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[Rabbi Gary Pollack ז”ל ?????]( [Rabbi Gary Pollack ז”ל ?????]( getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 pmMincha: 4:15 pmMaariv: 4:30 pm Rebbetzin Ann PollackWife Mr. Shmulie Pollack Son Mrs. Dubby BalterDaughter Mrs. Liba NeumanDaughter [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Miami Beach Commissioner Wins Mayoral Post in Runoff Election]( [Orthodox Jewish Miami Beach Commissioner Wins Mayoral Post in Runoff Election]( BEACH – Attorney Steven Meiner was elected as Miami Beach’s new mayor in Tuesday’s runoff election, defeating Michael Gongora. Meiner, had more than 54% of the vote, according to the early results of Tuesday’s runoff election. He defeated Michael Gongora, also an attorney. Meiner will replace Dan Gelber, who’s held the position since 2017 […] [Read More »]( CITY (JNS) — IDF troops held a mezuzah-hanging ceremony in Gaza City, Israel National News reported on Monday. Givati Infantry Brigade Rabbi Daniel Kind led the ceremony, which was attended by soldiers and commanders in the Strip as part of the mission to defeat Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre. “I wish the entire […] [Read More »]( [More Than 100 Guns Stolen in Michigan After Store Manager Is Forced to Reveal Alarm Code]( [More Than 100 Guns Stolen in Michigan After Store Manager Is Forced to Reveal Alarm Code]( (AP) — More than 100 handguns were stolen from a store in southwestern Michigan after the manager was held at gunpoint outside his home and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm, authorities said Tuesday. All guns except one were recovered and two men were arrested Friday, a day after the brazen […] [Read More »]( [Phillip Ratner, Sculptor Whose Work Tells Immigrants’ Stories at NYC Landmarks, Dies at 86]( [Phillip Ratner, Sculptor Whose Work Tells Immigrants’ Stories at NYC Landmarks, Dies at 86]( – Washington-area artist Phillip Ratner, whose bronze sculptures of immigrants and other historical figures are fixtures at exhibits at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, died Nov. 9 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 86. Ahead of Lady Liberty’s centennial in the 1980s, the National Park Service commissioned Ratner to create […] [Read More »]( [Florida Faces a Second Lawsuit Over Its Effort to Disband Pro-palestinian Student Groups]( [Florida Faces a Second Lawsuit Over Its Effort to Disband Pro-palestinian Student Groups]( Fla. (AP) — A second federal lawsuit filed against Florida over its effort to disband pro-Palestinian student groups claims the state is either ignoring or doesn’t understand First Amendment rights to free speech. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is representing the University of South Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, claiming state […] [Read More »]( [Harav Yechezkel Pikus ז”ל]( [Harav Yechezkel Pikus ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (11/27/23)Morning Mrs. Tzipporah PikusWife Ms. Yehudis PikusSister R’ Avrohom PikusSon R’ Yaakov PikusSon R’ Yitzchok PikusSon R’ Yossi PikusSon R’ Simcha PikusSon Mrs. Tzina SchwartzDaughter Mrs. Leeba LevinsonDaughter Mrs. Avigayil AltuskyDaughter [Read More »]( [Israeli War Cabinet Approves Prisoner Exchange, Insists It Won’t Harm War Effort]( [Israeli War Cabinet Approves Prisoner Exchange, Insists It Won’t Harm War Effort]( (VINnews) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed during the ongoing Cabinet meeting on the deal to free 50 of the hostages held by the Hamas terrorist organization that the terms of the deal allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the hostages who are not currently being released and to provide […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Banning Sale of New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2035]( [New Jersey Banning Sale of New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles by 2035]( N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced Tuesday. A rule that will take effect Jan. 1 commits the state to an eventual move toward zero-emission vehicles, the state Department of Environmental […] [Read More »]( [Ukrainians Who Fled Their Country for Israel Find Themselves Yet Again Living With War]( [Ukrainians Who Fled Their Country for Israel Find Themselves Yet Again Living With War]( Israel (AP) — Tatyana Prima thought she’d left the bombs behind when she fled Ukraine more than a year and a half ago, after Russia decimated her city, Mariupol. The 38-year-old escaped with her injured husband and young daughter, bringing the family to safety in southern Israel. The calm she was slowly regaining shattered […] [Read More »]( [Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Says War Against Hamas Will Not Stop After Cease-Fire]( [Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Says War Against Hamas