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[Israeli-Owned NYC Cafe Targeted by Antisemitic Attacks, Demand More Protection]( [Israeli-Owned NYC Cafe Targeted by Antisemitic Attacks, Demand More Protection]( (VINnews) — A Manhattan cafe has experienced two antisemitic attacks in just four days. Hummus Kitchen on 2nd Avenue was targeted by a woman who tried to cover an Israeli-American flag, pushed an employee, and made a rude gesture to staff, according to the NY Post, citing police and social media videos. That disturbing […] [Read More »]( [Viral Story of Jordanian Killed for Posting About ‘Genocide in Gaza’ Is ‘Fake News,’ per Hamburg Police]( [Viral Story of Jordanian Killed for Posting About ‘Genocide in Gaza’ Is ‘Fake News,’ per Hamburg Police]( (JNS) – “A Jordanian student in Germany, Mohammad Barakat, 21, was shot dead in Hamburg,” per a story that circulated on social media with a photo purporting to show the murder victim. “The shooting was ideologically motivated in response to Mohammad’s social media posts about the ongoing genocide in Gaza.” “This is the direct […] [Read More »]( [New York Mets Hit With Record Luxury Tax of Nearly $101 Million for Season of Fourth-Place Finish]( [New York Mets Hit With Record Luxury Tax of Nearly $101 Million for Season of Fourth-Place Finish]( YORK (AP) — The New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101 million after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season. Owner Steve Cohen’s Mets finished with a tax payroll of $374.7 million, according to figures finalized by […] [Read More »]( [Not an International Crime to Kill Soldiers, Un’s Francesca Albanese Says of Oct. 7]( [Not an International Crime to Kill Soldiers, Un’s Francesca Albanese Says of Oct. 7]( YORK (JNS) – Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, has courted controversy among Israel supporters for her one-sided faulting of Israel for its conflict with the Palestinians and comments she has made which have been widely interpreted as antisemitic. The latter includes frequent comparisons of Israel to the Nazis for […] [Read More »]( [Israel and Hamas Measures Get a Look as Most Us State Legislatures Meet for First Time Since Oct. 7]( [Israel and Hamas Measures Get a Look as Most Us State Legislatures Meet for First Time Since Oct. 7]( YORK (AP) – Most U.S. state legislatures will reconvene in January for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked a war in Gaza and protests worldwide — and they’re preparing to take action in response, both symbolic and concrete. Legislatures in at least eight states that were in session late […] [Read More »]( [Israeli NGO Files $2.8 Million Suit Against Red Cross]( [Israeli NGO Files $2.8 Million Suit Against Red Cross]( (JNS) – Israeli rights organization Shurat HaDin on Thursday announced the filing of a 10 million shekel (nearly $2.8 million) lawsuit on behalf of 24 plaintiffs against the International Committee of the Red Cross. Filed in the Jerusalem District Court, the lawsuit accuses the Geneva-based ICRC of delaying action in the aftermath of Hamas’s […] [Read More »]( [Strong Earthquake in Northwest China That Killed at Least 148 Causes Economic Losses Worth Millions]( [Strong Earthquake in Northwest China That Killed at Least 148 Causes Economic Losses Worth Millions]( (AP) — The strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, and killed at least 148 people, has caused economic losses estimated to be worth tens of millions in the agricultural and fisheries industries, state media reported Saturday. Officials in Gansu conducted preliminary assessments that showed the province’s agricultural and fisheries industries have lost […] [Read More »]( [Alabama Woman With Rare Double Uterus Gives Birth to Two Children]( [Alabama Woman With Rare Double Uterus Gives Birth to Two Children]( Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman with two uteri and two cervixes has given birth to two babies after carrying one of them in each uterus. Kelsey Hatcher of Dora, about 28 miles (45.06 kilometers) northwest of Birmingham, gave birth to two girls on Wednesday and Thursday after a combined 20 hours of labor. […] [Read More »]( [Iran’s Navy Adds Sophisticated Cruise Missiles to Its Armory]( [Iran’s Navy Adds Sophisticated Cruise Missiles to Its Armory]( United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy on Sunday added domestically produced sophisticated cruise missiles to its arsenal, state TV reported. The TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles have arrived at a naval base near the Indian Ocean in the southern Iranian port of Konarak, some 1,400 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of […] [Read More »]( [NIKKI HALEY: Jew-haters try to hide it by saying they only hate Israel]( [NIKKI HALEY: Jew-haters try to hide it by saying they only hate Israel]( — GOP candidate Nikki Haley penned an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post, slamming the UN for its flagrant and incessant antisemitism, often masked as “anti-Zionism”. As Trump’s former ambassador to the UN, Haley has a unique level of credibility. She said that “anti-Zionism is just a modern name for the ancient evil of antisemitism”. […] [Read More »]( [Israel Starts Building Gaza Buffer Zone]( [Israel Starts Building Gaza Buffer Zone]( Israeli military has begun construction of an over half-mile buffer zone along the entire 37-mile Gaza border, Channel 12 reported on Sunday. The buffer zone will be located on the Gaza side of the border, and only Israel Defense Forces personnel will be allowed to