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[Authorities Investigating Threats to Grand Jurors Who Indicted Trump in Georgia]( [Authorities Investigating Threats to Grand Jurors Who Indicted Trump in Georgia]( – Authorities in Georgia said Thursday they’re investigating threats targeting members of the grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat’s office said investigators are working to trace the origin of the threats after the names of grand jury members and other personal information […] [Read More »]( [Bizui Talmidei Chachomim: An Analysis]( [Bizui Talmidei Chachomim: An Analysis]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Imagine, chalillah, witnessing an assassination happening before your very eyes.  Ekkeldik, Horrifying.  Dreadful.  Our words fail us and we cannot sleep at night when we see it. Shlomo HaMelech warned us:  Mavais v’Chaim b’yad l’shon.  So is character assassination any better?  Now imagine an energetic tzaddik and talmid chochom who built […] [Read More »]( [UN: North Korea Is Increasing Repression as People Are Reportedly Starving in Parts of the Country]( [UN: North Korea Is Increasing Repression as People Are Reportedly Starving in Parts of the Country]( NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens, the U.N. rights chief said Thursday. Volker Türk told the first open meeting of the U.N. Security Council since 2017 on North Korean […] [Read More »]( [Tel Aviv Nlight Rail to Open to the Public Friday]( [Tel Aviv Nlight Rail to Open to the Public Friday]( (JNS) – After years of delays, the Tel Aviv Light Rail will begin running on Friday, affording commuters a traffic-free ride in and around the congested metropolitan area. The 24-km. (15-mile) Red Line, which will run through Tel Aviv connecting Bat Yam just south of the city to Petach Tikvah to its east, was […] [Read More »]( [Pro Israeli Politician Who Studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Leads in Poll Ahead of Guatemala Presidential Election]( [Pro Israeli Politician Who Studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Leads in Poll Ahead of Guatemala Presidential Election]( CITY (AP/VINnews) — For much of Guatemala’s troubled electoral campaign, authorities seemed determined to limit voters’ options to a range of presidential hopefuls unlikely to shake up a corrupt political system, keeping several candidates seen as threats off the ballot. In part, the strategy seemed to work. The man leading polls a month before […] [Read More »]( [Over 1.5 Million Dehumidifiers Are Under Recall After Fire Reports. Here’s What You Need to Know]( [Over 1.5 Million Dehumidifiers Are Under Recall After Fire Reports. Here’s What You Need to Know]( YORK (AP) — More than 1.5 million dehumidifiers are under recall following reports of nearly two dozen fires, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall impacts 42 models of dehumidifiers sold under five brand names: Kenmore, GE, SoleusAir, Norpole and Seabreeze. These products, all manufactured by the Zhuhai, China-based Gree Electric […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Shutters 27 Boston Market Restaurants Over Unpaid Wages, Related Worker Issues]( [New Jersey Shutters 27 Boston Market Restaurants Over Unpaid Wages, Related Worker Issues]( N.J. (AP) — State labor officials have temporarily shut down more than two dozen Boston Market restaurants in New Jersey after finding multiple violations of workers’ rights, including more than $600,000 in back wages owed to 314 employees. A stop-work order was issued Tuesday by the Department of Labor against 27 restaurants across New […] [Read More »]( [Taliban Official Says Women Lose Value if Their Faces Are Visible to Men in Public]( [Taliban Official Says Women Lose Value if Their Faces Are Visible to Men in Public]( Afghanistan (AP) — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. The Taliban, who took over the country […] [Read More »]( [North Korea Is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says]( [North Korea Is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says]( South Korea (AP) — North Korea is preparing for a new round of provocative weapons displays such as long-range missile tests and a spy satellite launch, as it ramps up illicit activities to support its fragile economy, South Korea’s intelligence service told lawmakers Thursday. North Korea’s chronic economic hardships and food shortages have worsened […] [Read More »]( [Israel ‘One of the World’s Top Cyber Powers’]( [Israel ‘One of the World’s Top Cyber Powers’]( (JNS) – Israel’s position as a cyber superpower places it in an exclusive club of world powers, despite having a population a little larger than New York City, according to former Israeli defense official Chuck Freilich. Freilich, a senior research fellow at the MirYam Institute and the Institute for National Security Studies and a […] [Read More »]( [Arrival of 215 Immigrants Sparks Dancing at Ben-Gurion Airport]( [Arrival of 215 Immigrants Sparks Dancing at Ben-Gurion Airport]( (JNS) – A planeload of 215 immigrants from the U.S. and Canada landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, sparking emotional family reunions and even dancing in one of the terminals. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier in my whole life than I am today. It’s been a big dream that I’ve had for […] [Read More »]( [Small Plane Crashes on a Malaysian Highway, Killing All 8 People on Board and 2 on the Ground]( [Small Plane Crashes on a Malaysian Highway, Killing All 8 People on Board and 2 on the Ground]( LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A small aircraft lost control and crashed Thursday on a highway in Malaysia’s central Selangor state, killing all eight people on board and two on the ground, authorities said. Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the six passengers and two crew members on the private chartered plane perished in […] [Read More »]( [What New Lending Regulations Mean for Small-Business Owners]( [What New Lending Regulations Mean for Small-Business Owners]( – The U.S. Small Business Administration and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau each issued new rules earlier this year that aim to expand funding access for small-business owners, especially those in underserved communities. As of Aug. 1, 2023, updates to the SBA’s rules will allow for new, nonbank lenders to offer SBA 7(a) loans, as […] [Read More »]( [Walmart’s Hottest Selling Item? The Basics. In an Era of Inflation, Its Future Is Looking Brighter]( [Walmart’s Hottest Selling Item? The Basics. In an Era of Inflation, Its Future Is Looking Brighter]( YORK (AP) — Walmart reported strong second-quarter sales results as the retailer’s low-price model continues to attract budget conscious consumers in a tough economic environment. The nation’s largest retailer boosted its annual outlook again, sending shares up as much as 2% before the opening bell Thursday. Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, earned $7.89 billion, […] [Read More »]( [After Wave of Quran Burnings, Sweden Raises Its Terror Alert]( [After Wave of Quran Burnings, Sweden Raises Its Terror Alert]( (AP) — Sweden on Thursday raised its terrorism alert level one notch to the second-highest setting, following recent Quran burnings in the Scandinavian country by a handful of anti-Islam activists, which sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries. The Scandinavian country’s domestic security service, SAPO, said the overall security situation has deteriorated and the risk […] [Read More »]( [Israel Clinches Largest-Ever Defense Deal With Germany for $3.5 Billion After Securing Us Approval]( [Israel Clinches Largest-Ever Defense Deal With Germany for $3.5 Billion After Securing Us Approval]( (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry said Thursday it has secured its largest-ever defense deal selling a sophisticated missile defense system to Germany for $3.5 billion after the United States approved the deal. Although Israel has long had close economic and military links with western European countries, the deal with Germany could draw the attention […] [Read More »]( [Charedi Political Leaders Backtracking On Draft Law Demands After Public Backlash]( [Charedi Political Leaders Backtracking On Draft Law Demands After Public Backlash]( (VINnews) — Senior charedi officials said Thursday that charedi political leaders are beginning to realize that, amid the public protests against the judicial reform, it will not be possible to approve a conscription law as stipulated in the coalition agreement. Kikar Hashabbat reported that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with senior members of the […] [Read More »]( [Yoilish Kraus: After Journalist’s Anti-Charedi Provocation, I Won’t Interview On Channel 13]( [Yoilish Kraus: After Journalist’s Anti-Charedi Provocation, I Won’t Interview On Channel 13]( (VINnews) — Yoilish Kraus, a Meah Shearim resident who is a spokesperson for the Eda Charedis in the Israeli media, said that he will discontinue interviews on Channel 13 after journalist Neria Kraus claimed that a chareidi person had discriminated against her on a plane by asking her to move seats. Kraus wrote that […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Ron Moshe Elstein ז”ל רון משה בן בצלאל]( [Mr. Ron Moshe Elstein ז”ל רון משה בן בצלאל]( getting up: Mrs. Keren Solomons Daughter Sitting Sunday (8/20) and Monday (8/21) from 9am-9pm. [Read More »]( [Israeli Surgeons Successfully Extract Safety Pin From Baby’s Throat]( [Israeli Surgeons Successfully Extract Safety Pin From Baby’s Throat]( (VINnews) — On Sunday, surgeons successfully removed a safety pin from the esophagus of an infant. As first reported by Arutz Sheva, the parents of the nine-month-old brought their son to the emergency room at Assuta Ashdod Hospital, after they suspected he had swallowed a bone. Although when examined by Dr. Hagar Gur-Soferman, head […] [Read More »]( [Accidental YouTube sensation Rabbi Mendel Kaplan has led a Toronto Chabad for 25 years]( [Accidental YouTube sensation Rabbi Mendel Kaplan has led a Toronto Chabad for 25 years]( (JNS) — Rabbi Mendel Kaplan still remembers the day in 2016 after morning prayers when congregants were talking about a woman, whose video of herself laughing while wearing a Chewbacca mask had gone viral on YouTube. Kaplan, 52, the religious leader of the 25-year-old Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, a suburban district in southern Ontario, […] [Read More »]( [Air Force Awards a Start-up Company $235 Million to Build an Example of a Sleek New Plane]( [Air Force Awards a Start-up Company $235 Million to Build an Example of a Sleek New Plane]( – The U.S. Air Force will invest $235 million to help a start-up manufacturer build a jet with a blended-wing body that officials say could provide greater range and efficiency for military tankers and cargo planes and perhaps eventually be used to carry airline passengers. JetZero and the Air Force, which announced the award […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Journalist Claims Discrimination When Asked To Move On Flight, True Story Emerged Later]( [Israeli Journalist Claims Discrimination When Asked To Move On Flight, True Story Emerged Later]( (VINnews) — In another example of apparently false disparaging of charedi travellers, an Israeli female journalist complained Tuesday that she had been asked to move from her seat because charedi men wished to sit together and not next to a woman. The journalist, Neria Kraus of Israel’s Channel 13, published a picture of the […] [Read More »]( [AP, Other News Organizations Develop Standards for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms]( [AP, Other News Organizations Develop Standards for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms]( YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has issued guidelines on artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service while encouraging staff members to become familiar with the technology. AP is one of a handful of news organizations that have begun to set rules on […] [Read More »]( [Argentina’s Shocking Primary Winner Could Become the Country’s First Jewish Convert President]( [Argentina’s Shocking Primary Winner Could Become the Country’s First Jewish Convert President]( AIRES (JTA) — Argentina has never had a Jewish president. But that concept could move a step closer to reality after a general election in October. That’s because on Sunday, the leading vote-getter in national primary elections was Javier Milei, a libertarian who wants to convert Argentina’s currency to the U.S. dollar and has […] [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 600 Reisterstown Rd Suite 401Baltimore, MD 21208 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.