blasio and others […] [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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