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[81 Years Later, A 91-Year-Old Discovers The Fate Of His Brother During The Holocaust]( [81 Years Later, A 91-Year-Old Discovers The Fate Of His Brother During The Holocaust]( (VINnews) — In a remarkable stroke of providence, a 91-year-old Jew was able to find out the fate of his brother during the Holocaust, and was even able to say Kadish at his grave. The story was told by Yosef Lapko of Arizona to Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk, who is the director of the […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Ira Boland ז”ל יצחק לייב בן צבי הירש]( [Mr. Ira Boland ז”ל יצחק לייב בן צבי הירש]( getting up: Mrs. Iris BolandWife Rabbi Shmuel BolandBrother Mrs. Esther ToveyDaughter Mrs. Reva KissDaughter [Read More »]( [Haze From Canadian Wildfires Eases As Reinforcements From Abroad Arrive]( [Haze From Canadian Wildfires Eases As Reinforcements From Abroad Arrive]( (AP) — The hazardous haze from wildfires in Canada’s northeast eased there and throughout much of northeastern United States on Friday, but Canadian officials warned it could be a marathon fire season and welcomed the help of firefighters arriving from other countries. A contingent of 100 French firefighters landed in Canada and was en […] [Read More »]( [Prosecutor Overseeing Trump Case Says US Has ‘One Set Of Laws’ That ‘Apply To Everyone’]( [Prosecutor Overseeing Trump Case Says US Has ‘One Set Of Laws’ That ‘Apply To Everyone’]( (AP) — The Justice Department special counsel who filed charges against former President Donald Trump says in his first public statement that the country has “one set of laws” and that they apply to everyone. Jack Smith delivered a two-minute statement Friday, soon after the department unsealed a 37-count indictment against Trump that accuses […] [Read More »]( [Trump Kept Classified Documents In Bathroom, Shower Of Club, Indictment Says]( [Trump Kept Classified Documents In Bathroom, Shower Of Club, Indictment Says]( (AP) – The indictment alleges Trump kept classified documents in the bathroom and shower at his Florida estate, as well as various other locations that included a ballroom, storeroom, office and bedroom. Prosecutors noted that “tens of thousands of members and guests” visited the “active social club” of Mar-a-Lago between the end of Trump’s […] [Read More »]( [Indictment Alleges Valet Moved Boxes At Trump’s Direction]( [Indictment Alleges Valet Moved Boxes At Trump’s Direction]( (AP) – The indictment alleges that Trump valet Walt Nauta acted “at Trump’s direction” to move move “approximately 64 boxes” of documents from the Mar-a-Lago storage room to the former president’s residence. Nauta’s actions occurred between May 23, 2022, and June 2, 2022, according to the indictment. That total includes “approximately 30 boxes” Nauta […] [Read More »]( [Indictment Alleges Trump Showed Documents To Others]( [Indictment Alleges Trump Showed Documents To Others]( (AP) – The indictment unsealed Friday outlined two circumstances in which Trump allegedly showed the documents to others. One occurred in a meeting with a writer at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he described federal officials’ “plan of attack” against him and purportedly acknowledging that he knew the information […] [Read More »]( [Federal Indictment Against Trump Unsealed In The Documents Probe]( [Federal Indictment Against Trump Unsealed In The Documents Probe]( (AP) – An indictment charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents has been unsealed. The document released Friday marks the Justice Department’s first official confirmation of a criminal case against Trump arising from the retention of hundreds of documents at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago. Trump disclosed the existence of the indictment in […] [Read More »]( [White House Says Iran Is Helping Russia Build A Drone Factory East Of Moscow For The War In Ukraine]( [White House Says Iran Is Helping Russia Build A Drone Factory East Of Moscow For The War In Ukraine]( (AP) — Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, according to a U.S. intelligence finding released by the White House on Friday. