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[Woman Declared Dead in Ecuador Revives During Her Wake; Health Authorities Investigate (VIDEO)]( [Woman Declared Dead in Ecuador Revives During Her Wake; Health Authorities Investigate (VIDEO)]( Ecuador (AP) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, and the incident has prompted a government investigation into the hospital. Relatives left the coffin behind and rushed retired nurse Bella Montoya back to the hospital after the […] [Read More »]( [In Miami, Trump’s Ardent Backers Are a Sign of the City’s Rightward Shift]( [In Miami, Trump’s Ardent Backers Are a Sign of the City’s Rightward Shift]( (AP) — Florida’s shift to the right is perhaps nowhere more notable than in this vibrant swath of the state’s southeast coast where the latest Donald Trump drama is unfolding. Republicans have made steady inroads in this former Democratic stronghold in recent years, culminating in the GOP carrying Miami-Dade County in last year’s midterm […] [Read More »]( [NYPD Top Cop Abruptly Resigns]( [NYPD Top Cop Abruptly Resigns]( YORK (AP) — New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to hold the position, is stepping down after 18 months on the job. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, announced the resignation in an email to department staff Monday afternoon. “While my time here will come to a close, […] [Read More »]( [The Great Grift: How Billions In Covid-19 Relief Aid Was Stolen Or Wasted]( [The Great Grift: How Billions In Covid-19 Relief Aid Was Stolen Or Wasted]( (AP) — Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers. Criminals […] [Read More »]( [Amid Stark Disagreement, UN Postpones Antisemitism Meeting]( [Amid Stark Disagreement, UN Postpones Antisemitism Meeting]( NATIONS (JNS) – The United Nations was supposed to convene a meeting with Jewish leaders and global antisemitism envoys next week in Cordoba, Spain to unveil its plan to combat antisemitism. It has postponed that meeting, amid stark disagreement over the contents of the draft plan. That document, which the United Nations circulated two weeks […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Eli Lieberman ז”ל Eliezer Yehoshua]( [Mr. Eli Lieberman ז”ל Eliezer Yehoshua]( getting up: [Read More »]( [Mr. George Lewin ז”ל Chaim]( [Mr. George Lewin ז”ל Chaim]( getting up: [Read More »]( [Trump Traveling To Florida As History-making Court Appearance Approaches In Classified Docs Case]( [Trump Traveling To Florida As History-making Court Appearance Approaches In Classified Docs Case]( (AP) — Donald Trump was traveling to Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get the records back. Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time since […] [Read More »]( [Insider: Expedia CEO Talks About His Company, Travel Demand, High Prices, And His Compensation]( [Insider: Expedia CEO Talks About His Company, Travel Demand, High Prices, And His Compensation]( YORK (AP) – Online travel agency Expedia Group is benefitting as Americans continue to make up for trips they skipped during the worst of the pandemic, and Wall Street expects it to post a solidly profitable 2023 after a money-losing first quarter. The Seattle-based company has been restructuring operations, and next month it will […] [Read More »]( [R’ Henry Klenosky ז”ל]( [R’ Henry Klenosky ז”ל]( getting up: Wednesday (6/14/23)Morning [Read More »]( [Former IDF Chief: Israel Killed Hundreds Of Isis Terrorists]( [Former IDF Chief: Israel Killed Hundreds Of Isis Terrorists]( (JNS) – Israeli lawmaker and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot revealed on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces conducted external operations against Islamic State in 2015. “ISIS knows best how frequently the IDF acted in the Middle East, and they paid a price in hundreds of killed and injured,” Eisenkot said at an Institute […] [Read More »]( [R’ Yisroel Shimon Friedman ז”ל]( [R’ Yisroel Shimon Friedman ז”ל]( getting up: Sunday (6/18/23)Morning Mrs. Jamie Friedmanwife R’ Nissin Friedmanson R’ Yehoshua Friedmanson R’ Menachem Friedmanson Mrs Rivky Weberdaughter Mrs. Perel Werblowskydaughter Mrs. Tova Katzdaughter Mrs. Nisi Streichersister will be sitting shiva at 1543 58th st. boro park. 11204 shiva hours: 10-1 and 2:30-6 [Read More »]( [One Dead as Tour Boat Carrying 36 People Capsizes In Cave In Lockport, New York]( [One Dead as Tour Boat Carrying 36 People Capsizes In Cave In Lockport, New York]( N.Y. (AP) — One person was killed and multiple