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[Houthis Launch Sea Drone to Attack Ships Hours After US, Allies Issue Final Warning]( [Houthis Launch Sea Drone to Attack Ships Hours After US, Allies Issue Final Warning]( (AP) — An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen got within a “couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea before detonating on Thursday, just hours after the White House and a host of partner nations issued a final warning to the Iran-backed militia group to cease […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Police Seek Killer of a Muslim Leader Outside Newark Mosque]( [New Jersey Police Seek Killer of a Muslim Leader Outside Newark Mosque]( in New Jersey hunted Thursday for the killer of a Muslim leader who was shot outside his mosque before morning prayers, offering cash to anyone who can help them make an arrest. Authorities said they had no evidence that religious hate motivated the imam’s slaying, but vowed to protect people of faith amid soaring […] [Read More »]( [Kindertransport Survivor Celebrates 100th Birthday in Jerusalem]( [Kindertransport Survivor Celebrates 100th Birthday in Jerusalem]( (JNS) – Kindertransport survivor Walter Bingham, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living working journalist, celebrated his 100th birthday in Jerusalem on Thursday. Born Wolfgang Billig in 1924 in Karlsruhe, Germany, Bingham escaped Germany after Kristallnacht in 1939 by way of the Kindertransport, which sent nearly 10,000 unaccompanied children, most of […] [Read More »]( [China’s Byd Is Rivaling Tesla in Size. Can It Also Match Its Global Reach?]( [China’s Byd Is Rivaling Tesla in Size. Can It Also Match Its Global Reach?]( (AP) — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer. BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023, according to sales figures released […] [Read More »]( [Police say 17-year-old killed a sixth grader and wounded five in Iowa school shooting]( [Police say 17-year-old killed a sixth grader and wounded five in Iowa school shooting]( Iowa (AP) — A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school on the first day of school after the winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others as students barricaded in offices and fled in panic. The suspect, a student at the school in Perry, died of what investigators believe is […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Jake Turx grills John Kirby on continued Biden support for UNRWA, whose facilities are used by Hamas]( [WATCH: Jake Turx grills John Kirby on continued Biden support for UNRWA, whose facilities are used by Hamas]( [Read More »]( [Jewish-Owned Grocery in Toronto Firebombed, Graffitied With ‘Free Palestine’]( [Jewish-Owned Grocery in Toronto Firebombed, Graffitied With ‘Free Palestine’]( – The International Delicatessen Foods, based in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Toronto and reportedly owned by Jews of Russian origin, experienced a bomb attack, smashed windows and other vandalism at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday from a yet unknown assailant. Firefighters put out the flames, and no one at the scene was injured. […] [Read More »]( [A Tel Aviv Exhibit Recreates the Nova Massacre Site in Exacting Detail, With Healing as an Aim]( [A Tel Aviv Exhibit Recreates the Nova Massacre Site in Exacting Detail, With Healing as an Aim]( AVIV (JTA) — Daniel Ozeri found himself returning to the worst moments of his life on a recent Sunday — not inside his own mind, but inside a Tel Aviv convention center. Ozeri was in Expo Tel Aviv, a sprawling complex in the city’s north where the Nova music festival — which ended when […] [Read More »]( [The Largest Male Specimen of the World’s Most Venomous Spider Has Been Found in Australia]( [The Largest Male Specimen of the World’s Most Venomous Spider Has Been Found in Australia]( (AP) — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help save lives after a member of the public discovered it by chance. The deadly Sydney funnel-web spider dubbed “Hercules” was […] [Read More »]( [Larger-Than-Life Bushwick Mural Shows Israeli and Palestinian Children Embracing]( [Larger-Than-Life Bushwick Mural Shows Israeli and Palestinian Children Embracing]( (JTA) – Amid Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian boys act as symbols of a peaceful future in a new, larger-than-life mural painted this week on the side of a loft building in Bushwick. The Israeli boy, wearing a kippah and ritual fringes, and the Palestinian boy, who wears a keffiyeh […] [Read More »]( [13-Year-Old Gamer Becomes the First to Beat the ‘Unbeatable’ Tetris — By Breaking It]( [13-Year-Old Gamer Becomes the First to Beat the ‘Unbeatable’ Tetris — By Breaking It]( FRANCISCO (AP) — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to what gamers call a […] [Read More »]( [Bnei Menashe Community Disputes Israeli Reports of 7 Killed in India Violence]( [Bnei Menashe Community Disputes Israeli Reports of 7 Killed in India Violence]( (JTA) – Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community are rejecting an Israeli parliamentary report that a missile strike in Northeast India killed seven community members this week. The news spread rapidly on Tuesday after Israel’s Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Aliyah put out a press release announcing the deaths, following a meeting about […] [Read More »]( [South Korea Views the Young Daughter of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un as His Likely Successor]( [South Korea Views the Young Daughter of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un as His Likely Successor]( South Korea (AP) — The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father’s likely heir apparent, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday, its first such assessment on the preteen who was unveiled to the outside world a little more than a year ago. There has been intense outside […] [Read More »]( [Hezbollah withdraws 2-3 km from Israeli border—report]( [Hezbollah withdraws 2-3 km from Israeli border—report]( (JNS) – Hezbollah has withdrawn its forces 2 to 3 kilometers (1.24 to 1.86 miles) from the Israeli border, The Economist reported on Thursday. The retreat is described as a “tactical withdrawal” and a signal to the United States and Israel that the Iranian terrorist proxy wants to avoid an all-out war. Gallant: Time running […] [Read More »]( [Successful Evacuation From Burning Japan Airlines Jet Highlights Dogged Devotion to Safety]( [Successful Evacuation From Burning Japan Airlines Jet Highlights Dogged Devotion to Safety]( (AP) — The swift and safe evacuation of a Japan Airlines jet that caught fire after hitting a Coast Guard aircraft while it was landing Tuesday at Tokyo’s Haneda airport reflects a dogged dedication to safety and training by the airline, and hard experience from past disasters. JAL set up a Safety Promotion Center […] [Read More »]( [A Major Storm Sweeping the US Is Expected to Bring Heavy Rain, Snow to East Coast This Weekend]( [A Major Storm Sweeping the US Is Expected to Bring Heavy Rain, Snow to East Coast This Weekend]( YORK (AP) — A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain from the southern Appalachians to the Northeast — although it’s too early to say exactly which areas will get what kind of precipitation and how much. […] [Read More »]( [Three Suspects Arrested for Impersonating Relatives of Hostages to Raise Money]( [Three Suspects Arrested for Impersonating Relatives of Hostages to Raise Money]( (VINnews) — Three suspects have been arrested for allegedly impersonating relatives of Hamas hostages in a disgraceful scheme to exploit tragedy and trick people into donating money. The investigation found that the suspects allegedly managed to fraudulently raise a large sum of nearly 100 thousand shekels ($27,000). They reportedly insisted that donations be paid […] [Read More »]( [Thousands Attend the Funeral of a Top Hamas Official Killed in an Apparent Israeli Strike in Beirut]( [Thousands Attend the Funeral of a Top Hamas Official Killed in an Apparent Israeli Strike in Beirut]( (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in Beirut Thursday the funeral of Saleh Arouri, top commander of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, who was killed earlier this week in an apparent Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital. Draped in Palestinian and Hamas flags, Arouri’s coffin along with those of two of […] [Read More »]( [South Korean Opposition Leader Is Recovering Well From Surgery After Stabbing Attack, Doctor Says]( [South Korean Opposition Leader Is Recovering Well From Surgery After Stabbing Attack, Doctor Says]( South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s main opposition leader is recovering well from surgery after being stabbed in the neck earlier this week, his doctor said Thursday, as a local court issued an arrest warrant to extend the suspect’s custody by police. Lee Jae-myung, head of the liberal Democratic Party, South Korea’s biggest political […] [Read More »]( [Iran Suspects Suicide Bombers Carried Out Attack on Commemoration for Slain General That Killed 84]( [Iran Suspects Suicide Bombers Carried Out Attack on Commemoration for Slain General That Killed 84]( United Arab Emirates (AP) — Investigators believe suicide bombers likely carried out an attack on a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, state media reported Thursday, as Iran grappled with its worst militant attack in decades and as