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[Revelers Set to Pack Into Times Square for Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop]( [Revelers Set to Pack Into Times Square for Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop]( YORK (AP) — The confetti has been tested for airiness. The giant numerals – 2 0 2 4 – are in place. And the luminous ball, bedazzled with 2,688 crystal triangles, is fixed to the pole from which it makes its 60-second descent at 11:59 p.m. With throngs of revelers set to usher in […] [Read More »]( [Shelling Kills 21 in Russian City of Belgorod Following Moscow’s Aerial Attacks Across Ukraine]( [Shelling Kills 21 in Russian City of Belgorod Following Moscow’s Aerial Attacks Across Ukraine]( – Shelling in the center of the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 21 people, including three children, local officials reported. A further 110 people were wounded in the strike, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, making it one of the deadliest attacks on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Tucker Carlson Claims Ben Shapiro’s Israel Support Shows He Doesn’t Care About USA]( [WATCH: Tucker Carlson Claims Ben Shapiro’s Israel Support Shows He Doesn’t Care About USA]( — Tucker Carlson slammed orthodox conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, claiming that his focus on the war in Israel revealed that he doesn’t “care” about the United States “at all”. Carlson, the former Fox News host who some consider an “America First” isolationist, has been highly critical of those who show solidarity with Israel. ‘Breaking […] [Read More »]( [Family of 4 Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide by New York Police Sergeant]( [Family of 4 Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide by New York Police Sergeant]( YORK (AP) — A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant. Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Man Inspired by Hamas Attacks Tried to Join Somali Terror Group, Prosecutors Say]( [New Jersey Man Inspired by Hamas Attacks Tried to Join Somali Terror Group, Prosecutors Say]( – A New Jersey man inspired by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel attempted to join the al-Shabab terror group to harm the United States, a federal court in New York announced on Friday. Karrem Nasr, a U.S. citizen from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, traveled from Egypt to Kenya in an attempt to join and […] [Read More »]( [IDF Names 2 Soldiers Killed In Gaza, Netanyahu: War Will Continue Until Hamas Eliminated]( [IDF Names 2 Soldiers Killed In Gaza, Netanyahu: War Will Continue Until Hamas Eliminated]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF announced Saturday night the deaths of two additional soldiers who fell in the Gaza battles. Captain Harel Itah, 22 years old from Netanya, served in the Givati Brigade and was injured in battle in southern Gaza on December 22. On Saturday, he succumbed to his wounds. He was posthumously […] [Read More »]( [US Seizes More Illegal E-cigarettes, but Thousands of New Ones Are Launching]( [US Seizes More Illegal E-cigarettes, but Thousands of New Ones Are Launching]( (AP) — Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press. The figures underscore the chaotic state of the nation’s $7 billion vaping market and raise […] [Read More »]( [Mexican President Inaugurates Centralized ‘Super Pharmacy’ to Supply Medicines to All of Mexico]( [Mexican President Inaugurates Centralized ‘Super Pharmacy’ to Supply Medicines to All of Mexico]( CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is inaugurating a ‘super pharmacy’ in a bid to end the woes of patients throughout the country who are often told they need a specific medicine — but the hospital in question doesn’t have it. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s solution was to outfit a big warehouse on the […] [Read More »]( [TMZ: 85% chance Kanye West’s pre-album apology written by AI chatbot]( [TMZ: 85% chance Kanye West’s pre-album apology written by AI chatbot]( — What’s reportedly sauce for Harvard University’s president may also be sauce for Kanye West. As Claudine Gay faces charges that she plagiarized her scholarship, a new analysis from celebrity gossip website TMZ suggests that the hip hop mogul, who goes by Ye, may have used an artificial intelligence chatbot to pen his Hebrew […] [Read More »]( [The Lighthouses of Maine]( [The Lighthouses of Maine]( Levi and Hindy Wilansky, Chabad of Portland, Maine   The Lighthouses of Maine   By: Chaya Chazan Downlaod For Shabbas Reading In 1987, the shlichus “business” was booming. Every kollel yungerman was eager to find their place and get to work. My parents were no different. Their choice was clear when Rabbi Kotlarsky announced […] [Read More »]( [Poland Says ‘Everything Indicates’ a Russian Missile Briefly Entered Its Airspace and Left]( [Poland Says ‘Everything Indicates’ a Russian Missile Briefly Entered Its Airspace and Left]( Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense forces said an unknown object entered the country’s airspace Friday morning from the direction of Ukraine and then vanished off radars, and that all indications pointed to it being a Russian missile. “Everything indicates that a Russian missile intruded in Poland’s airspace. It was monitored by us on radars […] [Read More »]( [US Military Space Plane Blasts off on Another Secretive Mission Expected to Last Years]( [US Military Space Plane Blasts off on Another Secretive Mission Expected to Last Years]( – The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There’s no one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from […] [Read More »]( [Recall of Nearly 5 Million