people were sent to local hospitals after a boat capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, officials said. Police and fire crews were called to the […] [Read More »]( [UK Leaders Slam Roger Waters’s Antisemitism]( [UK Leaders Slam Roger Waters’s Antisemitism]( (JNS) – Roger Waters, the co-founder of the band Pink Floyd, has faced widespread criticism for Holocaust and anti-Israel imagery at his concerts. Ahead of a June 10 concert in Manchester, national and local U.K. politicians distanced themselves from the musician. “The Labour Party stands with the Jewish community and fully condemns Roger Waters,” […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Mourns Berlusconi, ‘A Great Friend Of Israel’]( [Netanyahu Mourns Berlusconi, ‘A Great Friend Of Israel’]( (JNS) – Silvio Berlusconi was “a great friend of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday as the world reacted to the death of the 86-year-old Italian political leader. “I was deeply saddened by the passing of Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and […] [Read More »]( [‘Times’ Airs Accusations That Religious Jews In New York Are Polluting Wells]( [‘Times’ Airs Accusations That Religious Jews In New York Are Polluting Wells]( YORK (JNS) – In the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of poisoning wells and starting plagues, including the Black Death. In present-day Rockland County, N.Y., and across state lines in New Jersey, the Orthodox Jewish community is being accused of something similar. A May 11 New York Times article, titled, “A Cemetery or an ‘Environmental Train […] [Read More »]( [Major Air Defense Exercise Starts In Germany, Effect On Civilian Flights Unclear]( [Major Air Defense Exercise Starts In Germany, Effect On Civilian Flights Unclear]( (AP) — An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO’s history and hosted by Germany got underway on Monday. The Air Defender 2023 exercise that is set to run through June 23 was long-planned but serves to showcase the alliance’s capabilities amid high tensions with Russia. The first planes took off on […] [Read More »]( [US Decides To Rejoin UNESCO And Pay Back Dues, To Counter Chinese Influence]( [US Decides To Rejoin UNESCO And Pay Back Dues, To Counter Chinese Influence]( (AP) — U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO announced Monday that the United States plans to rejoin — and pay more than $600 million in back dues — after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization’s move to include Palestine as a member. U.S. officials say the decision to return was motivated by concern […] [Read More »]( [‘If You Want To Die In Jail, Keep Talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts Discuss The Special Treatment For Trump And Offer Him Some Advice]( [‘If You Want To Die In Jail, Keep Talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts Discuss The Special Treatment For Trump And Offer Him Some Advice]( (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much of his career working in national security law, representing clients in a variety of national security and domestic terrorism matters. Joseph Ferguson was a national security prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where Durkin was also a prosecutor. […] [Read More »]( [Mr. David Chai Kandov ז”ל David Chai]( [Mr. David Chai Kandov ז”ל David Chai]( getting up: [Read More »]( [Watchdog: Nuclear States Modernize Their Weapons, Chinese Arsenal Is Growing]( [Watchdog: Nuclear States Modernize Their Weapons, Chinese Arsenal Is Growing]( (AP) — The nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, a Swedish think tank said Monday. “We are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history,” said Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI. […] [Read More »]( [British Man Detained After Climbing 72nd Floor Of Seoul Skyscraper]( [British Man Detained After Climbing 72nd Floor Of Seoul Skyscraper]( South Korea (AP) — A British man was detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands on Monday, authorities said. More than 90 emergency, police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-story, 555-meter (1,820-foot) -tall Lotte World Tower, after the man was […] [Read More »]( [Silvio Berlusconi, Scandal-scarred Ex-Italian Leader, Dies At 86]( [Silvio Berlusconi, Scandal-scarred Ex-Italian Leader, Dies At 86]( (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals and allegations of corruption, died Monday, according to his television