Will Not Stop After Cease-Fire]( (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue its war against Hamas, even if a temporary cease-fire is reached with the Islamic militant group to release hostages. In comments Tuesday ahead of an expected Cabinet vote on a cease-fire proposal, Netanyahu vowed to press ahead. “We are at war, and we […] [Read More »]( [IRS Delays Reporting Rules for Users of Venmo, Cash App and Other Payment Apps]( [IRS Delays Reporting Rules for Users of Venmo, Cash App and Other Payment Apps]( (AP) — Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a tax reprieve this year. The IRS announced Tuesday it will delay implementing new reporting requirements that were to take effect for the upcoming tax filing season. Originally, app users who made $600 or more selling goods and services would have […] [Read More »]( [NY State Sen. Julia Salazar Distances Herself From Staffers’ Endorsement of Hamas Attack]( [NY State Sen. Julia Salazar Distances Herself From Staffers’ Endorsement of Hamas Attack]( YORK (JTA) – New York State Senator Julia Salazar fired a staffer who endorsed the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The decision came Monday morning, according to the Albany Times Union, after Salazar had distanced herself from the comments by Sarah Campbell, her communications and policy director. According to screenshots published by the […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Rochel (Landman/Solomon) Gross ע”ה]( [Mrs. Rochel (Landman/Solomon) Gross ע”ה]( getting up: Monday (11/27/23)AM Mr. Yisroel Meir SternBrother [Read More »]( [Why ADL Chief Jonathan Greenblatt Is Now Praising Elon Musk as Advertisers Flee X Over Antisemitism]( [Why ADL Chief Jonathan Greenblatt Is Now Praising Elon Musk as Advertisers Flee X Over Antisemitism]( YORK (JTA) – Advertisers have been dropping off the social network X this week after its owner, Elon Musk, called an antisemitic post “the actual truth.” It was the exact pressure tactic that the Anti-Defamation League had recommended almost exactly a year earlier to fight hate on the platform, then known as Twitter. And […] [Read More »]( [Vivek Ramaswamy Struggles to Gain Traction With Iowa Republicans as Critics Question His Path Ahead]( [Vivek Ramaswamy Struggles to Gain Traction With Iowa Republicans as Critics Question His Path Ahead]( BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ten minutes before Vivek Ramaswamy was to take the stage in a dated casino hotel in western Iowa, no one was in the conference room except for two staffers from the Iowa GOP, which organized the event, and a group of journalists. Guests started trickling in at the time the […] [Read More »]( [Polish Police Arrest Woman With Islamic Extremist Sympathies Who Planted Explosive Device in Warsaw]( [Polish Police Arrest Woman With Islamic Extremist Sympathies Who Planted Explosive Device in Warsaw]( Poland (AP) — Polish authorities say that they have arrested and pressed charges against a 38-year-old Polish woman with Islamic extremist sympathies who planted an explosive device on a street in central Warsaw earlier this month. There were no injuries. Police said in a statement published on Monday that the woman placed the device […] [Read More »]( [New Hampshire Man Had No Car and No Furniture, but Died With a Big Secret, Leaving His Town Millions]( [New Hampshire Man Had No Car and No Furniture, but Died With a Big Secret, Leaving His Town Millions]( N.H. (AP) — Geoffrey Holt was unassuming as the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where he lived a simple, but curious life. Residents would see Holt around town in threadbare clothes — riding his lawn mower, headed to the convenience store, parked along the main road reading a newspaper […] [Read More »]( [R’ Menachem Mendel Parnes ז”ל]( [R’ Menachem Mendel Parnes ז”ל]( getting up: Friday (11/24/23)Morning Mrs Harriet ParnesWife R’ Chaim Parnes R’ Yossi ParnesSon Ms. Shay ParnesDaughter Mrs. Faige BergDaughter Mrs. Chava Sara SchwartzDaughter Mrs. Gitty Berger R’ Hershy ParnesBrother R’ Beinish ParnesBrother [Read More »]( [LISTEN: Popular Jewish WABC Host Honored By Woodmere Shul on Shabbos]( [LISTEN: Popular Jewish WABC Host Honored By Woodmere Shul on Shabbos]( (VINnews) — Sid Rosenberg, an extremely popular talk show host on 77 WABC radio, was honored by a shul in Woodmere this past Shabbos. The Yismach Moshe shul, led by Rabbi Heshy Blumstein, held a Kiddush in honor of Sid, who has been an unparalleled spokesman for the Jewish people in New York and […] [Read More »]( [Navy Plane Overshoots Runway and Ends up in Ocean, but All 9 Aboard Escape Unharmed]( [Navy Plane Overshoots Runway and Ends up in Ocean, but All 9 Aboard Escape Unharmed]( (AP) — A Navy plane flying in rainy weather overshot a runway Monday at a military base in Hawaii and splashed into Kaneohe Bay, but all nine aboard were