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[Chaim Ber Meisels Recalled as the Ultimate Doer]( [Chaim Ber Meisels Recalled as the Ultimate Doer]( – Reb Chaim Ber Meisels, known for his giving heart, his perpetual joie de vivre and his passion for philanthropy, lost his battle with cancer over the weekend, passing away at the age of 45. A longtime member of Williamsburg’s Satmar community, Meisels had a unique ability to connect with Jews from all across […] [Read More »]( [Lawsuits Filed by Airbnb and 3 Hosts Over Nyc’s Short-Term Rental Rules Dismissed by Judge]( [Lawsuits Filed by Airbnb and 3 Hosts Over Nyc’s Short-Term Rental Rules Dismissed by Judge]( YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits filed by Airbnb and three hosts over New York City’s rules for short-term rentals, saying the restrictions are “entirely rational.” In a 14-page ruling, Supreme Court Judge Arlene P. Bluth said having to comply with a registration system does not present an “overly […] [Read More »]( [DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager as He Continues Reset of Presidential Bid]( [DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager as He Continues Reset of Presidential Bid]( YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is replacing his campaign manager as the Florida governor continues to reset his stagnant presidential campaign. The Florida governor is bringing on James Uthmeier, his chief of staff from his state office, to serve as his campaign manager, replacing Generra Peck, who led DeSantis’ reelection campaign […] [Read More »]( [Why We Light Yahrtzeit Candles for Parents]( [Why We Light Yahrtzeit Candles for Parents]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home This article was written l’ilui nishmas (for the elevation of the soul ofl) the author’s mother, Sarah bas HaRav Eliyahu, whose sixteenth yartzeit is tonight, 22 Av. It is the custom within the community, Klal Yisroel, to light a Yahrzeit candle on the day that […] [Read More »]( [Hackers May Have Access to Information on Millions of British Voters, Election Commission Says]( [Hackers May Have Access to Information on Millions of British Voters, Election Commission Says]( (AP) — Hackers may have information on tens of millions of British voters after they got access to electoral registers, the U.K.’s election watchdog said Tuesday — nearly a year after the breach was discovered. The Electoral Commission apologized for the breach but said much of the information was already in the public domain […] [Read More »]( [Another Successful and Awesome Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Flight]( [Another Successful and Awesome Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Flight]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home Nefesh B’Nefesh flights are always filled with fascinating people who love the land, and this August 7th and 8th flight was no different.  They have made the decision to leave family and friends, and have pursued new careers and opportunities throughout the land of Eretz Yisroel.  They […] [Read More »]( [Sustainability Rules Ikea’s Latest Evolution of the Popular Billy Bookcase]( [Sustainability Rules Ikea’s Latest Evolution of the Popular Billy Bookcase]( YORK (AP ) – For over four decades, the IKEA BILLY bookcase has been a mainstay in IKEA’s line-up, with an estimated 140 million units sold worldwide. Despite changes in the past, including size adjustments and formaldehyde emission concerns, BILLY has remained popular with customers. IKEA first announced a sustainability-focused revamp of the BILLY […] [Read More »]( [Campbell Soup Will Buy Maker of Rao’s Sauces for $2.7 Billion]( [Campbell Soup Will Buy Maker of Rao’s Sauces for $2.7 Billion]( YORK (AP) — Campbell Soup is set to buy Sovos Brands, the maker of Rao’s pasta sauces. In a Monday announcement, the two companies said they had entered an agreement for Campbell’s to acquire Sovos for $23 per share in cash — reflecting a total value of about $2.7 billion. The transaction will help […] [Read More »]( [TOBIN: Did Israel sacrifice security for visa waivers?]( [TOBIN: Did Israel sacrifice security for visa waivers?]