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[Kosher Soft-Serve Ice Cream Recalled Due to Serious Health Risk]( [Kosher Soft-Serve Ice Cream Recalled Due to Serious Health Risk]( — A Chalav Yisrael ice cream company has recalled certain products due to possible listeria contamination. “Soft Serve on the Go”, the kosher ice cream and sorbet that offers colorful frozen treats in clear cups, is recalling all its products over a bacterium concern, the FDA announced Wednesday. The following is from the FDA […] [Read More »]( [Investigators Say Miscommunication Between Pilots Caused United Plane to Drop Near Ocean’s Surface]( [Investigators Say Miscommunication Between Pilots Caused United Plane to Drop Near Ocean’s Surface]( – Federal investigators said Thursday that miscommunication between pilots led to a United Airlines plane diving within 748 feet of the ocean’s surface shortly after takeoff from Honolulu in December. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a final report that the crew failed to manage the plane’s path, airspeed and nose direction after […] [Read More »]( [Utter Devastation: Maui Fire Deaths Surge to 53 and Likely to Go Higher, Governor Says. Over 1,000 Structures Burned]( [Utter Devastation: Maui Fire Deaths Surge to 53 and Likely to Go Higher, Governor Says. Over 1,000 Structures Burned]( Hawaii (AP) — A search of the wildfire devastation on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of obliterated neighborhoods and landmarks charred beyond recognition, as the death toll rose to at least 53 and survivors told harrowing tales of narrow escapes with only the clothes on their backs. A flyover […] [Read More »]( [Extreme Heat Wave to Hit Israel]( [Extreme Heat Wave to Hit Israel]( (JNS) – The Israel Meteorological Service on Thursday warned of an extreme heat wave across the country in the coming days. Friday will see normal weather for the month of August, but on Saturday the temperatures will start to rise across Israel but mainly in the mountains and the interior of the country. The […] [Read More »]( [Another Milestone for Freier, who Becomes First Hasidic Woman Nominated to Supreme Court Bench]( [Another Milestone for Freier, who Becomes First Hasidic Woman Nominated to Supreme Court Bench]( – Inching her way even farther up the judicial ladder, Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Rachel Freier was nominated to become a Supreme Court Justice at the August 10th Judicial Convention, paving the way for her to become the first female elected Hasidic Supreme Court judge in New York State and possibly […] [Read More »]( [Couple Sues Tel Aviv Hospital for $9.2M Over In-Vitro Error]( [Couple Sues Tel Aviv Hospital for $9.2M Over In-Vitro Error]( (JNS) – A couple who discovered that one of their children is definitely not biologically related to the father, and a second one is most likely not as well, are suing Assuta Medical Center in Ramat Hachayal, Tel Aviv, for NIS 34 million ($9.2 million). The couple discovered the truth three months ago when […] [Read More »]( [Chen Amir’s Killer Entered Israel Through Hole in Security Fence]( [Chen Amir’s Killer Entered Israel Through Hole in Security Fence]( (JNS) – The Palestinian terrorist who shot and killed Chen Amir in the heart of Tel Aviv last weekend entered Israel through a hole in the Judea and Samaria security fence, Kan News reported on Thursday. Saturday’s incident began when two municipal patrol officers attempted to question a suspicious individual at the corner of […] [Read More »]( [Dutch Customs Officials Make Record Cocaine Seizure Worth 600 Million Euros]( [Dutch Customs Officials Make Record Cocaine Seizure Worth 600 Million Euros]( HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Customs authorities in Rotterdam have confiscated more than 8,000 kilograms (17,600 pounds) of cocaine, the largest seizure of the drug in the Netherlands, prosecutors said Thursday. The drugs had an estimated street value of 600 million euros ($662 million), the Rotterdam Public Prosecution Service said in a statement. No arrests […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Mike Huckabee Slams Biden for Interfering with Israel, Praises Trump]( [WATCH: Mike Huckabee Slams Biden for Interfering with Israel, Praises Trump]( (VINnews) — Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a staunch conservative, spoke with an Israeli news outlet this week. In the interview, he slammed President Biden’s interference and “injecting” himself into the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms, which are a domestic matter. Speaking with Arutz Sheva, Huckabee said, “I think that the Biden administration has […] [Read More »]( [The Inside Story of the Miami Beach vs. Kerestirer First Amendment Lawsuit]( [The Inside Story of the Miami Beach vs. Kerestirer First Amendment Lawsuit]( Inside Story of the Miami Beach vs. Kerestirer First Amendment Lawsuit By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home For years, the city of Miami Beach had been harassing the Kerestirer Shtiebel, an invitation-only private minyan.  