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[New Jersey Oks Slightly Better Settlement Over Polluted Land Where Childhood Cancer Cases Rose]( [New Jersey Oks Slightly Better Settlement Over Polluted Land Where Childhood Cancer Cases Rose]( RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned parts of a Jersey Shore community into one of America’s most notorious toxic waste cleanup sites, but opponents say the deal is only marginally better than before and plan to sue the state to block it. The deal […] [Read More »]( [Aldi to Buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys Groceries in Southern Us]( [Aldi to Buy 400 Winn-Dixie, Harveys Groceries in Southern Us]( – Discount grocer Aldi said Wednesday it plans to buy 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in the southern U.S. Under a proposed merger agreement, Aldi will acquire all outstanding shares of Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys. If the deal is approved by regulators, it’s expected to close […] [Read More »]( [Amazon Imposes New Fees on Sellers Who Ship Their Own Products to Customers]( [Amazon Imposes New Fees on Sellers Who Ship Their Own Products to Customers]( – Amazon will impose new fees on third-party sellers who ship their products to customers instead of using the company’s fulfillment service. Effective October 1, the company will get a 2% cut of every product sold by merchants that are members of Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime Program, or a minimum of $0.25 per item, […] [Read More »]( [Who Wants to Fly Over Taliban-Held Afghanistan? New FAA Rules Allow It, but Planes Largely Avoid It]( [Who Wants to Fly Over Taliban-Held Afghanistan? New FAA Rules Allow It, but Planes Largely Avoid It]( United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cut time and fuel consumption for East-West travel. But those shortened flight routes for India and Southeast Asia raise questions never […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Shoshana Friedman ע”ה ×©×•×©× ×” מלכה בת משה מיכאל]( [Mrs. Shoshana Friedman ע”ה ×©×•×©× ×” מלכה בת משה מיכאל]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 1:45 pmMaariv: 9:00 pm [Read More »]( [Ok, We Can Relax. The iPhone ‘Hang Up’ Button Might Not Be Moving Much After All]( [Ok, We Can Relax. The iPhone ‘Hang Up’ Button Might Not Be Moving Much After All]( FRANCISCO (AP) — Almost a week after the Apple faithful collectively gasped at the first evidence that the iPhone’s red “end call” button might soon be vacating its center position to take up residence one column to the right, it looks like it might have been mostly a false alarm. The initial shock followed […] [Read More »]( [Death Toll Rises to 25 as Dominican Firefighters Find More Bodies in This Week’s Explosion]( [Death Toll Rises to 25 as Dominican Firefighters Find More Bodies in This Week’s Explosion]( DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The death toll from a powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic this week rose to 25 on Wednesday, with firefighters still trying to extinguish the ongoing blaze, a high-ranking Civil Defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was […] [Read More »]( [Intel Calls off $5.4B Tower Deal After Failing to Obtain Regulatory Approvals]( [Intel Calls off $5.4B Tower Deal After Failing to Obtain Regulatory Approvals]( KONG (AP) — Intel will terminate a $5.4 billion deal to acquire Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor after China failed to sign off on the deal amid rising tensions with the United States. It was a mutual decision between Intel and Tower, the companies said Wednesday. Intel said that the deal was terminated “due […] [Read More »]( [Famous Businessman Alexey Petrov Shot Dead in Sofia]( [Famous Businessman Alexey Petrov Shot Dead in Sofia]( Bulgaria (AP) — A prominent Bulgarian businessman whose rollercoaster career reflected his country’s transition from communism to democracy was shot dead in broad daylight on Wednesday, police said. Police said that Alexey Petrov died on the spot after being shot by persons unknown around noon in a suburb of the capital, Sofia. A woman […] [Read More »]( [Coinbase Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Futures to Eligible Us Customers]( [Coinbase Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Futures to Eligible Us Customers]( said it’s received regulatory approval to bring federally regulated crypto futures trading to eligible customers in the U.S., sending shares sharply higher before the opening bell Wednesday. In June, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, saying that the companies were in violation of the the law because they […] [Read More »]( [A Jewish Security Group Says It Tipped off FBI About a Neo-Nazi Who Said He Wanted to Kill Jews]( [A