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[Bill Richardson, a Former Governor and Un Ambassador Who Worked to Free Detained Americans, Dies]( [Bill Richardson, a Former Governor and Un Ambassador Who Worked to Free Detained Americans, Dies]( (AP) — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who dedicated his post-political career to working to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died. He was 75. The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded and led, said in […] [Read More »]( [Over 100 Injured As Eritrean Migrants Clash With Police In Tel Aviv, Police Use Live Fire To Disperse Crowds]( [Over 100 Injured As Eritrean Migrants Clash With Police In Tel Aviv, Police Use Live Fire To Disperse Crowds]( (VINnews) — In the worst riots to break out in over a decade , more than 100 people were injured, some of them seriously during a violent protest in Tel Aviv by foreign nationals from Eritrea. The riots broke out as both Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists […] [Read More »]( [US Vice Chair of Armed Services Committee Promises ‘Resolute Reaction’ if Taiwan Is Attacked]( [US Vice Chair of Armed Services Committee Promises ‘Resolute Reaction’ if Taiwan Is Attacked]( Taiwan (AP) — A United States congressional delegation visiting Taiwan said Friday that Washington would act if the island was attacked and promised to resolve the $19-billion backlog in its defense purchases from the U.S. “Know that any hostile unprovoked attack on Taiwan will result in a resolute reaction from the U.S.,” said Rob […] [Read More »]( [A 98-Year-Old German Man Is Charged as an Accessory to Murder at a Nazi Concentration Camp]( [A 98-Year-Old German Man Is Charged as an Accessory to Murder at a Nazi Concentration Camp]( (AP) — A 98-year-old man has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder as a guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945, prosecutors said Friday. The German citizen, a resident of Main-Kinzig county near Frankfurt, is accused of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands […] [Read More »]( [Swiss Glacier Watcher Warns Recent Heat Wave Threatens Severe Melt Again This Year After Record 2022]( [Swiss Glacier Watcher Warns Recent Heat Wave Threatens Severe Melt Again This Year After Record 2022]( (AP) — A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer combined with a heat wave last week may have caused severe glacier melt in Switzerland, threatening to make 2023 its second-worst year for ice loss after a record thaw last year. Matthias Huss of the GLAMOS glacier monitoring center said full […] [Read More »]( [Taos Trails & Jewish Tales]( [Taos Trails & Jewish Tales]( Eliyahu and Batsheva Kaminetzky, Chabad of Taos, New Mexico   Taos Trails & Jewish Tales Download for Shabbas Reading By: Chaya Chazan   In typical Chabad fashion, my wife, from New York, and myself, from Melbourne, had a relative on shlichus in New Mexico, who assured us there was a sizable Jewish population in […] [Read More »]( [Bringing Shuls into Left and Secular Kibbutzim]( [Bringing Shuls into Left and Secular Kibbutzim]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman On September 13th, erev Rosh HaShana, another fact on the ground will be established.  A synagogue will be established in Kibbutz Lehavot Chaviva in the Moatzah Ezorit of Menashe.  It will be accompanied with a hachnasas Sefer Torah. But let’s start at the beginning.  The organization is called “Ayelet HaShachar” and […] [Read More »]( [US Will Regulate Nursing Home Staffing for First Time, but Proposal Lower Than Many Advocates Hoped]( [US Will Regulate Nursing Home Staffing for First Time, but Proposal Lower Than Many Advocates Hoped]( YORK (AP) — The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. While such regulation has been sought for decades by allies of older adults and those with disabilities, the proposed threshold is far lower […] [Read More »]( [Personal Memories About Rav Aharon Schechter ZT”L: How He Guided My College Career In Yeshiva]( [Personal Memories About Rav Aharon Schechter ZT”L: How He Guided My College Career In Yeshiva]( Yitschak Rudomin) — The passing of Rav Aharon Moshe Schechter (1928–2023) ends an era at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and Kollel Gur Aryeh in Brooklyn, New York, where he was the main Rosh HaYeshiva after the previous Rosh HaYeshiva Rav Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980) passed away in 1980. Anyone who interacted with him as the […] [Read More »]( [Texas Authorities Say 2 People Including Shooter Dead Outside Shopping Center in Austin]( [Texas Authorities Say 2 People Including Shooter Dead Outside Shopping Center in Austin]( Texas (AP) — A shooting outside a large shopping center in Austin, Texas, on Thursday killed one person and left another victim with critical injuries, authorities said. The shooter also died of a gunshot wound. The shooting near The Arboretum on the city’s north side started at 5 p.m. and by 5:09 p.m. responding […] [Read More »]( [Borough Park Kosher Ice Cream Chain Recalls All of Its Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts Due to Listeria Fears]( [Borough Park Kosher Ice Cream Chain Recalls All of Its Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts Due to Listeria Fears]( (JTA) – A kosher ice cream chain in