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby […] [Read More »]( [From Darkness into Light]( [From Darkness into Light]( Dovid and Goldie Tiechtel, Chabad at the University of Illinois and Champaign, IL   From Darkness into Light Download for Shabbas Reading By: Chaya Chazan   I grew up in Crown Heights, where we were exposed to sichos and farbrengens from a very young age. With two parents in education, and a legacy of […] [Read More »]( [Russia Claims It Blew Up Advanced Ukrainian Tank, But Video Shows Its Helicopter Attacked A Tractor]( [Russia Claims It Blew Up Advanced Ukrainian Tank, But Video Shows Its Helicopter Attacked A Tractor]( (AP) — A grainy black-and-white gunsight video Russia released this week to bolster a claim its military blew up some of Ukraine’s most fearsome tanks actually documented the destruction of a tractor, according to a visual analysis by The Associated Press. The Russian Embassy in Washington announced Monday on Twitter its forces had “annihilated” […] [Read More »]( [For Many Cities Around The World, Bad Air An Inescapable Part Of Life]( [For Many Cities Around The World, Bad Air An Inescapable Part Of Life]( (AP) — Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life — and death. Almost the entire world breathes air that exceeds […] [Read More »]( [Trump Lawyers Quit Classified Documents Case]( [Trump Lawyers Quit Classified Documents Case]( (AP) – Trump says he has picked a lawyer from his New York criminal case to represent him in his newly indicted federal classified documents case. Trump posted Friday on his Truth Social platform that Todd Blanche will lead his defense in the federal case, along with “a firm to be named later,” replacing […] [Read More »]( [Putin Says Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons To Be Deployed To Belarus Next Month]( [Putin Says Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons To Be Deployed To Belarus Next Month]( (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West. Putin said during a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that work on building facilities for the nuclear […] [Read More »]( [Trump-appointed Judge Who Issued Rulings Favorable To Him Assigned To Oversee Criminal Case]( [Trump-appointed Judge Who Issued Rulings Favorable To Him Assigned To Oversee Criminal Case]( (AP) – The federal case against Trump has been initially assigned to a judge he appointed who faced criticism over her decision to grant the former president’s request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida estate. A person familiar with the matter says the case has […] [Read More »]( [Erdogan Appoints Former Us Bank Executive As Turkish Central Bank Chief, In Sign Of Policy Change]( [Erdogan Appoints Former Us Bank Executive As Turkish Central Bank Chief, In Sign Of Policy Change]( Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head Turkey’s central bank, in another sign that his administration might pursue more conventional economic policies. Erdogan named Hafize Gaye Erkan, a former co-chief executive officer of the First Republic Bank, as governor, according to an announcement […] [Read More »]( [Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial Is Proving The Obvious, But Ultimately Focused On The Death Penalty]( [Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial Is Proving The Obvious, But Ultimately Focused On The Death Penalty]( (AP) — One by one over the past two weeks, members of Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh have come to the witness stand in federal court and relived the horror of that October morning, when a gunman used high-powered weapons to kill 11 worshippers and badly injure others. Police officers have testified about responding to […] [Read More »]( [France Hails ‘Hero With A Backpack’ Who Intervened In Knife Attack On Very Young Children]( [France Hails ‘Hero With A Backpack’ Who Intervened In Knife Attack On Very Young Children]( PECQ, France (AP) — The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another. But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and fend off his blade. French media hailed […] [Read More »]( [Child Victims Of Stabbing Attack In France In Critical But Stable Condition, President Visits]( [Child Victims Of Stabbing Attack In France In Critical But Stable Condition, President Visits]( (AP) — France’s president traveled Friday to the side of families traumatized by the savage stabbings of four very young children, all said to be in stable condition after emergency surgery, while investigators worked to unravel the motives of a Syrian man taken into custody. President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte traveled together […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Troops Fire Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters Along Lebanon Border]( [Israeli Troops Fire Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters Along Lebanon Border]( CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters who pelted the troops with stones along the border with Lebanon Friday, leaving some Lebanese demonstrators and troops suffering breathing problems. The tension on the edge