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[Georgia Launches Medicaid Expansion in Closely Watched Test of Work Requirements]( [Georgia Launches Medicaid Expansion in Closely Watched Test of Work Requirements]( (AP) — Georgia is offering a new bargain to some adults without health insurance beginning Saturday: Go to work or school and the state will cover you. But advocates decry the plan, which will insure far fewer people than a full expansion of the state-federal Medicaid program, as needlessly restrictive and expensive. The program […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Mildred Bresler (Adams) ע”ה ×ž×™× ×“×¢×œ בת משה]( [Mrs. Mildred Bresler (Adams) ע”ה ×ž×™× ×“×¢×œ בת משה]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 am Mr. Dovid AdamsSon Friday Until 5:30pm Motzei Shabbos Getting up Sunday after Shacharis Mrs. Bryna DubinDaughter Will not be sitting at this address [Read More »]( [Fox Ushers Out Geraldo Rivera With Tribute as He Says He Was Fired From ‘The Five’]( [Fox Ushers Out Geraldo Rivera With Tribute as He Says He Was Fired From ‘The Five’]( YORK (AP) — Fox News ushered Geraldo Rivera off the air with cake and balloons on Friday, while he left with a timely reminder that his journalism career was a product of affirmative action. Rivera said that Fox fired him from his regular perch on “The Five,” and that he decided to leave the […] [Read More »]( [Supreme Court Ruling in Sabbath Accommodation Case Has Far-Reaching Consequences for Observant Jews]( [Supreme Court Ruling in Sabbath Accommodation Case Has Far-Reaching Consequences for Observant Jews]( (JTA) — In a case that drew support from a broad array of Jewish groups, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that employers had to show a “substantial” burden to deny workers religious accommodation. In a decision released Thursday, the court sided with Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian mail carrier who asked not to work […] [Read More »]( [Jewish life in Kobe, Japan]( [Jewish life in Kobe, Japan]( Shmuel and Batya Vishedsky, Chabad of Kobe, Japan  A Life Saving Delivery DOWNLOAD FOR SHABBAS READING There is nothing scarier than the unknown, and there were a lot of unknowns when we first started looking for shlichus. We knew there was a small, negligible almost, Jewish population, and Japan was an extremely expensive […] [Read More »]( [Biden Administration Names Dan Shapiro, Former US Envoy to Israel, to Manage Abraham Accords]( [Biden Administration Names Dan Shapiro, Former US Envoy to Israel, to Manage Abraham Accords]( (JTA) — Daniel Shapiro, formerly the U.S. ambassador to Israel, will be the Biden administration’s point man in expanding and managing the Abraham Accords, the normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab countries. Shapiro, the ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration, has been heading an Abraham Accords advancement effort at the Atlantic Council […] [Read More »]( [Arizona City Holds 10-Year Remembrance for 19 Firefighters Who Died in the Yarnell Hill Fire]( [Arizona City Holds 10-Year Remembrance for 19 Firefighters Who Died in the Yarnell Hill Fire]( – It was one of the deadliest wildland fires ever in the U.S., killing 19 members of an elite central Arizona firefighting crew in 2013 after flames trapped them in a brush-choked canyon. The city of Prescott and the neighboring town of Yarnell are expected to honor the fallen Granite Mountain Hotshots on Friday […] [Read More »]( [Elián González 2 Decades On: From a Focus of International Tug-Of-War to a Member of Cuba’s Congress]( [Elián González 2 Decades On: From a Focus of International Tug-Of-War to a Member of Cuba’s Congress]( (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States. Now 29, González is stepping into Cuban politics. He recently entered his country’s congress with hopes of helping his […] [Read More »]( [A Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Request to Toss Out Defamation Claims by Columnist E. Jean Carroll]( [A Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Request to Toss Out Defamation Claims by Columnist E. Jean Carroll]( YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights shield him from the defamation claims of a New York columnist were rejected Thursday by a federal judge. The writer, E. Jean Carroll, can continue to press claims that Trump owes her at least $10 million in damages […] [Read More »]( [Shocking Eyewitness Account Suggests Violent J6 Prisoner was Trump-Hating Antifa Operative]( [Shocking Eyewitness Account Suggests Violent J6 Prisoner was Trump-Hating Antifa Operative]( — A staggering eyewitness account has been released, suggesting that Antifa fanned the flames of the January 6th riots, and may have incited them to begin with. A J6 prisoner told the Gateway Pundit that a fellow protester who allegedly helped choreograph the riots, was an admitted Trump-hater and Antifa member. In 2021, VIN […] [Read More »]( [The Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Plan to Wipe Away $400 Billion in Student Loans]( [The Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Plan to Wipe Away $400 Billion in Student Loans]( (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, effectively killed the $400 billion plan, announced by President Joe Biden last year, and left borrowers on […] [Read More »]( [A Week After an Armed Rebellion Rattled Russia, Key Details About It Are Still Shrouded in Mystery]( [A Week After