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[Watch Live: Republican Debate]( [Watch Live: Republican Debate]( showtime for the Republican presidential candidates − most of them, anyway. While frontrunner Donald Trump is absent, a field of eight GOP challengers will gather in Milwaukee on Wednesday for the first primary debate of the 2024 election cycle. The televised event offers a chance for Republican voters to consider the White House hopefuls […] [Read More »]( [Austria’s Plans for Hitler’s Birth House Stir Controversy]( [Austria’s Plans for Hitler’s Birth House Stir Controversy]( (JTA) — Plans to turn Hitler’s birth house into a police station have turned a small Austrian town upside down. The local administration of Branau announced Monday its concrete plans to put the building to practical use, promising to house a police training program on issues related to human rights. But less than two […] [Read More »]( [Southwest Is Limiting a Service That Lets Passengers Buy a Better Spot in the Boarding Line]( [Southwest Is Limiting a Service That Lets Passengers Buy a Better Spot in the Boarding Line]( (AP) — Southwest Airlines is changing its unusual boarding system by limiting the opportunity to pay an extra fee and jump ahead of other passengers in the race for the best seats. The airline said Wednesday that it has not dropped “EarlyBird” entirely from any flights, but it is “limiting the number of spots […] [Read More »]( [Edmunds: These Cars Will Be Gone After 2023]( [Edmunds: These Cars Will Be Gone After 2023]( as TV shows get canceled due to poor performance or changing customer tastes, the same happens for cars and trucks. Sluggish sales have often been the deciding factor in ending a model’s life cycle, but the industry’s shift toward electric vehicles is also becoming a major driving force. These cancellations tend to fly under […] [Read More »]( [In His New Book ‘The Fall,’ Author Michael Wolff Foresees the Demise of Fox News]( [In His New Book ‘The Fall,’ Author Michael Wolff Foresees the Demise of Fox News]( YORK (AP) — The next book from “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff is both a recounting of the recent past and a prediction for the near future. Wolff’s “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty” will come out Sept. 26, publisher Henry Holt announced Tuesday. A spokesperson told The […] [Read More »]( [Mask Mandates Making a Comeback?]( [Mask Mandates Making a Comeback?]( (VINnews) — At least one college has reinstated a mask mandate and other pandemic restrictions, as there has reportedly been a surge in COVID-19 cases. Morris Brown College in Atlanta has implemented a 14 day mask mandate policy, along with other guidelines. (SEE BELOW). It is likely that other schools and organizations will follow […] [Read More »]( [Grandson Of Biala-Lugano Rebbe Dies In Paragliding Accident In Swiss Alps]( [Grandson Of Biala-Lugano Rebbe Dies In Paragliding Accident In Swiss Alps]( YORK (VINnews) — R’ Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz, a young charedi man from Manchester, England, was killed on Wednesday in a paragliding accident in the Swiss Alps. Rabinowitz, 30, was married and father to a son who was born just a few months ago. He was the grandson of the Lugano Biala Rebbe, Rabbi Bezalel […] [Read More »]( [Ben Shapiro, Other Jews Slam NYT Reporter Who Complained About Women’s Section at Kosel]( [Ben Shapiro, Other Jews Slam NYT Reporter Who Complained About Women’s Section at Kosel]( (VINnews) — A female New York Times reporter who accompanied Mayor Eric Adams on his trip to Israel, tweeted her annoyance about the fact that she needed to be in the women’s section, while Adams visited the Kosel. Now she is getting major backlash from orthodox Jews and others, at her complete disrespect for […] [Read More »]( [Mikvah Discovered in Basement of Former Trip Club in Poland]( [Mikvah Discovered in Basement of Former Trip Club in Poland]( (JTA) – Before the Holocaust, the population of the town of Chmielnik, Poland, was around 80% Jewish. Sephardic Jews, having been expelled from Spain during the Inquisition, settled in Chmielnik and eventually built a synagogue in 1638. After the war, only four Jews remained. Today, the building houses a museum of the town’s Jewish […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Judith Weinberg ז”ל]( [Mrs. Judith Weinberg ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (8/28/23)Morning R’ Yisroel WeinbergSon R’ Yanky WeinbergSon Starting Friday morning until Sunday after Shacharis will be sitting in Queens at 137-15 71st Ave, 11367. Shacharis: 7:00am Mincha/ Maariv: 7:00pm. [Read More »]( [Giuliani Turns Himself in on Georgia 2020 Election Charges After Bond Is Set at $150,000]( [Giuliani Turns Himself in on Georgia 2020 Election Charges After Bond Is Set at $150,000]( (AP) — Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Wednesday on charges alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump’s chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election. The former New York City mayor, celebrated as “America’s mayor” for his leadership after 9/11, is charged with Trump and 17 other people […] [Read More »]( [Accidental Landlords: Is Property Worth the ‘Return on Hassle’?]