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[The End: Facebook-Backed Digital Currency Diem Sold To Bank]( A once-ambitious but now faltering Facebook-backed digital currency project known as Diem is dead, its assets sold to bank holding company Silvergate Capital. Silvergate and the Diem Association announced the sale on Tuesday. Meta, which owns Facebook, did not have a comment. A Faceboook spokesperson, however, pointed to tweets by Stephane Kasriel, head of Meta’s […] [Read More »]( [Man Charged With Hate Crimes For Chicago Synagogue Graffiti]( CHICAGO (AP) — A man was charged Tuesday with hate crimes for vandalism and antisemitic graffiti, including swastikas, at a synagogue and affiliated Jewish school in Chicago. Shahid Hussain, 39, of suburban Niles, faces a total of eight felony counts — two each of a hate crime against a church or synagogue, a hate crime […] [Read More »]( [Yad Vashem Chairman Invites Whoopi Goldberg To Visit Holocaust Museum]( The chairman of Yad Vashem on Tuesday invited talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg to visit the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem to learn more about the causes of the Shoah. The invitation came on the heels of a controversy that erupted on Monday after Goldberg said on ABC‘s “The View” that “the Holocaust isn’t about race.” The […] [Read More »]( [Lev Tahor Cult Being Deported From Bosnia]( BOSNIA (VINnews) — Lev Tahor cult members are being deported from Bosnia, according to local media reports in the region. Bosnian authorities are cracking down on the dozens of members of the extremist Jewish group, after local residents reported their presence. Thirty-seven of the group’s estimated 200-300 loyalists are believed to have relocated to Bosnia […] [Read More »]( [Is NYC Safe? Violence, Perception And A Complicated Reality]( NEW YORK (AP) — A teenage fast-food cashier shot to death in Manhattan. A woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square. An 11-month-old girl wounded by a stray bullet in the Bronx. Two police officers killed in Harlem. A string of headline-making violence in New York City has […] [Read More »]( [Israeli PM: Iron Dome Too Pricey, Lasers Next For Defense]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday acknowledged that its Iron Dome defense system is too expensive and the country is speeding the rollout of laser technology to protect it from rocket attacks. Naftali Bennett told a security conference that the new generation of technology — a “laser wall” — will be […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Rafael Cohen ז”ל]( Family getting up: Monday (2/07/22)Morning Mrs. Esther CohenWife Mr. Yaakov Dovid CohenSon Mrs. Rachelle TroutmanDaughter Ms. Miriam CohenDaughter [Read More »]( [French Police Arrest 16 Teachers At Well-known Orthodox School For Allegedly Abusing Students]( PARIS (JTA) – Police in France raided a well-known Orthodox Jewish school, arresting 16 teachers for alleged child abuse and placing dozens of underage students provisionally under the state’s custody. The raid Monday on Beth Yossef, a prestigious boarding school-style yeshiva near Paris attended by many students from Israel and the United States, was the […] [Read More »]( [Judge Orders Ann Arbor Congregants To Pay Legal Fees For The 18-Year Protesters Outside Their Synagogue]( ANN ARBOR, Michigan (JTA) – In the latest twist in the long-running legal saga over a small group of protesters who have gathered weekly outside a Michigan synagogue for the past 18 years, a judge has ruled that Jewish worshippers who lost a lawsuit against the protesters must pay them more than $150,000 in legal […] [Read More »]( [Anti-Vaccine Protest In Canada Spurs Outrage]( TORONTO (AP) — In a scene at odds with Canadians’ reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some urinated and parked on the National War Memorial. One danced on the Tomb of the […] [Read More »]( [NYC Police Honor 2nd Officer Killed In Harlem Shooting]( NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City police officers are attending a wake Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to honor one of the two officers killed in an ambush at a Harlem apartment. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, was taken off life support a week ago, four days after he and Officer Jason Rivera, […] [Read More »]( [Opinion: The Amnesty Report On Israel Affirms The PLO’s 60-Year ‘Apartheid’ Strategy]( JERUSALEM (JNS/DAN DIKER) – A new Amnesty International report, called “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and crime against humanity,” is the latest in a series of political assaults on Israel by various “human rights” organizations, among them B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch. The 211-page indictment is a voyage into an alternate […] [Read More »]( [MOSHE HILL: The Anti-Defamation League Is A Tool Of The Left]( Since its founding over a century ago, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been on the forefront of calling out violence and movements directed against the Jewish people. Ever since the elevation of Jonathan Greenblatt to the top role, however, the ADL has reduced themselves to just another progressive organization, one that ignores real problems of […] [Read More »]( [Bomb Shelters, Guerrilla War: Building Ukraine’s Resistance]( KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The table tennis coach, the chaplain’s wife, the dentist and the firebrand nationalist have little in common except a desire to defend their hometown and a sometimes halting effort to speak Ukrainian instead of Russian. The situation in Kharkiv, just 40 kilometers (25 miles) from some of the tens of thousands […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Sara Bixenspan ע”ה שרה בת ירמיהו]( Family getting up: R’ Yermiya CohenFather R’ Meir CohenBrother R’ Moshe Yaakov CohenBrother Mrs. Miriam SchonbrunSister Mrs. Esther WeissSister Mrs. Devoiry HeimlichSister Mrs. Roizy RubinsteinSister Mrs. Chana BinerSister Mrs. Blimie PollackSister R’ Meir Yosef BixenspanSon Habachur Yidel BixenspanSon Habachur Chaim Elya BixenspanSon Mrs, Chana Mriam FriedmanDaughter [Read More »]( [Israel Police Find Indication Of Unlawful Surveillance]( JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli police said Tuesday that it had found evidence pointing to unauthorized use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones. The announcement came two weeks after an Israeli newspaper reported a string of instances of the police using the NSO Group’s Pegasus software to surveil […] [Read More »]( [Israel Punishes Officers In Death Of Palestinian-American]( JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday it would reprimand a senior officer and remove two others from leadership roles over the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian who was dragged from a car, bound and blindfolded after being stopped at a checkpoint. It said the soldiers believed Omar Asaad, who has U.S. citizenship, was […] [Read More »]( [R` Ephraim Brull ז”ל Ephraim Ben Moshe]( Family getting up: R` Shloma Zalmen BrullBrother R` Avrum BrullBrother R` Menachem BrullBrother Mrs. GrossSister Mrs. KohnSister Mrs. EignerSister R` Duvid BrullSon R` Avrum Tzvi BrullSon R` Moshe BrullSon R` Ezriel Shea BrullSon R` Eliezer BrullSon R` Shloma Zalman BrullSon Mrs. Rochel FriedDaughter Mrs. Zeesel GancfriedDaughter Mrs. Charna NeustadDaughter [Read More »]( [Why Did Rav Gershon Edelstein Not Sign Letter Against Kahana?]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — A letter signed by Charedi Rabbonim was released against Matan Kahana, yet Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein did not sign on. The Charedi leadership put out the letter against the Religious Affairs Minister, in protest of his planned religious reforms, which would be devastating for kashrus and geirus. It was released ahead of […] [Read More »]( [Too Many Masks: Who Cites Glut Of Waste From COVID Response]( GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide. The U.N. health agency reported Tuesday that tens of thousands of tons of extra […] [Read More »]( [Tesla Recall: “Full Self-Driving” Software Runs Stop Signs]( DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt. Documents posted Tuesday by U.S. safety regulators say that Tesla will disable the feature with an over-the-internet software update. The “rolling stop” feature allows vehicles to go […] [Read More »]( [Whoopi Goldberg Sorry For Holocaust Not About Race Remark]( NEW YORK (AP) — The actress Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for saying the Holocaust was not about race, comments that caused a backlash. She made the initial comments on ABC’s ‘’The View”’ program on Monday morning. Her apology came in a tweet hours later. “On today’s show, I said the Holocaust ‘is not about race, […] [Read More »]( [Russia Denies Responding To US Proposal On Ukraine Crisis]( MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials on Tuesday denied reports that Moscow sent Washington a written response to a U.S. proposal aimed at deescalating the Ukraine crisis, a day after the two countries exchanged sharp accusations at the U.N. Security council and as a series of high-level meetings in Moscow and Kyiv were underway. The Kremlin […] [Read