( — It sounds eminently fair. Add in the fact that it will give Israeli citizens something they’ve been trying to get for many years, and it seems like a win-win sort of deal between Washington and Jerusalem. But there’s no use pretending that Israel’s agreement to treat all U.S. passport holders in the same […] [Read More »]( [Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams wins cycling world championship in Scotland]( [Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams wins cycling world championship in Scotland]( (JTA) – Israeli-Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Sylvan Adams, a key figure in the development of Israeli competitive cycling, won a world championship of his own in the sport’s 65-69 age group. At the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland, Adams, who owns the Israel-Premier Tech Cycling Team, finished first in the Masters 65-69 […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Bella Lieberman ע”ה בילא בת אברהם]( [Mrs. Bella Lieberman ע”ה בילא בת אברהם]( getting up: Dr. Matis LiebermanSon From Thursday morning through Sunday morning will be sitting at 1422 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY Mr. Dani LiebermanSon From Thursday morning through Sunday morning will be sitting at 1422 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY Mr. Moishe LiebermanSon From Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning will be sitting at Pine […] [Read More »]( [Rav Elyashiv’s Approach to Negativity]( [Rav Elyashiv’s Approach to Negativity]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home The incident happened a number of years before Rav Elyashiv zt”l was niftar.  There was some negativity on the part of some members of the right wing community r”l against Rav Elyashiv zt”l because they disagreed with one or two of his rulings.  Some engaged […] [Read More »]( [COVID-19 Hospitalizations in the US Are on the Rise Again, but Not Like Before]( [COVID-19 Hospitalizations in the US Are on the Rise Again, but Not Like Before]( YORK (AP) – Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine still months away, this summer bump in new hospitalizations might be concerning, but the number of patients is far lower than […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Ruth Anteby ע”ה]( [Mrs. Ruth Anteby ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (8/14/23)Morning Mr. Sam AntebySon Mrs. Linda SobelDaughter Mr. Max AntebySon Mr. Edward AntebySon Mr. Joseph AntebySon [Read More »]( [Rabbi Yaakov Arfe ז”ל]( [Rabbi Yaakov Arfe ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (8/14/23)AM [Read More »]( [Mrs. Shirley Gottesman ע”ה]( [Mrs. Shirley Gottesman ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (8/14/23)Morning [Read More »]( [In Israel With Fellow Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Says Judicial Legislation Won’t Affect Us Aid]( [In Israel With Fellow Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Says Judicial Legislation Won’t Affect Us Aid]( (JTA) – The Israeli government’s effort to weaken the country’s judiciary will not affect American military aid to Israel, Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told reporters on a visit to Jerusalem on Monday. Jeffries, the Brooklyn congressman and House minority leader, was leading a delegation to Israel of 24 Democratic members of Congress. He spoke […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Zaki Lati ז”ל Yitzchak]( [Mr. Zaki Lati ז”ל Yitzchak]( getting up: Maariv: 7:00 pm [Read More »]( [Volunteers Head Off Plastic Waste Crisis by Removing Tons of Rubbish From Hungarian River]( [Volunteers Head Off Plastic Waste Crisis by Removing Tons of Rubbish From Hungarian River]( Hungary (AP) — Thousands of muddy plastic bottles, chunks of Styrofoam and other waterlogged pieces of rubbish are piled onto a flatbed trailer on the banks of the Tisza River in Hungary — a metric ton of waste that was removed by hand from the waterway and its floodplain in a single day. It’s […] [Read More »]( [Paraguay Poised to Return Embassy to Jerusalem]( [Paraguay Poised to Return Embassy to Jerusalem]( (JNS) – Paraguay will move its embassy back to Jerusalem, in a sign of growing support for Israel in Latin America, a Paraguayan senator said on Monday. Sen. Gustavo Leite spoke a week before Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Peña, who has pledged to move the embassy back to Israel’s capital, will be sworn into office […] [Read More »]( [Call 911, Says Day,Responding to Reports of Preppy Killer Approaching Monsey Women]( [Call 911, Says Day,Responding to Reports of Preppy Killer Approaching Monsey Women]( – With word circulating on social media that a twice-jailed man who was convicted of murder has been chatting up women in two Monsey area kosher supermarkets, Rockland County Executive Ed Day is warning people to contact the authorities to report any contact with the individual in