The harassment was a negation of the first amendment rights of the citizens of this country. […] [Read More »]( [Prosecutors Seek Jan. 2 Trial Date for Donald Trump in His 2020 Election Conspiracy Case]( [Prosecutors Seek Jan. 2 Trial Date for Donald Trump in His 2020 Election Conspiracy Case]( (AP) – Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team asked a judge on Thursday to set a Jan. 2 trial date for former President Donald Trump in the case charging him with plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss. If U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agrees with prosecutors’ proposal, the case against the early […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Edmund Shammah ז”ל]( [Mr. Edmund Shammah ז”ל]( getting up: Tuesday (8/15/23)Morning Mrs. Marcelle Shammahwife Mrs. Brigette Beydadaughter Mr. Albert Shammahson Mrs. Robin Zafaranidaughter Mr. Jackie Shammahson Mr. Ikey Shammahson Mr. Marc Shammahson Mr. Morris Shammahson Mrs. Cami Alouchisister Mrs. Frieda Kamhimsister Mr. Morris Shammahbrother Mr. Eddie Shammahbrother Mr. Leon Shammahbrother [Read More »]( [Habachur Rephael Matisyahu Brodie ז”ל]( [Habachur Rephael Matisyahu Brodie ז”ל]( getting up: Tuesday (8/15/23)Morning R’ Chaim Mordechai BrodieFather Mrs Rivky BrodieMother R’ Meir BrodieBrother Habachur Ephraim BrodieBrother Miss Pessy BrodieSister Habachur Eli BrodieBrother Miss Miri BrodieSister Habachur Zevi BrodieBrother Habachur Yehuda BrodieBrother Habachur Tzali BrodieBrother Miss Leba BrodieSister [Read More »]( [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fires Nearly All Governors in West Bank in Major Upheaval]( [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fires Nearly All Governors in West Bank in Major Upheaval]( West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired most of the governors in the West Bank on Thursday, responding to long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the territory. The upheaval included […] [Read More »]( [5 Killed When RV Blows Tire, Crashes Head-on Into Tractor-Trailer]( [5 Killed When RV Blows Tire, Crashes Head-on Into Tractor-Trailer]( Pa. (AP) — A recreational vehicle blew a tire on an interstate highway in Pennsylvania, crossed the median and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer, killing four people in the RV and the truck driver, authorities said. The crash occurred around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday on northbound Interstate 81 near Chambersburg, in south-central Pennsylvania, state police […] [Read More »]( [COVID-19 Took a Toll on Heart Health and Doctors Are Still Grappling With How to Help]( [COVID-19 Took a Toll on Heart Health and Doctors Are Still Grappling With How to Help](. LOUIS (AP) — Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders. Now battling long COVID, he gingerly steps onto a treadmill to learn how his heart handles a simple walk. “This is, like, not a tough-guy test so don’t fake it,” warned Beth Hughes, a physical therapist at […] [Read More »]( [Prisoner Uses Sheets to Escape From 5th Floor of NYC Hospital and Hail Taxi; He’s Still at Large]( [Prisoner Uses Sheets to Escape From 5th Floor of NYC Hospital and Hail Taxi; He’s Still at Large]( YORK (AP) — A prisoner receiving medical treatment escaped from a New York City hospital by tying sheets together, rappelling from a fifth-floor window and hailing a taxi, police said. The 44-year-old man escaped from Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and was still at large Thursday, a […] [Read More »]( [From Eggs to Electronics to Used Cars, Consumer Inflation Eased Its Grip on US Households in July]( [From Eggs to Electronics to Used Cars, Consumer Inflation Eased Its Grip on US Households in July]( (AP) — Inflation in the United States edged up in July after 12 straight months of declines. But excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core inflation matched the smallest monthly rise in nearly two years, a sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes have continued to slow price increases. The inflation figure […] [Read More »]( [Virgin Galactic Takes off With Its First Tourists on Flight to the Edge of Space]( [Virgin Galactic Takes off With Its First Tourists on Flight to the Edge of Space]( OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — Virgin Galactic is taking its first space tourists on a long-delayed rocket ship ride, including a former British Olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago and a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean. The rocket-powered plane was carried aloft Thursday morning from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert. […] [Read More »]( [TERRIFYING: Man Brandishes Machete in Front of Oorah’s ‘The Zone’ Camp]( [TERRIFYING: Man Brandishes Machete in Front of Oorah’s ‘The Zone’ Camp]( NY (VINnews / JTA) — The charity Kars4Kids is citing an incident outside its Jewish camp in upstate New York in pressing its case to arm staff. In the July 23 incident, a man allegedly brandished a machete when approached by a staffer at The Zone, the Orthodox Jewish camp that Kars4Kids operates in […] [Read More »]( [Big Fashion Is