More »]( [Thousands Flee Homes Near N. Carolina Fertilizer Plant Fire]( WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An uncontrolled fire raging at a North Carolina fertilizer plant forced the evacuations of thousands of people as firefighters warned early Tuesday that chemicals at the site could cause a large explosion. Authorities drove through neighborhoods and knocked on doors asking residents to leave within a one-mile radius (1.6 km) of […] [Read More »]( [Outrageous: Amnesty International Accuses Israel Of Apartheid]( LONDON (AP) – Amnesty International said Tuesday that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid. With the release of a 278-page report compiled over a period of four years, the London-based rights […] [Read More »]( [Israel Demolishes East Jerusalem Home Of Palestinian Gunman]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Tuesday demolished the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian militant who killed an Israeli man and wounded four others in a November shooting in Jerusalem’s Old City. Fadi Abu Shkhaidem shot Eliyahu Kay, a 26-year-old immigrant from South Africa, and wounded two police officers and two other bystanders in […] [Read More »]( [For The Ninth Time, Arabs Torch Car Of Tal Yeshovayev, Resident Of Shimon Hatzadik Neighborhood]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood in northern Jerusalem is situated just 200 meters from Ohr Samayach (whose new campus will be inside the neighborhood and not opposite it) and just a minute’s walk from Road 1 which traverses the city from north to south. However residents of the neighborhood suffer endemic vandalism, violence […] [Read More »]( [Movie Trailer ‘2000 Mules’ Reveals Systematic Stuffing Of 2020 Election Ballot Boxes Caught On Camera]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — A new movie entitled “2000 mules” is set to create a major bombshell in US politics. The movie uses footage obtained from geo-tracking cell phone data to expose the thousands of ‘mules’ [hired by political elements to add votes] used during the 2020 election to stuff ballot boxes. The mules can […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Nathan Grossman ז”ל Nusson Nuta]( Family getting up: Mrs. Evelyn GrossmanWife Mrs. Rochelle KnollDaughter Mrs. Riva FishmanDaughter [Read More »]( [Israeli Navy Joins US-Led International Maritime Exercise For First Time]( BAHRAIN (JNS) – The Israeli Navy joined the U.S. Navy-led international maritime exercise for the first time, Channel 22 reported on Monday. The exercise will see the U.S.’s Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, lead vessels from 60 countries and incoporating more than 9,000 people in an extensive exercise in the Red Sea. “The exercise will […] [Read More »]( [HORROR: Father and Daughter Escape Mob Lynching After Mistakenly Entering West Bank Village]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — It’s perhaps every driver’s worst nightmare–taking a wrong turn, and ending up in a Palestinian village, surrounded by an angry mob. That’s exactly what happened last week to Rami and Inbal Orpaz, father and daughter, who were innocently heading north to witness the historic snowfall. As told to Channel 12 News, the […] [Read More »]( [Tesla Fans Complain Biden Ignores Company’s EV Leadership]( DETROIT (AP) — Some of Tesla’s loyal band of devotees and CEO Elon Musk say the White House has been unfairly snubbing America’s top-selling electric vehicle brand in its support for EVs as a way to fight climate change — and they’re making their discontent known. More than 33,000 people have signed a petition on […] [Read More »]( [After Embarrassing Failure, Charedi Draft Bill Passes First Knesset Hurdle]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a blow to Charedim and the right-wing parties, the IDF draft bill has passed its first voting round, two weeks after it was shot down in an embarrassing loss for Prime Minister Bennet’s coalition. On Monday evening, the Knesset’s first reading of the Charedi draft legislation passed 51-48. The bill, which […] [Read More »]( [Feds: Man Taught Bomb Making To Person Targeting Authorities]( A North Carolina man who runs a company that “teaches military tactics to the everyday citizen” has been charged with showing someone how to make a bomb that would kill people in federal law enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. The charges stem from a visit that an unnamed person made to Christopher […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2022 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 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.