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[Catcher Johnny Bench apologizes for ‘insensitive’ Jewish penny-pinching remark]( [Catcher Johnny Bench apologizes for ‘insensitive’ Jewish penny-pinching remark]( — Johnny Bench, 75, who is widely considered the best catcher in professional baseball history, had his blooper over the weekend. The Hall of Famer, who played 17 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983, attended a Saturday event honoring the induction into the Hall of Fame of the team’s former general […] [Read More »]( [Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension]( [Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension]( (JNS) – President Joe Biden has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in the United States soon, after months of holding off on inviting him to the White House. The invitation was extended and accepted during a phone call between the two leaders on Monday. Israeli prime ministers typically receive an invitation […] [Read More »]( [RAV ELIEZER STEINBERGER: ‘CHAZAL were against people being poor’]( [RAV ELIEZER STEINBERGER: ‘CHAZAL were against people being poor’]( Podcast) — Recently, Gedolim in Israel banned a yeshiva being launched in Beit Shemesh. In a signed letter, the Rabbanim said, in part, “…we have now heard that people are planning to establish an institution called a yeshiva gedolah which mixes the holy and the profane, Heaven forfend, in the city of Beit Shemesh. […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Ruthy Stefansky ע”ה דבורה רות]( [Mrs. Ruthy Stefansky ע”ה דבורה רות]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 8:05 pmMaariv: 9:00 pm [Read More »]( [Fuzzy Invasion of Domestic Rabbits Has a Florida Suburb Hopping Into a Hunt for New Owners]( [Fuzzy Invasion of Domestic Rabbits Has a Florida Suburb Hopping Into a Hunt for New Owners]( MANORS, Fla. (AP) — When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida’s latest invasive species comes a-hoppin’ down the street: lionhead rabbits. The bunnies, which sport an impressive flowing mane around their heads, want the food Griggs carries. But she also represents their best chance of survival and moving where this […] [Read More »]( [Second Alzheimer’s Drug in the Pipeline Promises to Slow Worsening but With Safety Concern]( [Second Alzheimer’s Drug in the Pipeline Promises to Slow Worsening but With Safety Concern]( (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday. Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval of donanemab. If cleared, it would be only the second Alzheimer’s treatment convincingly shown to delay the mind-robbing disease — after […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Gabriel Addi ז”ל Gavriel ben Shalom]( [Mr. Gabriel Addi ז”ל Gavriel ben Shalom]( getting up: Mrs. Annette AddiWife Mr. Shalom ( Charles) AddiSon Mr. Reuven ( Robert) ) AddiSon Mr. Elie AddiSon [Read More »]( [Ramat Gan Wine-Shop Owner Battles City Over Rainbow Pride Flags]( [Ramat Gan Wine-Shop Owner Battles City Over Rainbow Pride Flags]( (JNS) – For several years, a Ramat Gan store owner has found himself under fire from the municipality for opposing LGBTQ flags adorning the city’s thoroughfares, including in front of his shop, during the annual Pride Month (June). Facing thousands of shekels in fines, he and his attorney say he is the target of […] [Read More »]( [NYC To Pay $1.8 Billion in Lawsuit Settlement Over ‘Racist’ Teaching Exam]( [NYC To Pay $1.8 Billion in Lawsuit Settlement Over ‘Racist’ Teaching Exam]( YORK (VINnews) — New York City will pay nearly $2 billion to minorities who wanted to teach in public school but failed the “racist” teacher exam. As part of a lawsuit settlement, the city is compensating blacks and Hispanics for a supposedly bigoted hiring criteria. However minorities performed poorly on more recent exams as […] [Read More »]( [Twitter Users Target Israel 38 Times More Than Iran]( [Twitter Users Target Israel 38 Times More Than Iran]( (JNS) – Twitter is heavily slanted against Israel, research presented to the Knesset suggests. According to the study, titled “Antizionism, Antisemitism and The Polarization Pendulum” and carried out by the Network Contagion Research Institute in partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation, Twitter users accuse the Jewish state of violating human rights more frequently than […] [Read More »]( [At New Jersey Expo, Satmar Chassidim Conduct Business With a Purpose (PICTURES)]( [At New Jersey Expo, Satmar Chassidim Conduct Business With a Purpose (PICTURES)]( YORK (JNS) – The sages informed King David early one morning that the Jewish people required financial assistance. “Let them go and support