uninjured, authorities said. The Coast Guard responded, but rescue operations were quickly called off, said Petty Officer Ryan Fisher, a Coast Guard spokesperson. “It sounds […] [Read More »]( [R’ Marvin Pepose ז”ל]( [R’ Marvin Pepose ז”ל]( getting up: Sunday (11/26/23)Morning R’ Rony PeposeSon Mrs. Beth PlotkinDaughter Will be sitting in Florida from Wednesday night [Read More »]( [Bahrain Government Websites Briefly Inaccessible After Cyberattack Over Israel-Hamas War]( [Bahrain Government Websites Briefly Inaccessible After Cyberattack Over Israel-Hamas War]( United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic, claimed hacking the […] [Read More »]( [German Police Raid Homes of 17 People Accused of Posting Antisemitic Hate Speech on Social Media]( [German Police Raid Homes of 17 People Accused of Posting Antisemitic Hate Speech on Social Media]( (AP) — German authorities on Tuesday raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online. According to the Bavarian criminal police, the suspects were 15 men and two women aged between 18 and 62, German news agency dpa reported. Police questioned […] [Read More »]( [R’ Berel Schwartz ז”ל]( [R’ Berel Schwartz ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (11/27/23)Morning Mrs. Yudka SchwartzSister [Read More »]( [Next 2 Days Likely to Be This Week’s Busiest. Here’s When Not to Be on the Road — Or in the Airport]( [Next 2 Days Likely to Be This Week’s Busiest. Here’s When Not to Be on the Road — Or in the Airport]( (AP) — Despite inflation and memories of past holiday travel meltdowns, millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving break. The busiest days to fly will be Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen 2.6 million […] [Read More »]( [Best Buy Posts Better-Than-Expected 3Q Profits but Sales Sluggish Amid Spending Malaise]( [Best Buy Posts Better-Than-Expected 3Q Profits but Sales Sluggish Amid Spending Malaise]( YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. posted stronger-than-expected profits for the fiscal third quarter but continues to struggle with sales declines as shoppers pull back more on buying gadgets in an uncertain economy. The nation’s largest consumer electronics chain also cut its annual sales outlook, sending shares down 5% in premarket trading. The job […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Bracha Miriam Sheinberg ע”ה]( [Mrs. Bracha Miriam Sheinberg ע”ה]( getting up: Friday (11/24/23)Afternoon R` Yossi KertznerSon [Read More »]( [R’ Tzvi Doliziki ז”ל]( [R’ Tzvi Doliziki ז”ל]( getting up: Monday (11/27/23)Morning R’ Moshe DolizkiBrother [Read More »]( [Israeli Airstrikes on Lebanon Kill 2 Journalists of a Pan-Arab TV Station]( [Israeli Airstrikes on Lebanon Kill 2 Journalists of a Pan-Arab TV Station]( (AP) — An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon on Tuesday two journalists reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV on the violence along the border with Israel, according to Lebanese officials and the TV station. A separate strike at another location in Lebanon killed four Palestinian members of the Hamas militant group. The Pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen […] [Read More »]( [Ben-Gvir: Hostage Deal Could Bring ‘Disaster’ on Israel]( [Ben-Gvir: Hostage Deal Could Bring ‘Disaster’ on Israel]( (JNS) – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warned on Tuesday that an emerging deal to secure the release of some hostages in exchange for a ceasefire in the war against Hamas could backfire. Ben-Gvir said he was “very concerned” that the exact details of a potential agreement were not being divulged, and that […] [Read More »]( [R` Shmuel Thurm ז”ל]( [R` Shmuel Thurm ז”ל]( getting up: Thursday (11/23/23)Morning [Read More »]( [Ehud Barak’s Faux Pas In CNN Interview: ‘Israel Built ‘Bunkers’ In Shifa Hospital’]( [Ehud Barak’s Faux Pas In CNN Interview: ‘Israel Built ‘Bunkers’ In Shifa Hospital’]( YORK (VINnews) — In a major diplomatic blunder which could harm Israel’s claims regarding the use of Shifa hospital as a terrorist center, former prime minister Ehud Barak admitted in a CNN interview that Israel had built the “bunkers” under the Shifa hospital. It seems apparent from the interview that Barak did not realize […] [Read More »]( [SHOCK VIDEO: Bahraini crown prince condemns Hamas, calls to free hostages]( [SHOCK VIDEO: Bahraini crown prince condemns Hamas, calls to free hostages]( — Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa over the weekend “unequivocally” condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis and called on the terrorist group to release the estimated 240 hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue conference, which included officials […] [Read More »]( [South African President: ‘Gaza Has Become Concentration Camp’, Israel Withdraws Ambassador]( [South African President: ‘Gaza Has Become