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[The Federal Government Is Headed Into a Shutdown. What Does It Mean, Who’s Hit and What’s Next?]( [The Federal Government Is Headed Into a Shutdown. What Does It Mean, Who’s Hit and What’s Next?]( (AP) — The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for deep cuts, force a confrontation over federal spending. While some government entities will be exempt — Social Security checks, for example, will still go […] [Read More »]( [‘Time to Repent and Resign,’ Truck Ad Outside ADL Office Tells Greenblatt]( [‘Time to Repent and Resign,’ Truck Ad Outside ADL Office Tells Greenblatt]( YORK (JNS) – Two and a half days before Yom Kippur, a jumbotron advertisement on a truck outside the Anti-Defamation League’s offices in New York urged Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL CEO and national director, to heed the theme of the High Holiday. “It is time to repent and resign,” stated the ad, sponsored by […] [Read More »]( [Energy Department Announces $325M for Batteries That Can Store Clean Electricity Longer]( [Energy Department Announces $325M for Batteries That Can Store Clean Electricity Longer]( – The Energy Department has announced a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power. The funds will be distributed among 15 projects in 17 states and the Red Lake Nation, a Native American tribe based in Minnesota. Batteries are increasingly being used to […] [Read More »]( [Doing this for G-ds Children]( [Doing this for G-ds Children]( Asher and Henya A”H Federman, Chabad of the U.S. Virgin Islands   Henya’s Everlasting Legacy Part II   By: Chaya Chazan PDF VERSION CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK In 2017, two Category 5 hurricanes devastated the island. We went without power for months, and it took a long time for the island to recover. Our […] [Read More »]( [Capitol Rioter Who Attacked AP Photographer and Police Officers Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison]( [Capitol Rioter Who Attacked AP Photographer and Police Officers Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison]( (AP) — A man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke grenade at police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison. Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and […] [Read More »]( [Congo to Move Embassy to Jerusalem]( [Congo to Move Embassy to Jerusalem]( (JNS) – The Democratic Republic of Congo will move its embassy to Jerusalem, and Israel will open a diplomatic mission in Kinshasa, the leaders of the two countries said late Thursday. The news, which was announced after a joint meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi on the sidelines of […] [Read More »]( [US Contractor Originally From Ethiopia Arrested on Espionage Charges, Justice Department Says]( [US Contractor Originally From Ethiopia Arrested on Espionage Charges, Justice Department Says]( (AP) — A contractor for the U.S. government has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system, the Justice Department said Thursday. Abraham Teklu Lemma, who is originally from Ethiopia, had a top secret security clearance and access to […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Anita Schindler ע”ה]( [Mrs. Anita Schindler ע”ה]( getting up: Sunday (9/24/23)Afternoon Mrs. Renah GeislerDaughter Mrs. Cyral GoldbrenerDaughter Mrs. Rivkah AvigdorDaughter Mrs. Yakova StregoskyDaughter [Read More »]( [Microsoft’s Revamped $69 Billion Deal for Activision Is on the Cusp of Going Through]( [Microsoft’s Revamped $69 Billion Deal for Activision Is on the Cusp of Going Through]( (AP) — British competition regulators gave preliminary approval Friday to Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, easing a final global hurdle that paves the way for one of the largest tech transactions in history to go through. The Competition and Markets Authority said the revamped proposal “substantially addresses […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Feiga Rivka Frankl ע”ה]( [Mrs. Feiga Rivka Frankl ע”ה]( getting up: Sunday (9/24/23)Morning Mrs. Gittle BloomSister Mrs. Gitty DeutschDaughter Mrs. Ruchy FriedmanDaughter [Read More »]( [Amazon Prime Video Will Soon Come With Adds, or a $2.99 Monthly Charge to Dodge Them]( [Amazon Prime Video Will Soon Come With Adds, or a $2.99 Monthly Charge to Dodge Them]( (AP) — Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions. Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company said Friday. Amazon said limited advertisements will be […] [Read More »]( [Medicaid Coverage Restored to About a Half-Million People After Computer Errors in Many States]( [Medicaid Coverage Restored to About a Half-Million People After Computer Errors in Many States]( CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 500,000 people who recently lost Medicaid coverage are regaining their health insurance while states scramble fix computer systems that didn’t properly evaluate people’s eligibility after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, federal officials said Thursday. The computer issues affected people in 29 states and the District of Columbia and […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Sen. Menendez and His Wife Are Indicted]( [New Jersey Sen. Menendez and His Wife Are Indicted]( YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on bribery charges after an investigation that turned up $100,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in hidden cash at their home, prosecutors said. Federal prosecutors announced the charges against the 69-year-old Democrat nearly six years after an earlier […] [Read More »]( [Russian Official Says Ukraine Launches a Missile Strike on Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet]( [Russian Official Says Ukraine Launches a Missile Strike on Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet]( Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine carried out a missile strike Friday on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said, and images on social media showed large plumes of smoke said to be coming from Sevastopol harbor in the annexed Crimea. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, didn’t offer any details, […] [Read More »]( [Tel Aviv Judge Nixes Mechitza At Outdoor Minyan For Neila Prayers, Claims It ‘Excludes Women’]( [Tel Aviv Judge Nixes Mechitza At Outdoor Minyan For Neila Prayers, Claims It ‘Excludes Women’]( (VINnews) — Tel Aviv District Court judge Hadas Ovadia ruled Thursday that the Rosh Yehudi community could not continue to place a Mechitza in the Dizengoff square when they conduct the Neila prayers there as they have done in recent years. The ruling came after the Tel Aviv municipality had told Rosh Yehudi that […] [Read More »]( [The Better Esrog and the Aseres HaDibros]( [The Better Esrog and the Aseres HaDibros]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Here’s the scenario:  Your father asked you to pick him up a lulav and esrog set.  You bought two.  One for you, and one for your father.  One of them is more Mehudar – more beautiful – than the other.  Who gets the better one? NOT SO CLEAR Believe it or […] [Read More »]( [Watch Roy Neuberger on Yom Kippur!]( [Watch Roy Neuberger on Yom Kippur!]( [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](.