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[WATCH: Climbers Jump Over Dying Sherpa During Record-Breaking Ascent Of K2, Fueling Criticism]( [WATCH: Climbers Jump Over Dying Sherpa During Record-Breaking Ascent Of K2, Fueling Criticism]( YORK (AP) — An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world’s most treacherous mountain, a Pakistani mountaineer said Saturday, following allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the summit had walked past the man after he was gravely injured in a fall. The […] [Read More »]( [3 Weeks After Throwing Eggs At Nes Tziona Tefillin Booth, Man Returns To Apologize, Place Tefillin]( [3 Weeks After Throwing Eggs At Nes Tziona Tefillin Booth, Man Returns To Apologize, Place Tefillin]( (VINnews) — A man who threw eggs at a Nes Tziona Tefillin booth three weeks ago, arrived at the booth Friday to apologize to the two Chabad youths who man the booth. The two warmly received the man, Elad Levi, and accepted his apology, asking him if he was willing to put on Tefillin. […] [Read More »]( [Resurrection after the Raid: Yiddishkeit in Uganda]( [Resurrection after the Raid: Yiddishkeit in Uganda]( Rabbi Moshe and Yocheved Raskin, Chabad of Kampala, Uganda   Resurrection after the Raid: Yiddishkeit in Uganda   I grew up in a shluchim family. My siblings are scattered around the world, serving a variety of communities. The Rebbe’s mission to light up all four corners of the globe was instilled in us from […] [Read More »]( [Attorney General Garland Appoints a Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden Probe]( [Attorney General Garland Appoints a Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden Probe]( (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday he is appointing a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, deepening the investigation of the president’s son ahead of the 2024 election. Garland said he is naming David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of the […] [Read More »]( [Phoenix Suns will retire Amar’e Stoudemire’s number, making him 2nd Jewish ex-NBAer to net honor]( [Phoenix Suns will retire Amar’e Stoudemire’s number, making him 2nd Jewish ex-NBAer to net honor]( — Amar’e Stoudemire hasn’t donned a Phoenix Suns jersey since 2010, but soon, no Suns player will wear his No. 32 ever again. The Suns announced Wednesday that Stoudemire, along with his teammate Shawn Marion, would be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor during the 2023-2024 NBA season. According to the team’s press […] [Read More »]( [Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buys Home in Miami’s ‘Billionaire Bunker.’ Tom Brady Will Be His Neighbor]( [Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Buys Home in Miami’s ‘Billionaire Bunker.’ Tom Brady Will Be His Neighbor]( (AP) — Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is buying an estate on an exclusive man-made barrier island in Miami known as “Billionaire Bunker,” where he will be neighbors with a growing list of celebrities including Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Bezos, 59, is paying $68 million for the three-bedroom, […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s conservative ‘Channel 14’ accuses business moguls of conspiring to cancel it]( [Israel’s conservative ‘Channel 14’ accuses business moguls of conspiring to cancel it]( (JNS) — The Israel Competition Authority confirmed to JNS that it received a request from Channel 14, Israel’s only conservative television station with a news department, to investigate possible illegal coordination by major Israeli businesses to drop the station from their advertising budgets in an effort to shutter it. Several companies have banded together […] [Read More »]( [DeSantis Is Resetting His Campaign Again. Some Republicans Worry His Message Is Getting in the Way]( [DeSantis Is Resetting His Campaign Again. Some Republicans Worry His Message Is Getting in the Way]( Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis largely dismissed his own decision to replace his campaign leadership team as he returned to Iowa in the midst of a weekslong reset. The Republican presidential hopeful also made no mention of the two rounds of campaign layoffs he made recently in response to unexpected fundraising troubles. Instead, the […] [Read More »]( [Michigan State Senator Apologizes for Visiting Israel]( [Michigan State Senator Apologizes for Visiting Israel]( (JNS) – A state senator in Michigan has apologized to her Arab and Muslim constituents for a recent visit to Israel with her fellow lawmakers. Sylvia Santana, whose district includes part of Detroit. as well as Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, with a high concentration of Arab Muslims, posted the apology on social media. “I […] [Read More »]( [Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Says He’s Been Thinking Seriously About Becoming an Independent]( [Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Says He’s Been Thinking Seriously About Becoming an Independent]( W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said that he has been thinking “seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an independent. The West Virginia lawmaker, who has raised his national profile as a swing vote on major spending packages in the closely divided U.S. Senate, made the comments on MetroNews “Talkline” on […] [Read More »]( [Thousands Are Evacuated From Lublin, After a Builder Uncovers a WWII Bomb in a Polish Town]( [Thousands Are Evacuated From Lublin, After a Builder Uncovers a WWII Bomb in a Polish Town]( Poland (AP) — Some 14,000 people were evacuated Friday in the eastern Polish town of Lublin to allow military experts to remove a massive unexploded bomb believed to be from World War II. City authorities said on the X platform later Friday that the bomb had been successfully removed and residents can return home, […] [Read More »]( [At Least 55 People Died on Maui. Residents Had Little Warning Before Wildfires Overtook a Town]( [At Least 55 People Died on Maui. Residents Had Little Warning Before Wildfires Overtook a Town]( Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations — but widespread power and cellular outages […] [Read More »]( [Should the New El Al Administration Honor a Pidyon Shvuyim Hero?]( [Should the New El Al Administration Honor a Pidyon Shvuyim Hero?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Home Very often, a particular Mitzvah is associated with one particular Parsha in the Torah.  Pidyon Shvuyim, the rescuing of captives is one of the greatest Mitzvos in the Torah.  I would like to suggest that this Mitzvah is particularly associated with this week’s Parsha, Re’ay.  […] [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 »]( [Israel Breaks Ground on Mass Bus Rapid Transit System]( [Israel Breaks Ground on Mass Bus Rapid Transit System]( (JNS) – Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev on Wednesday laid the cornerstone for the Blue Line, an advanced mass transit system that will connect Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion, Nes Ziona and Rehovot. The Bus Rapid Transit system is forecasted to carry approximately 77,000 passengers a day and 56 million per year. The Blue Line […] [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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