Concentration Camp’, Israel Withdraws Ambassador]( (VINnews) — The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced Monday that it had recalled Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Eli Belotserkovsky for consultations in Jerusalem following a series of incendiary statements by officials in the country, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Ramaphosa also declared that his […] [Read More »]( [A Shooter Wounded 4 in Ohio Walmart Store Before Killing Himself, Police Say]( [A Shooter Wounded 4 in Ohio Walmart Store Before Killing Himself, Police Say]( Ohio (AP) — Walmart says it is working closely with investigators to try to determine why a shooter opened fire at one of its stores in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself. The attack was reported at around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Walmart in Beavercreek, a town of about 50,000 in […] [Read More »]( [IDF Announces Names Of 2 Soldiers Killed In Gaza, 1 From Bereaved Family]( [IDF Announces Names Of 2 Soldiers Killed In Gaza, 1 From Bereaved Family]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF on Tuesday morning announced the names of two more soldiers who fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Captain (res.) Arnon Moshe Avraham Benvenisti Vaspi, 26, from Yesud HaMa’ala, and Staff sergeant Ilya Senkin, 20, from Nof Hagalil. Both officers served in the Givati Brigade. In addition, it […] [Read More »]( [Hamas Leader Haniyeh: ‘We Are Approaching ‘Truce Agreement’ With Israel]( [Hamas Leader Haniyeh: ‘We Are Approaching ‘Truce Agreement’ With Israel]( (VINnews) — Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh claimed in a statement to Reuters that the terrorist group are “approaching a truce agreement” with Israel. Shortly thereafter, the terrorist group announced the details of the agreement it has approved. The deal includes a five-day truce and stipulates the release of “fifty non-military captives and foreign […] [Read More »]( [Thanksgiving and Halacha]( [Thanksgiving and Halacha]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Some call it the Great Divide between Modox and More Yeshivesh. However, the question has not yet entered the list of “Shidduch questions” that are generally posed to parents of children who have now entered the phase of dating. Some are even disturbed by the very question:  Is it halachically proper […] [Read More »]( [GOODBYE CANDACE: In Scathing Post, Conservative Group Which ‘Discovered’ Owens Denounces Her]( [GOODBYE CANDACE: In Scathing Post, Conservative Group Which ‘Discovered’ Owens Denounces Her]( — A conservative anti-radical Islam organization which used to support Candace Owens has released a scathing condemnation, disavowing the right-wing podcast host. The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a prominent conservative group that helped launch Owens’s career, posted an article entitled “Goodbye Candace” in Front Page magazine. The group said it is ‘disappointed’ in Candace, […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Tzipora Gita Heimowitz ע”ה Tzipora Gita bas Zalman Dov]( [Mrs. Tzipora Gita Heimowitz ע”ה Tzipora Gita bas Zalman Dov]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 1:45 pmMaariv: 7:30 pm Harav Chaim MintzBrother [Read More »]( [Israeli Police Arrest NBC Journalist For Inciting Terror]( [Israeli Police Arrest NBC Journalist For Inciting Terror]( (VINnews) — A Palestinian freelance journalist working for NBC News has been arrested in Israel on charges of inciting terror and identifying with a terrorist organization. Mirvat al-Azzeh was detained after sharing four Facebook posts that incite terror, according to the Jerusalem Post. Following her arrest Friday, NBC cut ties with her. Network officials […] [Read More »]( [Hostage’s Relative: Israel Won’t Prioritize Release Over Defeating Hamas]( [Hostage’s Relative: Israel Won’t Prioritize Release Over Defeating Hamas]( AVIV, Israel — A relative of a hostage captured by Hamas said late Monday that Israel’s top officials told him and other families of the captives they won’t prioritize their release over defeating Hamas. Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Chaimi is in captivity in Gaza, was one of several family members of hostages who […] [Read More »]( [Trump, on Biden’s 81st birthday, releases doctor’s note that says he’s in ‘excellent’ health]( [Trump, on Biden’s 81st birthday, releases doctor’s note that says he’s in ‘excellent’ health]( YORK (AP) — GOP front-runner Donald Trump marked President Joe Biden ‘s 81st birthday on Monday by releasing a letter from his physician that reports the former president is in “excellent” physical and mental health. The letter posted on Trump’s social media platform contained no details to support its claims — measures like weight, […] [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](.