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[Eric Adams Wants To Combat Hate In NYC Through Interfaith Dinners. Can That Accommodate Orthodox Jews?]( NEW YORK (JTA) – Mayor Eric Adams is famous for his love of the city’s nightlife, and that mood was on display last Thursday as he hobnobbed with more than 100 people at the 40/40 Club, an upscale bar and restaurant in the Barclays Center, while dining on lamp-warmed samosas and chicken skewers. The gathering […] [Read More »]( [Visa Pauses Decision To Track Purchases At Gun Shops]( NEW YORK (AP) — Visa is pausing their decision to start categorizing purchases at gun shops, a significant win for conservative groups and Second Amendment advocates who felt that tracking gun shop purchases would inadvertently discriminate against legal firearms purchases. The decision is, at the same time, also a defeat for gun control groups. There […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Forces Detonate Explosive Device On Bus Near Beitar Illit, Search For Suspect]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Israeli Defense Forces Home Front Command is urging residents of Beitar Illit to remain inside and lock their doors as police hunt for a terrorist who planted a suspected device that failed to detonate on a bus on Thursday night. After smoke billowed from a black bag on a bus nearby, […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Benny and Sharonne Zippel, Chabad of Utah -A Life-Changing Birthday Gift]( By: Chaya Chazan Download For Shabbas Reading A month before the Rebbe’s 90th birthday, Merkoz, the branch of Chabad Lubavitch responsible for sending shluchim all over the world, decided to give the Rebbe an especially meaningful gift: an official shliach to the state of Utah. Utah had been previously visited by Merkoz shluchim, bochurim who […] [Read More »]( [Suspect In Shooting Of 2 Jewish Men In LA Pleads Not Guilty]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who allegedly shot and wounded two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles last month pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal hate crimes, authorities said. The shootings Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 brought fear into LA’s Jewish community after officials said the victims were targeted because they […] [Read More »]( [Mexican President To US: Fentanyl Is Your Problem]( MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and said the United States should use family values to fight drug addiction. His statement […] [Read More »]( [Report: At Least Seven Dead And Several Injured In Shooting At A Church In Hamburg]( BERLIN (AP/VINnews) — Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. However, several German media outlets have put the death toll at seven. The shooting took place in the Gross Borstel […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Rifka Leah Widitor ע”ה]( Family getting up: Sunday (3/12/23)Morning R` Aryeh Dovid WiditorSon [Read More »]( [Rochester Concert Stampede Claims Third Victim; Venue Closed]( ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A third person has died after being injured in a stampede after a weekend rap concert, police said Thursday. Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse was the only person who remained hospitalized following a Sunday evening performance by Memphis, Tennessee, rap stars GloRilla and Finesse2tymes at the Rochester Main Street Armory. She […] [Read More »]( [Former Trump Official Launches Pac Urging DeSantis To Run]( WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official who helped implement Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies is breaking ranks with the former president and instead encouraging Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to pursue the presidency in 2024. Ken Cuccinelli, a former attorney general of Virginia, was a top official at the Department of Homeland Security […] [Read More »]( [FAA Says Technology Will Help Avoid Some Dangerous Landings]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials said Wednesday they have completed outfitting 43 major U.S. airports with technology to warn when incoming planes are aimed at a taxiway instead of a runway. The Federal Aviation Administration said the system’s software predicts when a plane is lined up to land on a taxiway and sends an alert […] [Read More »]( [Nonprofit Works With Chicago Police To Boost Security And First Aid, Especially Among Orthodox]( CHICAGO (JNS) – Chiam Naiditch, a former airline pilot of seven years who now inspects homes, placed a first-aid training arm on a table. The right “arm,” very pink and sliced below the elbow, with a tube coming out of it attached to a pouch to simulate blood, sat alongside drill bits and various tools […] [Read More »]( [Terror Attack : Israeli Police Say 3 Wounded In Tel Aviv Shooting]( JABA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian attacker has shot and wounded three people in central Tel Aviv late on Thursday. Police say the attacker was shot. The Zaka rescue service said the attacker was killed. Medical workers said one of the wounded was in critical condition. The shooting came at a […] [Read More »]( [DA: Wrong Photo Led To NYC Man’s Faulty Murder Conviction]( NEW YORK (AP) — A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who has spent more than 18 years behind bars for murder, prosecutors said Thursday as they moved to vacate the conviction. The prosecution of Sheldon Thomas, now 35, “was compromised from […] [Read More »]( [Friend Warned Police Americans Feared Missing In Mexico]( LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive in Mexico in a kidnapping that left two dead came after a woman traveling with the group contacted police when they did not return to the U.S. side as expected. Cheryl Orange, who did not cross into Mexico with the others, […] [Read More »]( [Smotrich Apologizes Again, For Huwara Remarks Ahead Of US Trip]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich apologized Wednesday in a lengthy Facebook post for his earlier comments that the Palestinian village of Huwara “needs to be wiped out.” Since making the initial remarks a week ago, he has walked them back several times. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Saturday night welcomed the clarification […] [Read More »]( [”FASCIST’: Jewish Interpreter Refuses to Translate Netanyahu’s Speech to Jews in Italy]( ITALY (VINnews) — An Israeli translator who speaks Italian is refusing to translate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to Italy. Netanyahu is slated to address the Jewish community at Rome’s Sephardi Synagogue, and the Israeli embassy requested the assistance of an interpreter. In response, Olga Dalia Padoa called Netanyahu “dangerous to democracy” […] [Read More »]( [Congress Members Warned Of Significant Health Data Breach]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House and Senate were informed Wednesday that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, D.C., health insurance marketplace. Employees of the lawmakers and their families were also affected. DC Health Link confirmed that data on an unspecified number of customers […] [Read More »]( [Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Fall]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel, a spokesman for the senator said. The Kentucky senator, who’s 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington on Wednesday when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said. McConnell’s office did not […] [Read More »]( [Mexican Gang Said To Apologize Over Deaths Of Americans]( CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Someone claiming to be the Mexican drug cartel allegedly responsible for the abduction of four Americans and the killing of two of them has condemned the violence and purportedly turned over its own members who were involved to authorities. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas […] [Read More »]( [Satellite Photos: Likely Israel Strike Damages Syria Airport]( DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria again left multiple craters on its runway, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press showed Thursday. Separately, a U.N. official criticized the attack for hindering earthquake relief for the hard-hit, war-torn Syria. The attack on Aleppo airport comes as […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Hershel Weiss ז”ל שמואל צבי (הערשל)]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 9:00 amMincha: 6:00 pmMaariv: 7:00 pm [Read More »]( [Educational Youth Trips To Poland To Resume After 3-year Hiatus, Says Israeli PMO]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel and Poland have reached an agreement on the resumption of Israeli youth trips to Poland for Holocaust education, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Tuesday. However, a statement by the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs released on Wednesday was more circumspect, stating that while no agreement had been reached yet, […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s Netanyahu Flies To Rome As Meloni Condemns Swastika]( ROME (AP) — Far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni condemned antisemitic graffiti directed at her main rival on Thursday, ahead of a visit to Italy by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his first since Meloni’s victory last year. The graffiti, which included a swastika, appeared on a wall in the city of Viterbo and was directed […] [Read More »]( [North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea, Seoul Says]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its western coast, South Korea’s military said. The launch came as the United States and South Korea prepare to hold their biggest combined military training exercises in years next week to counter the threat of North Korea’s nuclear […] [Read More »]( [US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Meets Netanyahu In Israel]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday in Israel, primarily to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat and strengthening the Abraham Accords. “We have a common agenda to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and preventing Iran’s aggression, maintaining the security and prosperity of this region and seeking […] [Read More »]( [Applications For US Jobless Aid Rise By Most In 5 Months]( (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. Applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 4 rose by […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Purim Celebrations In Tehran, Iran]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Jews in Iran, the scene of the miracle of Purim 2,500 years ago, gathered to celebrate the festival together with spiritual leader Rabbi Yehuda Garmi. The festivities included special activities for children as well as a communal reading of the Megilla. Rabbi Garmi also continued his custom of visiting the tombs […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Police Special Units Rescue Man Who Threatened To Jump From 19th Floor Of Ramat Gan Tower]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic rescue which took place Wednesday evening at a tower in Ramat Gan, police special units succeeded in preventing a man threatening to jump to his death from a 19th-floor apartment. Psychologists and couselors engaged the man in conversation while the special units used ropes and other special equipment to […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Actor Haim Topol, Tevye From ‘Fiddler On The Roof’, Passes Away At Age 87]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli actor Haim Topol, who was most famously known for his depiction of Tevye both in the stage and movie productions of Fiddler On The Roof, has passed away at the age of 87. Topol was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease several years ago, and his condition deteriorated in recent days until he […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Airlifted To Airport After Protesters Block Road]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there. The demonstrations were part of nationwide protests underway for more than two months against Netanyahu and his […] [Read More »]( [Anti-Govt. Demonstrators Block Airport Entrance, Haifa Port In ‘Day Of Resistance’ Over Judicial Reforms]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the course of another ‘day of resistance’ to protest the judicial reforms being legislated in Israel, hundreds of protesters parked their cars on the access road leading to Ben Gurion airport, causing the road to be blocked despite significant police presence in the region. Eyewitnesses say that police have yet to […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Soldier Seriously Injured In City Of David Terrorist Attack Rejoins Friends At Kotel Ceremony]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Lt. Nadav Weinberg was an off-duty soldier when he was attacked by a 13-year-old terrorist in the City of David on a Shabbat morning last month just a day after the murderous attack in Neve Yaakov. Despite being shot in the stomach a number of times, Weinberg, who had his weapon with […] [Read More »]( [3 Islamic Jihad Terrorists Eliminated During Firefight With IDF Undercover Forces Near Jenin]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists were eliminated by Israeli undercover forces operating near Jenin on Thursday morning. According to a Border Police spokesman, the undercover officers entered the Palestinian village of Jaba’, south of Jenin, to arrest two suspects wanted for a series of shooting attacks against Israeli forces in the area […] [Read More »]( [ADL Attacks Popular Jew Over Her Right-Wing Political Views]( NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Anti-Defamation League, which is notorious for holding radical leftist views even at the expense of the Jews it claims to protect, has thrown another Jew under the bus. The woke group has slammed Chaya Raichik, aka “Libs of Tiktok”, an Orthodox Jew who protects children, calling her […] [Read More »]( [Jerusalem Post Changes Misleading Anti-Charedi Headline After Getting Slammed on Twitter]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — The Jerusalem Post has been slammed by Jewish leaders for essentially reporting fake news. Multiple Twitter users expressed outrage after the paper used a headline which suggested that a non-Jewish alleged serial pedophile is a Charedi Jew. In truth, the Texas man merely posed as a religious Jew as part of a […] [Read More »]( [Adidas Wonders What To Do With Yeezy Shoes After Ye Split]( FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Adidas is still wrestling with how to dispose of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of Yeezy shoes after its breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, forcing the German sportswear maker into a big loss at the end of last year and expectations of more pain ahead. 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