Getting Bigger. Parent of Coach Will Buy Versace Owner Capri in $8.5 Billion Deal]( [Big Fashion Is Getting Bigger. Parent of Coach Will Buy Versace Owner Capri in $8.5 Billion Deal]( YORK (AP) — Tapestry, the parent company of luxury handbag and accessories retailer Coach, is buying the owner of fashion brands including Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo, Capri Holdings. Big fashion has been getting even bigger through a spate of acquisitions as U.S. players seek more sway in Europe. The approximately $8.5 billion […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Tween Becomes Surfsides’s Honorary Mayor]( [Orthodox Jewish Tween Becomes Surfsides’s Honorary Mayor]( – An 11 year old yeshiva student from Surfside got a unique lesson in civics this week when he was named the town’s honorary mayor in recognition of his compassionate efforts to comfort an elderly woman during the Champlain Towers memorial service held in June. Kasriel Gewirtz was awarded the title at Surfside’s August […] [Read More »]( [Real Kosher Ice Cream Recalls Soft Serve on the Go Cups]( [Real Kosher Ice Cream Recalls Soft Serve on the Go Cups]( YORK – Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY is recalling soft serve on the go ice cream and sorbet cups, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune […] [Read More »]( [MK Gafni: If Pilot Project For Separate Bathing In National Parks Won’t Start, We Will Legislate]( [MK Gafni: If Pilot Project For Separate Bathing In National Parks Won’t Start, We Will Legislate]( (VINnews) — Finance Committee chairman Moshe Gafni has said privately that if Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara continues to procrastinate and cast aspersions on the pilot project for separate bathing at springs in national reserves, he will promote such separation by law. “We’re trying to do things by agreement, bathing after opening hours and not […] [Read More »]( [IDF Eliminates Local Al- Aqsa Commander During Firefight Near Shechem]( [IDF Eliminates Local Al- Aqsa Commander During Firefight Near Shechem]( (VINnews) — The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, formerly associated with the Fatah terror organization, announced Thursday that the organization’s commander in the al-Ein “refugee” camp near Shechem, Amir Khalifa, was eliminated overnight. According to the organization, Khalifa was killed by the IDF in the village of Zawata, west of Shechem. The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry […] [Read More »]( [10-Year-Old Boy From Modiin Illit Drowns In Nearby Swimming Pool]( [10-Year-Old Boy From Modiin Illit Drowns In Nearby Swimming Pool]( (VINnews) — BDE: Baruch Abadi, a 10-year-old resident of Modiin Illit (Kiryat Sefer) drowned Wednesday evening in a swimming pool in the adjacent village of Matityahu. Baruch was evacuated to the Asaf Harofeh hospital sedated and respirated after a successful resuscitation, but doctors there declared him dead after a short time. Baruch, a pupil […] [Read More »]( [Foreign Minister Eli Cohen: Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal ‘Within Grasp, Only A Matter Of Time’]( [Foreign Minister Eli Cohen: Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal ‘Within Grasp, Only A Matter Of Time’]( (VINnews) — In a Ynet interview Thursday, Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen estimated that normalization of ties with Saudi Arabia was “within grasp” and that it was “only a matter of time” before an agreement is reached. Cohen said that such a deal was in the interest of the US as well as Israel. […] [Read More »]( [Volume II of Rav Shimon Brecher’s Q&A with Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l]( [Volume II of Rav Shimon Brecher’s Q&A with Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for Five Towns Jewish Home Be prepared for the second volume of Shamanu Kain Ra’inu with many hundreds of further fascinating rulings in halacha from Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. Reb Shimon Brecher z”l was an extraordinary individual whom Klal Yisroel had lost to COVID at a relatively young age.  He passed […] [Read More »]( [NYC Museum’s Concorde Supersonic Jet Takes Barge Ride to Brooklyn for Restoration]( [NYC Museum’s Concorde Supersonic Jet Takes Barge Ride to Brooklyn for Restoration]( YORK (AP) — The Concorde supersonic jet that has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since retiring from commercial air travel took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday for a facelift that will take several months. When Concorde service ended in 2003, 75 air museums around the world put in bids for the […] [Read More »]( [A Presidential Candidate in Ecuador Has Been Shot and Killed at Campaign Event]( [A Presidential Candidate in Ecuador Has Been Shot and Killed at Campaign Event]( (AP) — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said. The killing comes amid a startling wave of violence in the South American nation, with drug trafficking and violent killings on the rise. […] [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? 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