Jewish Security Group Says It Tipped off FBI About a Neo-Nazi Who Said He Wanted to Kill Jews]( ANGELES (JTA) – A Jewish security agency is taking credit for tipping off the FBI about a man associated with a white supremacist group who had a stockpile of weapons and Nazi propaganda in his Los Angeles-area home. Ryan Scott Bradford was charged last month with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon […] [Read More »]( [Offshore Drilling Rig Arrives in Lebanese Waters Ahead of Work Near the Border With Israel]( [Offshore Drilling Rig Arrives in Lebanese Waters Ahead of Work Near the Border With Israel]( (AP) — An offshore drilling rig arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas, cabinet ministers said Wednesday. The rig is expected to begin drilling this month in Lebanese waters near the border with Israel after the two countries […] [Read More »]( [Trump Enjoys Strong Support Among Republicans. The General Election Could Be a Different Story]( [Trump Enjoys Strong Support Among Republicans. The General Election Could Be a Different Story]( YORK (AP) — After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63% — now say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. […] [Read More »]( [OP-ED: Bein Hazmanim Tragedies Highlight Need For Safety Awareness, Sleepaway Camps]( [OP-ED: Bein Hazmanim Tragedies Highlight Need For Safety Awareness, Sleepaway Camps]( — Every time that Bein Hazmanim approaches in Israel, I brace for another litany of unfortunate accidents and tragedies. As tens of thousands of people generally cooped up in their homes and yeshivas prepare to expend excess energies in pools, lakes and oceans as well as on off the beaten track hikes, it is […] [Read More »]( [President Joe Biden and First Lady Plan to Visit Maui Next Week]( [President Joe Biden and First Lady Plan to Visit Maui Next Week]( (AP) – President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Maui next week in the aftermath of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S. in more than a century, the White House announced Wednesday. The Bidens will meet Monday with survivors of the fires, as well as first responders and other government […] [Read More »]( [BDE: Rachmastrivka Rebbe Passes Away]( [BDE: Rachmastrivka Rebbe Passes Away]( Rachmastrivka rebbe of Borough Park, Rabbi Chai Yitzchok Twersky passed away this afternoon at the age of 92. The Rebbe was an internationally known tzaddik, who lead his Bais Medrash and kehillah in Borough Park on 45th Streer. He is the uncle of the other Rachmastrivka Rebbe in Jerusalem. Levaya will be held at […] [Read More »]( [Photos: US State Secretary Says 1943 Bialystok Ghetto Uprising By Jews in Poland Was an Act of Bravery and Dignity]( [Photos: US State Secretary Says 1943 Bialystok Ghetto Uprising By Jews in Poland Was an Act of Bravery and Dignity]( Poland (AP) — U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken sent a message Wednesday marking the anniversary in Poland of the 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising, saying it was an act of “bravery” that reaffirmed the dignity of Jews during the Holocaust. Blinken’s mother, Judith Pisar, the widow of one of the ghetto survivors, Samuel Pisar, the […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Yehudis Hirsch ע”ה איטה יהודית בת שלמה]( [Mrs. Yehudis Hirsch ע”ה איטה יהודית בת שלמה]( getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 7:35 pmMaariv: 7:55 pm Mrs. Rochel ChoppDaughter Mr. Binyomin HirschSon Mr. Naftali HirschSon Mr. Sholom HirschSon Mrs. Nechama LapaDaughter Mrs. Rivky AxelrodDaughter Mr. Moshe HirschSon Mr. Aron HirschSon [Read More »]( [Paraguay to return embassy to Jerusalem]( [Paraguay to return embassy to Jerusalem]( (JNS) – Paraguay will move its embassy back to Jerusalem by the end of the year, bringing to five the number of countries with embassies in the capital, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. The confirmation came just hours after Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was officially inaugurated, and is a sign of growing support […] [Read More »]( [Japanese Mountaineer Dies and Another Is Injured While Climbing a Never-Scaled Peak in Pakistan]( [Japanese Mountaineer Dies and Another Is Injured While Climbing a Never-Scaled Peak in Pakistan]( (AP) — A Japanese mountaineer is presumed dead after he and his partner fell about 70 meters (230 feet) while climbing a never-scaled mountain in northern Pakistan, their tour operator and a mountaineering official said Wednesday. The second climber, also Japanese, was injured. The accident occurred Friday afternoon as the pair climbed a mountain […] [Read More »]( [Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin Redeems Old Telz Yeshiva Building 82 Years After Holocaust Annihilation]( [Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin Redeems Old Telz Yeshiva Building 82 Years After Holocaust Annihilation]( (VINnews) — In a moving ceremony which took place at the old historic building of the Telz yeshiva in Telz, Lithuania, Rabbi Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, the head of the Ateres Shlomo yeshiva and grandson of the Telz rosh yeshivas, redeemed the building 82 years after its students had left, most of whom were later […] [Read More »]( [Survivors of Maui Fires Face Power Cuts and Poor Cell Service as Teams Work to Find and ID the Dead]( [Survivors of Maui Fires Face Power Cuts and Poor Cell Service as Teams Work to Find and ID the Dead]( Hawaii (AP) — Survivors of deadly wildfires on Maui contended with intermittent power and unreliable cell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Teams of people, meanwhile, labored to find the dead and identify them. With the death toll already at 106, a mobile morgue unit with additional coroners arrived in Hawaii on […] [Read More »]( [HP Fails to Derail Claims That It Bricks Scanners on Multifunction Printers When Ink Runs Low]( [HP Fails to Derail Claims That It Bricks Scanners on Multifunction Printers When Ink Runs Low]( FRANCISCO (AP) — HP has failed to shunt aside class-action legal claims that it disables the scanners on its multifunction printers when their ink runs low. Though not for lack of trying. On Aug. 10, a federal judge ruled that HP Inc. must face a class-action lawsuit claiming that the company designs its “all-in-one” […] [Read More »]( [Jerusalem Merchant Arrested After Charging Us Tourist $1,900 for Ashtray]( [Jerusalem Merchant Arrested After Charging Us Tourist $1,900 for Ashtray]( (JNS) – Police detained a merchant in Jerusalem’s Old City this week after he allegedly scammed an American tourist by charging her almost $1,900 for an ashtray using her credit card. Earlier this month, the man approached a woman, who is in her 60s, after seeing her smoking near his shop. He proceeded to […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Journalist Claims Discrimination When Asked To Move On Flight, True Story Emerged Later]( [Israeli Journalist Claims Discrimination When Asked To Move On Flight, True Story Emerged Later]( (VINnews) — In another example of apparently false disparaging of charedi travellers, an Israeli female journalist complained Tuesday that she had been asked to move from her seat because charedi men wished to sit together and not next to a woman. The journalist, Neria Kraus of Israel’s Channel 13, published a picture of the […] [Read More »]( [In 5th Tragedy Of Bein Hazmanim, 18-Year-Old Yeshiva Student Drowns In Golan Lagoon]( [In 5th Tragedy Of Bein Hazmanim, 18-Year-Old Yeshiva Student Drowns In Golan Lagoon]( (VINnews) — BDE: In yet another tragic incident which occurred during the final days of the Bein Hazmanin period in Israel, an 18-year-old Yeshiva student, Yishai Keinan z’l, drowned in a lagoon near the Kinneret lake on Tuesday. Keinan, a resident of the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in Jerusalem, was a student at the Tiferet […] [Read More »]( [VIN EXCLUSIVE: R’ Shmuley Boteach Spends Several Days with RFK Jr. (Video / Pictures)]( [VIN EXCLUSIVE: R’ Shmuley Boteach Spends Several Days with RFK Jr. (Video / Pictures)]( (VINnews) — While vacationing with his family in Maine, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach bumped into VIN News, and revealed an exclusive scoop involving a recent experience with Democrat presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, in addition to other members of the Kennedy family. In an exclusive VIN video filmed at the top of Cadillac Mountain […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Teenager Struck by Car in Canada]( [Orthodox Jewish Teenager Struck by Car in Canada]( (VINnews) — A Jewish teenager was critically injured after being hit by a driver north of Barrhaven on Tuesday afternoon, Ottawa paramedics say. A source has told VIN News that the boy is an 8th grade student at Torah Day School of Ottawa. Paramedics said they received a call at 4:49 p.m. regarding a […] [Read More »]( [A Modern Day “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” Against a Remarkable Yeshiva]( [A Modern Day “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” Against a Remarkable Yeshiva]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman This article is about a horrible incident that is occurring in our Torah community that must be stopped immediately.  It is Lashon Hara, rechilus, and Motzai Shem Rah about a remarkable Yeshiva.  But first, a quick introduction. There is a remarkable Kollel that has impacted the Torah community of Five Towns […] [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? 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