Portable Blenders Under Way for Unsafe Blades and Dozens of Burn Injuries]( [Recall of Nearly 5 Million Portable Blenders Under Way for Unsafe Blades and Dozens of Burn Injuries]( YORK (AP) – BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of reports of injuries, federal regulators said Thursday. BlendJet 2 Portable Blenders can overheat or catch fire, according to a notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and their blender blades can […] [Read More »]( [Maine Bars Trump From Ballot as Us Supreme Court Weighs States’ Authority to Block Former President]( [Maine Bars Trump From Ballot as Us Supreme Court Weighs States’ Authority to Block Former President]( Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to return to the White House. […] [Read More »]( [Iran Executes Four People for Alleged Links With Israel’s Mossad]( [Iran Executes Four People for Alleged Links With Israel’s Mossad]( Iran (AP) — Iran executed on Friday four people and sentenced several others to prison for having alleged links with Israel’s Mossad security service, local media reported. Mizan, the news website affiliated with the country’s judiciary, said three men and one woman were executed Friday morning. It identified the men as Vafa Hanareh, Aram […] [Read More »]( [Turkey Reportedly Detains 32 Is Militants and Foils Possible Attacks on Synagogues and Churches]( [Turkey Reportedly Detains 32 Is Militants and Foils Possible Attacks on Synagogues and Churches]( Turkey (AP) — Turkish security forces have detained 32 people suspected of links to the Islamic State extremist group who were allegedly planning to carry out attacks on synagogues and churches as well as the Iraqi Embassy, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Friday. The suspects, including three alleged senior IS militants, were detained in […] [Read More »]( [Russia Fires 122 Missiles and 36 Drones in What Ukraine Calls the Biggest Aerial Barrage of the War]( [Russia Fires 122 Missiles and 36 Drones in What Ukraine Calls the Biggest Aerial Barrage of the War]( Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 24 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the war. The Ukrainian air force intercepted most of the ballistic and cruise missiles and the […] [Read More »]( [IDF Soldier, Son Of Rabbi From Kochav Yaakov, Falls In Gaza Fighting]( [IDF Soldier, Son Of Rabbi From Kochav Yaakov, Falls In Gaza Fighting]( (VINnews) — The IDF announced the name of captain (res.) Harel Sharvit, who fell in battle in Gaza. Sharvit, 33, was a resident of Kokhav Ya’akov. He served in Brigade 551, as an officer in Battalion 7008. “The Binyamin Council and the community of Kokhav Ya’akov embrace the parents, Rabbi Yitzhak and Noga Sharvit, […] [Read More »]( [Mike Lawler’s Office Vandalized by Antisemites Over Israel Support]( [Mike Lawler’s Office Vandalized by Antisemites Over Israel Support]( RIVER (VINnews) — GOP Congressman Mike Lawler’s office was targeted by vicious antisemitic vandals on Wednesday, over his support of Israel. Lawler, who represents the entire Monsey region as well as parts of Westchester, has been an extremely close friend of the Jewish community. Dozens of hate-filled stickers were on the outside of the […] [Read More »]( [The Rosh Yeshiva Driving A Humvee In Gaza, The Sofer Writing Tefillin]( [The Rosh Yeshiva Driving A Humvee In Gaza, The Sofer Writing Tefillin]( (VINnews) — One of the more colorful figures driving around the Gaza strip transporting soldiers is Rabbi Nir Yaakov Mas, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lev Tel Aviv-Shir Leneriya Yeshiva. The white-bearded Rabbi Mas is currently serving as a Humvee driver deep in the Gaza Strip. “I continued until the age of 45 as […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: R’ Shmuel Yaniv, Grandfather Of Hallel And Yagel And Yehonatan Luber HYD Sings Asher Bachar Banu]( [WATCH: R’ Shmuel Yaniv, Grandfather Of Hallel And Yagel And Yehonatan Luber HYD Sings Asher Bachar Banu]( (VINnews) — Unfortunately there are many sad, heartrending funerals taking place in Israel on a daily basis in the last three months, as Israel’s war with the brutal Hamas terrorists brings more and more fatalities. However an unusual levaya took place this week for Yehonatan Luber HyD, a 24-year-old chasidic idealist from the village […] [Read More »]( [Woman Sues Dentist After 4 Root Canals, 8 Dental Crowns and 20 Fillings in a Single Visit]( [Woman Sues Dentist After 4 Root Canals, 8 Dental Crowns and 20 Fillings in a Single Visit]( (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit last week in Hennepin County District Court, accusing Dr. Kevin Molldrem of Molldrem Family Dentistry in Eden Prairie, […] [Read More »]( [New Weight Loss Drugs Are Out of Reach for Millions of Older Americans Because Medicare Won’t Pay]( [New Weight Loss Drugs Are Out of Reach for Millions of Older Americans Because Medicare Won’t Pay]( (AP) — New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover such medications. Drugmakers and a wide-ranging and growing bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are gearing up to push for that to […] [Read More »]( [REPORT: Shin Bet Received Intel About ‘Big’ Hamas Attack Weeks in Advance]( [REPORT: Shin Bet Received Intel About ‘Big’ Hamas Attack Weeks in Advance]( — According to Israel’s Channel 12, Israeli officials were warned in advance about a large-scale Hamas attack shortly after Yom Kippur, The report says that this past summer, the Shin Bet received intelligence that the terror group was planning to carry out “a big move,” but the information was dismissed as insignificant. The Shin […] [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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