Brooklyn is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream and pareve frozen desserts after it was linked to a recent listeria outbreak from another kosher ice cream manufacturer. The recall was announced by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday and lists more than 90 frozen […] [Read More »]( [US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Calls Russia-China Alliance the Biggest Threat Since Wwii]( [US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Calls Russia-China Alliance the Biggest Threat Since Wwii]( (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said Friday that a partnership between the Russian and Chinese leaders worried him, adding, “We have never seen a threat this large scale to Europe and the Pacific, I would argue, since World War II.” An alliance between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and […] [Read More »]( [US Employers Added a Solid 187,000 Jobs in August in Sign of a Still-Resilient Labor Market]( [US Employers Added a Solid 187,000 Jobs in August in Sign of a Still-Resilient Labor Market]( (AP) — The nation’s employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in a sign of a still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. The job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a moderating pace of hiring compared with earlier […] [Read More »]( [R’ Avrohm Yadgaran ז”ל]( [R’ Avrohm Yadgaran ז”ל]( getting up: Friday (9/08/23)Morning R’ Yitzchok YadgaranBrother [Read More »]( [Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Can Continue With His Work Schedule, Congressional Physician Says]( [Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Can Continue With His Work Schedule, Congressional Physician Says]( (AP) — The attending physician to Congress said Thursday that he had cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule after evaluating an incident in which McConnell appeared to freeze up at an event in Kentucky. But the health episode — his second in public this summer — has fueled […] [Read More »]( [Residents Return to Find Homes Gone, Towns Devastated in Path of Idalia]( [Residents Return to Find Homes Gone, Towns Devastated in Path of Idalia]( BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricanes and tropical storms are nothing new in the South, but the sheer magnitude of damage from Idalia shocked Desmond Roberson as he toured what as left of his Georgia neighborhood. Roberson took a drive through Valdosta on Thursday with a friend to check out damage after the storm, which […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Sternbuch Slams Gelilah By Woman During Torah Dedication: ‘Let Us Disassociate From Them’]( [Rabbi Sternbuch Slams Gelilah By Woman During Torah Dedication: ‘Let Us Disassociate From Them’]( (VINnews) —The Head of the Rabbinical Court of the Eida Haharedis (Jerusalem charedi Council), Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, sharply condemned the synagogue officials at a Lithuanian shul in Ramat Beit Shemesh who honored a woman with “Gelilah,” the ceremonial wrapping of a Torah scroll. The incident took place during a Torah dedication ceremony at a […] [Read More »]( [Victim Of Ramming Attack Identified As IDF Soldier, Immigrant From Ukraine]( [Victim Of Ramming Attack Identified As IDF Soldier, Immigrant From Ukraine]( (VINnews) — BDE: The victim of Thursday’s ramming attack at the Maccabim junction has been identified as IDF soldier Maksym Mulachnov HYD, a 20-year-old lone soldier who immigrated to Israel six years ago from Kharkiv and enlisted in the IDF. His parents, who still live in Kharkiv, were notified of the incident. Three other […] [Read More »]( [VICTORY: CUNY official who hired fired ‘CNN’ commentator steps down]( [VICTORY: CUNY official who hired fired ‘CNN’ commentator steps down]( YORK (JNS) — Marc Lamont Hill lost his cable-TV news gig after giving a speech calling for anti-Israel boycotts and “a free Palestine from the river to the sea.” Now the woman who just brought him to the City University of New York (CUNY) will likewise depart from her role. Chancellor Matos Rodríguez announced […] [Read More »]( [New York Police Will Use Drones to Monitor Backyard Parties This Weekend, Spurring Privacy Concerns]( [New York Police Will Use Drones to Monitor Backyard Parties This Weekend, Spurring Privacy Concerns]( YORK (AP) — Those attending outdoor parties or barbecues in New York City this weekend may notice an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police surveillance drone. The New York City police department plans to pilot the unmanned aircrafts in response to complaints about large gatherings, including private events, over Labor Day weekend, […] [Read More »]( [Some Us Airports Strive to Make Flying More Inclusive for Those With Dementia]( [Some Us Airports Strive to Make Flying More Inclusive for Those With Dementia]( (AP) — Andrea Nissen is trying to prepare her 65-year-old husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, for a solo flight from Arizona to Oklahoma to visit family. She worries about travelers and airport officials misinterpreting his forgetfulness or habit of getting in people’s personal space, and feels guilty about not being able to accompany him. […] [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. 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