an Armed Rebellion Rattled Russia, Key Details About It Are Still Shrouded in Mystery]( – Did mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin have inside help from the military and political elite in his armed rebellion that rattled Russia? A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising are still unknown. Uncertainty also swirls around the […] [Read More »]( [French President Urges Parents to Keep Teens at Home to Quell Rioting Spreading Across France]( [French President Urges Parents to Keep Teens at Home to Quell Rioting Spreading Across France]( France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging parents to keep teenagers at home to quell rioting spreading across France and says social media are fueling copycat violence. After a second crisis meeting with senior ministers, Macron said Friday that social media are playing a “considerable role” in the spreading unrest triggered by […] [Read More »]( [Thousands of Kosher Food Lovers Turn Out for the First-Ever Kosherpalooza Festival at Meadowlands]( [Thousands of Kosher Food Lovers Turn Out for the First-Ever Kosherpalooza Festival at Meadowlands]( JERSEY (JTA) – At the first-ever “Kosherpalooza” — a kosher food festival geared toward consumers — savvy attendees knew best to strategize: First, sample everything on the “dairy” side of the convention center (lattes, ice cream, cheeses, pasta, fresh goat and sheep’s milk), and then cross over to the “meat” side, where steak tartare, charcuterie, […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Miriam Dembitzer ע”ה]( [Mrs. Miriam Dembitzer ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (7/03/23)Morning R’ Naftali DembitzerSon R’ Dov DembitzerSon R’ Yoni DembitzerSon Mrs. Elana OstreicherDaughter Mrs. Michal MullerDaughter [Read More »]( [An Inflation Gauge Tracked by the Federal Reserve Falls to Its Lowest Point in 2 Years]( [An Inflation Gauge Tracked by the Federal Reserve Falls to Its Lowest Point in 2 Years]( (AP) — An inflation index that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve tumbled last month to its lowest level since April 2021, pulled down by lower gas prices and slower-rising food costs. At the same time, consumers barely increased their spending last month, boosting it just 0.1%, after a solid 0.6% gain in […] [Read More »]( [Medical Credit Cards May Lead Patients to Overpay for Their Health Care, Democrats Warn]( [Medical Credit Cards May Lead Patients to Overpay for Their Health Care, Democrats Warn]( YORK (AP) — A group of Democratic senators is asking the nation’s consumer finance watchdog to take action against medical credit cards such as CareCredit, saying use of these cards can result in patients paying much more for their medical care than they should. Medical credit cards have historically been used for elective procedures […] [Read More »]( [Rav Moshe Shternbuch Challenges the Toldos Aharon Rebbe About Leaving Eretz Yisroel]( [Rav Moshe Shternbuch Challenges the Toldos Aharon Rebbe About Leaving Eretz Yisroel]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Toldos Aharon Rebbe, Rav Dovid Kahn, arrived this week (Monday) at the Har Nof residence of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, before his departure to Austria – for the annual dacha, vacation, and asked him to petition in prayer about the state of the people of Eretz Yisroel. [This […] [Read More »]( [Yes, But What If It Happened in a Minyan?]( [Yes, But What If It Happened in a Minyan?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The right-wing media had a field day with it. “WHAT ON EARTH IS JOE BIDEN DOING? It’s live TV!” said conservative strategist Steve Guest. “YOU sit in the chair, YOU smile at the lady, YOU stay until we come get you,” remarked Substack writer Jim. “The Biden Presidency in […] [Read More »]( [Why the NYT Op-Ed About the Death Penalty is Dead Wrong]( [Why the NYT Op-Ed About the Death Penalty is Dead Wrong]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This week, defense lawyers for Robert Bowers, the man convicted of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life, a Pittsburgh temple, began their arguments as to why Bowers should not be sentenced to death. Outside of the Pittsburgh courthouse, a small group calling themselves “Jews Against the […] [Read More »]( [Man Wanted on Jan. 6 Charges Arrested With Weapons Near Barack Obama’s Washington Home]( [Man Wanted on Jan. 6 Charges Arrested With Weapons Near Barack Obama’s Washington Home]( (AP) — A man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested Thursday in the Washington neighborhood where former President Barack Obama lives, law enforcement officials said. Taylor Taranto, 37, was spotted by law enforcement a few blocks from […] [Read More »]( [Republicans Expand Their Hunter Biden Investigation by Seeking an Interview With the Lead Prosecutor]( [Republicans Expand Their Hunter Biden Investigation by Seeking an Interview With the Lead Prosecutor]( (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday requested voluntary testimony from nearly a dozen Justice Department officials involved in the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as GOP lawmakers widen their scrutiny into what they claim is improper interference by the agency. Leaders of the Republican-controlled House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and […] [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. 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