of the Lebanese border village of Kfar Chouba began earlier this week over the […] [Read More »]( [Attempted Stabbing Attack: Terrorist Tries To Stab Soldier And Is Neutralized]( [Attempted Stabbing Attack: Terrorist Tries To Stab Soldier And Is Neutralized]( West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint in the West Bank Friday, and the military said the man attacked a solider before he was shot. The army said the man arrived at the checkpoint near Ramallah city in a stolen vehicle, […] [Read More »]( [The Baker, the Dentist and Our Biases]( [The Baker, the Dentist and Our Biases]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There is a fascinating Sifrei which the Chofetz Chaim quotes in the seventh chapter of his work, “Sefas Tamim.” The Sifrei states that seeing truth is a Torah Mitzvah of v’halachta bidrachaav – one must walk in His ways. Since Hashem’s middah is that of truth, we must seek […] [Read More »]( [Lawyers Blame ChatGPT For Tricking Them Into Citing Bogus Case Law]( [Lawyers Blame ChatGPT For Tricking Them Into Citing Bogus Case Law]( YORK (AP) — Two apologetic lawyers responding to an angry judge blamed ChatGPT Thursday for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. Attorneys Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca are facing possible punishment over a filing in a lawsuit against an airline that included references to past court cases that […] [Read More »]( [How Safe Is The Air? Here’s How To Check And What The Numbers Mean]( [How Safe Is The Air? Here’s How To Check And What The Numbers Mean]( YORK (AP) — How can you check the air quality in your area and what do the numbers mean? The Environmental Protection Agency monitors the air around the country and compiles an air quality index, or AQI. Here’s what to know about the index and how to keep tabs on your area, especially in […] [Read More »]( [In Unusual Orca Sighting, Tour Spots At Least 20 Killer Whales Off San Francisco]( [In Unusual Orca Sighting, Tour Spots At Least 20 Killer Whales Off San Francisco]( FRANCISCO (AP) — An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely gathered together to celebrate a successful hunt for sea lions or seals. “I screamed ‘orca!’” recalled Michael Pierson, a […] [Read More »]( [New York Air Quality Causes Surge Of “Sell My Home Fast” Searches]( [New York Air Quality Causes Surge Of “Sell My Home Fast” Searches]( YORK (AP)- As New York turns orange due to hazardous smog from wildfires in Canada, searches for “sell my home fast” skyrocketed 2,504% on Google across the United States on June 7th, according to an analysis by FindStorageFast. Whatever Search Gets Results The analysis shows that searches for “sell my house fast” followed close […] [Read More »]( [Gilgulim: An Overview]( [Gilgulim: An Overview]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, a student had asked about the concept of Gilgulim. I promised a response, but was unable to fulfill the request. Unfortunately, I misplaced the contact information and thus offer this short overview of the topic. The concept of a Neshama coming back to earth in another body was […] [Read More »]( [Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Quits Twitter Due To Barrage Of ‘Vicious’ Homophobic Attacks]( [Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Quits Twitter Due To Barrage Of ‘Vicious’ Homophobic Attacks]( ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported. The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter. “Our decision to archive our […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Oliver Ferber, whose impossible decision turned into a huge Kiddush Hashem (EXCLUSIVE)]( [WATCH: Oliver Ferber, whose impossible decision turned into a huge Kiddush Hashem (EXCLUSIVE)]( (VIN Podcast) — Oliver Ferber is a star cross country athlete who is also an observant Jew. In 2021, after choosing to become Shabbos observant while in High School, Oliver made the difficult decision to sit out a high-level championship which was scheduled for Shabbos. That massive Kiddush Hashem has had astonishing repercussions. In […] [Read More »]( [Yad Sarah’s Equipment Loans Save Israel’s Health System Billions]( [Yad Sarah’s Equipment Loans Save Israel’s Health System Billions]( (JNS) – When Vivien Steinberg made aliyah in 2017, she was 83 years young and used a wheelchair and a walker. Her doctor suggested she get a cushion to better support her chair. “Call Yad Sarah” was the physician’s suggestion. A social worker at Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest national volunteer organization, assessed the recently widowed Steinberg’s […] [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](.