question. Robert Chambers, referred to in the […] [Read More »]( [European Scientists Make It Official. July Was the Hottest Month on Record by Far]( [European Scientists Make It Official. July Was the Hottest Month on Record by Far]( NATIONS (AP) – Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (six tenths of a degree […] [Read More »]( [FAA Warns of Safety Hazard From Overheating Engine Housing on Boeing Max Jets During Anti-icing]( [FAA Warns of Safety Hazard From Overheating Engine Housing on Boeing Max Jets During Anti-icing]( (AP) – U.S. regulators are warning airlines to limit the use of an anti-icing system on Boeing 737 Max jets in dry air to avoid overheating engine-housing parts, which could cause them to break away from the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration says the risk to the flying public is serious enough that it […] [Read More »]( [Woman Critically Injured by Rare Shark Bite Off Nyc’s Rockaway Beach]( [Woman Critically Injured by Rare Shark Bite Off Nyc’s Rockaway Beach]( YORK (AP) — A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach, officials said. The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6 p.m. Monday when a shark bit her on the left leg, the city parks department […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine Blacklists Israeli Billionaire Mikhael Mirilashvili For Alleged ‘Support Of Russian Invasion’]( [Ukraine Blacklists Israeli Billionaire Mikhael Mirilashvili For Alleged ‘Support Of Russian Invasion’]( (VINnews) — Ukraine is set to impose sanctions on Israeli billionaire Mikhael Mirilashvili, a close friend to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and father of Yitzhak Mirilashvili, the owner of Israel’s Channel 14, according a report by the Zman Yisrael website. Mirilashvili was already blacklisted this past February by Ukraine for allegedly supporting the […] [Read More »]( [Rep. Rashida Tlaib Spoke At Art Show In Detroit Advocating Israel’Destruction]( [Rep. Rashida Tlaib Spoke At Art Show In Detroit Advocating Israel’Destruction]( YORK (JNS) — Reports have circulated that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spoke at an art exhibit in Detroit held from May 26 to June 17, though the featured works didn’t represent any classic school or style. Instead, a black-and-white drawing showed a teenage girl with a half-smile and the eliminationist protest chant “From the […] [Read More »]( [IDF Razes Home Of Terrorist Who Murdered Hallel And Yagel Yaniv HyD]( [IDF Razes Home Of Terrorist Who Murdered Hallel And Yagel Yaniv HyD]( (VINnews) — IDF forces operated in the Askar refugee camp in Samaria overnight Monday, demolishing the home of the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack in Huwara this past February in which brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv were murdered. Palestinian sources reported that during the course of the demolition, local Palestinians clashed with […] [Read More »]( [SHIDDUCH CRISIS: Should yeshivas abolish 12th grade? Girls’ schools add 13th grade? BMG end the freezer?]( [SHIDDUCH CRISIS: Should yeshivas abolish 12th grade? Girls’ schools add 13th grade? BMG end the freezer?]( YORK (VIN Podcast) — It may sound radical. But could it be the miracle solution to the shidduch crisis? Several weeks ago, a group of Roshei Yeshiva traveled to Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlit’a, to ask if they should restructure the yeshiva system. According to reports, the proposal includes eliminating a year of yeshiva […] [Read More »]( [Parshas Re’ay – An Overview]( [Parshas Re’ay – An Overview]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for The Five Towns Jewish Home This Sidra has 20 Parshios 1. Choosing – Moshe tells us see that I placed before you a blessing and a curse. If we choose to follow Hashem’s path we will be blessed. If we choose not to listen to His Mitzvos we will be […] [Read More »]( [2 Dead, Thousands of Flight Cancellations, 1.1 Million Lose Power in Eastern Us Storms]( [2 Dead, Thousands of Flight Cancellations, 1.1 Million Lose Power in Eastern Us Storms]( (AP) — At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the greater D.C. area, lasting until 9 […] [Read More »]( [Simon & Schuster Purchased by Private Equity Firm Kkr for $1.62 Billion]( [Simon & Schuster Purchased by Private Equity Firm Kkr for $1.62 Billion]( YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market. An executive for KKR is calling the deal a chance to work with “one of […] [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](.