network. He was 86. Mediaset announced his death with a smiling photo of the man on its homepage and the headline: “Berlusconi is dead.” Berlusconi was admitted to […] [Read More »]( [Long Commutes Start After Part Of I-95 Collapses In Philadelphia Following Tanker Truck Fire]( [Long Commutes Start After Part Of I-95 Collapses In Philadelphia Following Tanker Truck Fire]( (AP) — Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Opposition Leader Says Netanyahu Tried To Get Him To Back Tax Breaks For Hollywood Mogul]( [Israeli Opposition Leader Says Netanyahu Tried To Get Him To Back Tax Breaks For Hollywood Mogul]( (AP) — Israel’s opposition leader testified Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently tried to persuade him — twice — to back legislation that would have given a Hollywood mogul millions in tax breaks. But Yair Lapid, a former prime minister himself and a major Netanyahu rival, said he was not convinced. Lapid made […] [Read More »]( [Unsanitary Non-Kosher Meat Confiscated From Ramle ‘Kosher LeMehadrin’ Restaurant]( [Unsanitary Non-Kosher Meat Confiscated From Ramle ‘Kosher LeMehadrin’ Restaurant]( (VINnews) — More than 700 kilograms of unfit, apparently non-kosher meat were confiscated by Israeli police and members of the veterinarian unit of the Ramle municipality from a local restaurant which displayed a mehadrin kashrus. According to a police report Monday, the meat had apparently been brought into Israel from the Palestinian authority and […] [Read More »]( [R’ Yoel Shlomo Ross ז”ל]( [R’ Yoel Shlomo Ross ז”ל]( getting up: Friday (6/16/23)AM Mr. David RossBrother Mr. Eilish Ross Son Mrs. Chaya Sury GreenwaldDaughter Mrs. Miriam AberDaughter Mrs. Libby Berger Daughter Mrs. Chana RossWife Mr. Chaim Tzvi RossSon [Read More »]( [Who Is A Kohen? Jerusalem Beis Din Discusses ‘Releasing’ Kohen From Status After Mistaken Identification]( [Who Is A Kohen? Jerusalem Beis Din Discusses ‘Releasing’ Kohen From Status After Mistaken Identification]( (VINnews) — Can an alleged Kohen be released from his status due to mistaken identity? A Jerusalem Beis Din was asked to discuss the issue, which arose a few years ago after a person who had held the name Kohen was released and allowed to marry a convert after an Ashdod Beis Din proved […] [Read More »]( [‘If Iran Enriches Uranium To 90%, Israel Will Attack’ Warns Senior Israeli Official]( [‘If Iran Enriches Uranium To 90%, Israel Will Attack’ Warns Senior Israeli Official]( (VINnews) — A senior Israeli source responded to the concern of the diplomatic and security echelons, following reports that Iran and the West may reach an agreement on a nuclear deal. Speaking to Israel Hayom, the source said, “Iran knows that if it instigates uranium enrichment to 90%, there will be an Israeli attack.” […] [Read More »]( [Ministers Approve MK Yaakov Asher’s Bill To Criminalize Incitement Against Charedim]( [Ministers Approve MK Yaakov Asher’s Bill To Criminalize Incitement Against Charedim]( (VINnews) — In the wake of severe anti-charedi rhetoric over the last few months of anti-government demonstrations, the Knesset’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation voted Sunday to back a bill that would criminalize incitement against chareidim, as part of Israel’s anti-racism laws. “The time has come to draw a red line against dangerous and rampant […] [Read More »]( [The Adirei Torah Gathering and the Aveilus Heter: An Analysis of the Controversy]( [The Adirei Torah Gathering and the Aveilus Heter: An Analysis of the Controversy]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The subject under discussion is a very sensitive one, with extremely strong feelings in both directions.  It must also be pointed out that this article is not meant to be a criticism (even though a differing halachic opinion may be presented), but rather an appreciation of the individuals, nay, […] [Read More »]( [Report: Billionaire Investor, Philanthropist George Soros Cedes Control Of Empire To A Younger Son]( [Report: Billionaire Investor, Philanthropist George Soros Cedes Control Of Empire To A Younger Son]( YORK (AP) — Billionaire investor turned philanthropist George Soros is ceding control of his $25 billion empire to a younger son, Alexander Soros, according to an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal published online Sunday. Soros’ business holdings include his nonprofit Open Society Foundations, which is active in more than 120 countries around […] [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](.