one another,” the biblical king told them, as the Talmud states in Berachot 3b. That remark—Ze mizeh in Hebrew—is the inspiration behind the second annual Zeh Mizeh Satmar Business Expo. Thousands […] [Read More »]( [Spotlight on Judge in Trump Documents Case Intensifies Following Controversial Earlier Ruling]( [Spotlight on Judge in Trump Documents Case Intensifies Following Controversial Earlier Ruling]( (AP) — A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a procedural, but potentially crucial, area of the law. […] [Read More »]( [GOP and FBI Are at Odds as Republicans Move to Stop the Agency’s New Headquarters After Trump Probes]( [GOP and FBI Are at Odds as Republicans Move to Stop the Agency’s New Headquarters After Trump Probes]( (AP) — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than idle thinking about an office renovation. The nod from the Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe proposal to upend the FBI in the […] [Read More »]( [Veteran Police Official Edward Caban Becomes First Latino to Head the NYPD]( [Veteran Police Official Edward Caban Becomes First Latino to Head the NYPD]( YORK (AP) — Edward Caban, who joined the New York Police Department as a young patrol officer in 1991 and rose through the ranks, was sworn in Monday as police commissioner, becoming the first Latino to lead the 178-year-old department. Mayor Eric Adams administered the oath of office in front of the Bronx stationhouse […] [Read More »]( [Ford Slashes Prices for F-150 Lightning Electric Vehicles Due to Cheaper Raw Materials, Efficiencies]( [Ford Slashes Prices for F-150 Lightning Electric Vehicles Due to Cheaper Raw Materials, Efficiencies]( sticker price on Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup is being lowered by thousands of dollars due to increased plant capacity, falling costs for battery raw materials and internal efforts to scale production by the Detroit automaker. Ford Motor Co. said Monday that final upgrades at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan being completed […] [Read More »]( [A 5-Story Apartment Building Collapses in Cairo and Kills at Least 9 People]( [A 5-Story Apartment Building Collapses in Cairo and Kills at Least 9 People]( (AP) — A five-story apartment building collapsed Monday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, leaving at least nine people dead, authorities said, as rescuers searched through the rubble. Building collapses are common in Egypt, where shoddy construction and a lack of maintenance are widespread in shantytowns, poor city neighborhoods and rural areas. The state-run […] [Read More »]( [Insider Q&A: Head of Securities Regulators’ Group on How to Look Out for Investment Scams]( [Insider Q&A: Head of Securities Regulators’ Group on How to Look Out for Investment Scams]( YORK (AP) — Scammers targeting investors are using fears of a recession and high inflation to put new wrappers on their ruses, but the underlying scams are still pretty much the same, says Andrew Hartnett. He is president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, a group devoted to protecting investors. He is also […] [Read More »]( [Baa-Gain? Iconic Sheep Sweater Worn by Princess Diana Could Fetch $50,000 at Auction]( [Baa-Gain? Iconic Sheep Sweater Worn by Princess Diana Could Fetch $50,000 at Auction]( (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black sheep amid a pattern of white ones headlines Sotheby’s online Fashion Icons sale in September. The 19-year-old Lady […] [Read More »]( [Israeli FM Meets Official From Muslim Country With No Diplomatic Ties]( [Israeli FM Meets Official From Muslim Country With No Diplomatic Ties]( (JNS) – Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met on Sunday with a senior official of an African Muslim country with no diplomatic ties to the Jewish state. The meeting took place under the condition that the name of the country not be published. Cohen returned on Monday from a 10-hour visit to the Kenyan capital […] [Read More »]( [Police Investigating the Gilgo Beach Killings Have Searched a Long Island Storage Facility]( [Police Investigating the Gilgo Beach Killings Have Searched a Long Island Storage Facility]( N.Y. (AP) — Detectives investigating the long-unsolved murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings searched a storage facility in the Long Island community of Amityville over the weekend, police said. Suffolk County police confirmed Monday that detectives executed a search warrant at Omega Self Storage on Sunrise Highway related to the investigation that led […] [Read More »]( [IDF Appoints First-Ever Military Attache to Morocco]( [IDF Appoints First-Ever Military Attache to