( [Accidental Landlords: Is Property Worth the ‘Return on Hassle’?]( YORK (AP) – While home ownership remains a dream for most Americans, some lucky souls stumble backward into becoming a landlord. These so-called “ accidental landlords ” may have never envisioned collecting rent so soon, yet the bizarre changes in the property market have nudged them into this seemingly lucrative role. Millions of Americans […] [Read More »]( [Bear Attacks 7-Year-Old Boy in His Suburban New York Backyard]( [Bear Attacks 7-Year-Old Boy in His Suburban New York Backyard]( N.Y. (AP) — A black bear attacked a 7-year-old boy outside his family’s home in suburban New York, sending the child to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, officials said. The attack happened shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday outside a home in Bedford, about 45 miles northeast of New York City. […] [Read More »]( [A Business Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10, and Mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Was on Passenger List, Authorities Say]( [A Business Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10, and Mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin Was on Passenger List, Authorities Say]( (AP) — A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday, killing all ten people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board. Unconfirmed media reports said the jet belonged to Prigozhin, […] [Read More »]( [Chinese-Backed Port Project in Peru to Be the ‘Gateway From South America to Asia,’ Official Says]( [Chinese-Backed Port Project in Peru to Be the ‘Gateway From South America to Asia,’ Official Says]( Peru (AP) — Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of a roughly one-square-mile area on Peru’s Pacific coast, part of China’s most ambitious port project in Latin America designed to facilitate trade between the regions. The port of Chancay, 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of […] [Read More »]( [Kosovo inaugurates ‘Wall of Honor’ statue for 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust]( [Kosovo inaugurates ‘Wall of Honor’ statue for 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust]( Kosovo (AP) — A statue bearing the names of 23 Kosovo Albanians who rescued Jews from the Holocaust during World War II was inaugurated Wednesday in the capital, Pristina. The “Wall of Honor” statue was placed in a park in Pristina in the presence of some of the rescuers’ descendants, political leaders, and the […] [Read More »]( [India Becomes the Fourth Country to Successfully Land a Spacecraft on the Moon]( [India Becomes the Fourth Country to Successfully Land a Spacecraft on the Moon]( DELHI (AP) — India on Wednesday landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology. A lander with a rover inside touched down on the lunar surface at […] [Read More »]( [Construction Platform at Railroad Bridge Being Built in India Collapses, Killing at Least 26 Workers]( [Construction Platform at Railroad Bridge Being Built in India Collapses, Killing at Least 26 Workers]( India (AP) — A construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern India collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 26 workers and injuring two others, an official said. The gantry collapsed at a bridge in Sairang, a town on the outskirts of Aizawal, the capital of Mizoram state, according to the police control […] [Read More »]( [Pakistani Children Rescued From a Broken Cable Car Say They Repeatedly Feared They Would Die]( [Pakistani Children Rescued From a Broken Cable Car Say They Repeatedly Feared They Would Die]( Pakistan (AP) — Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan said Wednesday that they repeatedly feared death was imminent during the 16-hour ordeal even as their parents tried to console them over the phone. Six children and two adults were pulled from the cable car […] [Read More »]( [Two Tankers Have Collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal, Disrupting