enter. Reuters reported in early December that Israel had […] [Read More »]( [New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Noncompete Agreements]( [New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Noncompete Agreements]( N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers’ ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she tried to work with the Legislature on a “reasonable compromise” this year, called the bill […] [Read More »]( [Victim of Anti-jewish Gang Assault Commends Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg]( [Victim of Anti-jewish Gang Assault Commends Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg]( YORK (JNS) – The victim of an antisemitic 2021 gang assault in Manhattan says he’s “more than satisfied” with the 5½-year prison sentence doled out to one of his attackers last Wednesday. Mohammed Othman brutally attacked and pepper-sprayed Joseph Borgen on Broadway near West 49th Street in the Diamond District, as he headed to […] [Read More »]( [Chief Rabbi Lau Asks Pope to Retract Comment Implying Israel Guilty of “Terror”]( [Chief Rabbi Lau Asks Pope to Retract Comment Implying Israel Guilty of “Terror”]( (VINnews) Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau wrote a letter Sunday to Pope Francis, urging him to retract his recent comments that seemed to compare Israel to Hamas, and insinuate that Israel has engaged in acts of terror. The rabbi was referring to the pope’s comments during a conversation with President Isaac Herzog last month, in […] [Read More »]( [‘Daily Mail’: 56% of likely US voters say Harvard, MIT heads should resign over Jew-hatred policies]( [‘Daily Mail’: 56% of likely US voters say Harvard, MIT heads should resign over Jew-hatred policies]( — More than half of Americans (56%) say that the presidents of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology should resign, as the president of University of Pennsylvania did, following their testimony before a House committee that it wouldn’t necessarily violate their school policies to call for genocide against Jews. That’s per a new […] [Read More »]( [Group Pushes for Change in How Police Use Body Camera Footage in Officer Shooting Probes]( [Group Pushes for Change in How Police Use Body Camera Footage in Officer Shooting Probes]( (AP) — An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings, saying officers should not be able to review video before making their first statements to investigators. The Police Executive Research Forum changed its position in a report released Friday, nearly 10 […] [Read More »]( [Antisemitism ‘context’ at Harvard costs the school another billionaire donor]( [Antisemitism ‘context’ at Harvard costs the school another billionaire donor]( — Len Blavatnik has joined a “donor revolt” following Harvard University president Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress that it depends on context whether calling for genocide against Jews violates school policy, Bloomberg reported. Blavatnik, who is Jewish and holds an MBA from Harvard, is worth $31.8 billion, making him the world’s 47th richest person, […] [Read More »]( [New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Make It Easier for People to Challenge Their Convictions]( [New York Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Make It Easier for People to Challenge Their Convictions]( N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors. The Democrat said the bill’s “sweeping expansion of […] [Read More »]( [Jerry Seinfeld’s Wife Says After Israel Visit: “I’ve Never Seen More Unified Country’]( [Jerry Seinfeld’s Wife Says After Israel Visit: “I’ve Never Seen More Unified Country’]( YORK (VINnews) — Jessica Seinfeld, wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, shared her thoughts and experiences after visiting Israel and seeing the scenes of October 7th and the situation in the wake of the ongoing war. Seinfeld commented that despite the significant political divisions which still exist in Israel, she had “never seen a more […] [Read More »]( [Former Israeli Soldier Makes Waves As She Runs For NY Congressional Seat]( [Former Israeli Soldier Makes Waves As She Runs For NY Congressional Seat]( YORK (VINnews) — A former Israeli woman, Mazi Melesa Pilip, will be in the spotlight as she aims in the coming weeks to win New York’s 3rd district seat vacated by the ouster of Rep. George Santos, thus helping maintain the razor-thin majority the GOP has in the lower chamber. In regular days, the […] [Read More »]( [IDF Names 9 More Soldiers Killed In Gaza Battles]( [IDF Names 9 More Soldiers Killed In Gaza Battles]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF has cleared for publication the names of nine soldiers who fell in battle in Gaza over the weekend. In addition to the six who fell Friday, 15 soldiers fell in battle over the weekend, 14 of these in Gaza. – Staff sergeant David Bogdanovski, 19, from Haifa, fell on Saturday […] [Read More »]( [A Day After Being Heckled for His Israel Views, Ritchie Torres Gets a Hero’s Welcome at Bronx Jewish School]( [A Day After Being Heckled for His Israel Views, Ritchie Torres Gets a Hero’s Welcome at Bronx Jewish School]( YORK (JTA) – The day before winter break starts is often an exciting one at school, with pizza parties, movies in class and other laid-back activities. But at SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox K-8 day school in the Bronx neighborhood of Riverdale, the air was abuzz for a different reason: Their congressman, Ritchie Torres, […] [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](.