Morocco]( (JNS) – The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday the appointment of Col. Sharon Itach as Israel’s first-ever military attaché to Morocco, which normalized relations with Jerusalem as part of the Trump administration-brokered Abraham Accords. Itach, who is of Moroccan descent, currently heads the IDF Home Front Command’s Haifa district, and previously led the […] [Read More »]( [Hong Kong Schools and Stock Market Are Shuttered as Typhoon Talim Sweeps to the South, Toward China]( [Hong Kong Schools and Stock Market Are Shuttered as Typhoon Talim Sweeps to the South, Toward China]( KONG (AP) — Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday as Typhoon Talim sideswiped the city and headed toward landfall on the Chinese mainland and the island province of Hainan. Safety alerts were issued for residents and tourists who flock to the region’s beaches during the summer, calling on […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Gloria Salamon ע”ה Gittel]( [Mrs. Gloria Salamon ע”ה Gittel]( getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 2:00 pmMaariv: 9:00 pm Mrs. Joan HardoonSister Mr. Barry SalamonSon Mr. Mark SalamonSon Mrs. Risa SonnenblikDaughter Mr. Howie SalamonSon [Read More »]( [‘It All Came Back To Me’- Wife Of Terror Attack Victim Lost Her Parents 18 Years Ago In Terror Shooting]( [‘It All Came Back To Me’- Wife Of Terror Attack Victim Lost Her Parents 18 Years Ago In Terror Shooting]( (VINnews) — Tamar Kapach, the wife of Elroi Kapach who was seriously injured in a shooting attack near Tekoa junction on Sunday, described on Israeli media the difficult moments the family was undergoing after the attack – and how it brought back memories of a terrorist attack 18 years ago in which her parents […] [Read More »]( [Georgia Mass Shooting Suspect Is Killed During Intense Search and 3 Officers Are Wounded, Police Say]( [Georgia Mass Shooting Suspect Is Killed During Intense Search and 3 Officers Are Wounded, Police Say]( Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during an intense search for the […] [Read More »]( [Teacher Ejected From Israeli Educators WA Group For Rejecting LGBTQ Materials For Kindergartens]( [Teacher Ejected From Israeli Educators WA Group For Rejecting LGBTQ Materials For Kindergartens]( (VINnews) — Sara Yiscah Sar-Shalom, a kindergarten teacher in Israel, described on Arutz Sheva what had transpired when she expressed a position on the issue of LGBTQ families. Sarah was a member of a WhatsApp group made up of female kindergarten teachers from all over the country . The group’s stated goal was to […] [Read More »]( [Egged Bus Blocked By Chareidi Protesters In Bnei Brak- Because The Driver Was Female]( [Egged Bus Blocked By Chareidi Protesters In Bnei Brak- Because The Driver Was Female]( (VINnews) — Charedim waiting for an Egged bus in Bnei Brak Sunday blocked the bus when it arrived in protest over the driver- who was a woman. “They refused to enter and prevented her from continuing the route,” passersby reported. The bus, No. 146 travelling from Bnei Brak to Holon, was on the route […] [Read More »]( [Journalist Arnon Segal Defends Kidney Donation Exclusively For Jews: ‘My People Are My Community’]( [Journalist Arnon Segal Defends Kidney Donation Exclusively For Jews: ‘My People Are My Community’]( (VINnews) — Israeli journalist and Temple Mount activist Arnon Segal has come under fire for his decision to donate one of his kidneys exclusively to a Jewish recipient. In an interview with Ynet, Segal, a brother of popular political pundit Amit Segal and son of journalist Chagai Segal, dismissed the accusations, claiming that the […] [Read More »]( [Former PM Olmert Calls On US To ‘Reevaluate’ Relations With Israel]( [Former PM Olmert Calls On US To ‘Reevaluate’ Relations With Israel]( (VINnews) — In a move designed to further alienate relations between the Netanyahu government and the US, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert’s has called on the American administration to downgrade relations with Israel due to the proposed judicial reforms being legislated in the Knesset. In an interview on the “DemocratTV” channel, Olmert called […] [Read More »]( [After calling Israel ‘racist state,’ Rep Jayapal says ‘idea of Israel’ not racist]( [After calling Israel ‘racist state,’ Rep Jayapal says ‘idea of Israel’ not racist]( — As protesters with Palestinian flags disrupted a Saturday keynote with several members of Congress at the Netroots Nation conference, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) sought to placate the Israel critics. “I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state!” she said. The Washington […] [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](.