Traffic in the Vital Waterway]( [Two Tankers Have Collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal, Disrupting Traffic in the Vital Waterway]( (AP) — Two tankers carrying oil products and liquefied natural gas collided in the Suez Canal, disrupting traffic through the global waterway, Egyptian authorities said Wednesday. The Suez Canal authority said in a statement that the BW Lesmes, a Singapore-flagged tanker that carries liquefied natural gas, suffered a mechanical malfunction on Tuesday night and […] [Read More »]( [Chabad Rabbi Placing Tefillin Punched In The Eye At Mahane Yehuda: ‘It Won’t Deter Me’]( [Chabad Rabbi Placing Tefillin Punched In The Eye At Mahane Yehuda: ‘It Won’t Deter Me’]( (VINnews) — In the wake of unprecedented incitement against charedim in Israeli media outlets in recent months, the number of physical attacks on charedim has also seen a worrying rise. On Monday, Rabbi Ariel Yehuda Leshem, a chabad chasid, was placing Tefillin at a booth in the Mahane Yehuda market when he was assaulted […] [Read More »]( [IDF Maps For Demolition Homes Of Terrorists Who Murdered Batsheva Nagari HyD]( [IDF Maps For Demolition Homes Of Terrorists Who Murdered Batsheva Nagari HyD]( (VINnews) — The IDF announced that its forces have mapped for demolition the homes of the two terrorist suspects involved in the murder of Batsheva Nagari Hyd in a terrorist shooting attack Monday. Nagari, a 42-year-old mother of three, was shot dead in front of her daughter in the attack near Hebron on Monday […] [Read More »]( [Anti-Charedi Radio Anchor Reveals: My Grandson Goes To Chabad Kindergarten In Tel Aviv]( [Anti-Charedi Radio Anchor Reveals: My Grandson Goes To Chabad Kindergarten In Tel Aviv]( (VINnews) — There are several prominent journalists in Israel who are famous for their unabashed antagonism towards the charedi community and the values it represents. Many of them do not hesitate to use the platforms they receive to villify charedim in different ways. Galit Gutman famously said a few months ago on Israeli TV […] [Read More »]( [Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein: Tel Aviv Light Rail Permitted For Use Despite Being Built On Shabbos]( [Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein: Tel Aviv Light Rail Permitted For Use Despite Being Built On Shabbos]( (VINnews) — A significant debate has arisen in recent days over whether the Tel Aviv light rail system can be used immediately. The light rail is closed on Shabbos but the tunnels and railroad works took place on Shabbos as well and therefore deriving benefit from the system could be deemed Maaseh Shabbat which […] [Read More »]( [Dr. Eli Shapiro: How to use devices and social media in a healthy way (VIDEO)]( [Dr. Eli Shapiro: How to use devices and social media in a healthy way (VIDEO)]( Podcast) — Technology. Our best friend? Or worst nightmare? These days, one of the biggest challenges for frum families involves smartphones, tablets, video games, and other devices, which can be rampant and immersive. We may also be heavily dependent (addicted?) on social networking like Twitter, Whatsapp, and Facebook. We feel like we cannot live […] [Read More »]( [POLITICAL HOCK: Trump will skip the debates…No, he’s not a coward.]( [POLITICAL HOCK: Trump will skip the debates…No, he’s not a coward.]( YORK (VIN Podcast) — Some people are calling President Trump a ‘coward’ and a ‘chicken’ for refusing to participate in the upcoming GOP debates. Not true. Trump is making the correct decision. In fact, it’s a no brainer. Imagine if the New York Yankees had a HUGE lead in the standings, and they were […] [Read More »]( [An Open Letter to Rebbeim and Morahs]( [An Open Letter to Rebbeim and Morahs]( YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — As another school year is about to begin, I want to say something to my children’s Rebbeim, Morahs and teachers. Let me be as blunt as possible… Thank you. We entrust you with our precious packages, who sometimes spend more waking hours with you than with us. And […] [Read More »]( [POLICE: Monticello Gunshots Did Not Target Jews]( [POLICE: Monticello Gunshots Did Not Target Jews]( (VINnews) — According to police officials, the gunfire which erupted on Tuesday was a gang-related incident. The gunshots took place not far from the high school in the Village of Monticello. According to village police, a man driving on Forestburgh Road stopped, got out of his vehicle, and exchanged gunfire with other persons who […] [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? 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