the wider Mideast remains on edge. The report by the state-run […] [Read More »]( [US Rebukes South Africa for ‘Meritless’ Genocide Suit Against Israel]( [US Rebukes South Africa for ‘Meritless’ Genocide Suit Against Israel]( (JNS) – The Biden administration criticized South Africa on Wednesday for filing a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague last week. “We find this submission meritless, counterproductive, completely without any basis in fact whatsoever,” said U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby at a press conference on […] [Read More »]( [Microsoft Adds AI Button to Keyboards to Summon Chatbots]( [Microsoft Adds AI Button to Keyboards to Summon Chatbots]( – Pressing a button will be one way to summon an artificial intelligence agent as Microsoft wields its computer industry influence to reshape the next generation of keyboards. Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the software giant’s AI chatbot. […] [Read More »]( [21 Halachos of Aninus]( [21 Halachos of Aninus]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman written l’zaicher nishmas Rochel Bas R’ Moshe Zelig Schreiber a”h – mother of my good friend, Rabbi Nosson Schreiber. Often, a person suffers a loss of a family member, rachmana litzlan, and is not in the frame of mind to recall the pertinent halachos that apply to him.  The period of […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Las Vegas Judge Attacked By Defendant During Sentencing Hearing]( [WATCH: Las Vegas Judge Attacked By Defendant During Sentencing Hearing]( YORK (VINnews) — In a disturbing incident of courtroom violence, a judge in Las Vegas was physically assaulted by the defendant as she was reading his sentence The defendant, 30-year-old Deobra Redden, leaped over the bench in the courtroom and attacked the judge at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday after she denied him probation. […] [Read More »]( [Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court In Whirlwind Geirus For Religious Woman Who Discovered She Wasn’t Jewish]( [Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court In Whirlwind Geirus For Religious Woman Who Discovered She Wasn’t Jewish]( (VINnews) — In an unusual ceremony which took place recently in the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court, a religious woman who discovered that she was not Jewish underwent a whirlwind conversion and marriage ceremony. The woman, who has been religiously observant all her life, was stunned when she discovered that her mother had been adopted […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Soldiers Near Captives In Southern Gaza Sing Acheinu]( [WATCH: Soldiers Near Captives In Southern Gaza Sing Acheinu]( (VINnews) — As shuls worldwide say Acheinu and pray for the welfare of the soldiers and the Hamas captives, a clip of soldiers singing Acheinu between battles in Gaza shows how they are moved by their task – to rescue the captives and to protect Israel from the murderous Hamas terrorists. The soldiers- from […] [Read More »]( [Gay Claims She Was Targeted With ‘Recycled Tired Racial Stereotypes About Black Talent’]( [Gay Claims She Was Targeted With ‘Recycled Tired Racial Stereotypes About Black Talent’]( YORK (VINnews) — In her first response to resigning the presidency of Harvard just six months after being appointed as its first black president in history, Claudine Gay claimed that she was the victim of “a broader war to unravel public faith in pillars of American society”. “Trusted institutions of all types – from […] [Read More »]( [But When the Church Also Kidnaps Children.. And the Movie..]( [But When the Church Also Kidnaps Children.. And the Movie..]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Recently, the Jewish world was shocked when Pope Francis labelled Israel’s attempt to remove Hamas from power as “terrorism.”  Attempts to have him walk it back have so far not been fruitful.  Let our minds take a tour of a true incident. Imagine a seven-year-old Jewish boy taken away from his […] [Read More »]( [Nasrallah Warns Israel of War ‘With No Rules’]( [Nasrallah Warns Israel of War ‘With No Rules’]( (JNS) – Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday of a “very costly” war “without limits” if the situation at the Lebanon-Israel border escalates into a full-scale conflict. The speech by the head of the Iranian-backed terror group came a day after the targeted killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, which was attributed […] [Read More »]( [Rav Matisyahu Solomon: Understanding the Loss]( [Rav Matisyahu Solomon: Understanding the Loss]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Jewish Home Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel shlita, once observed his father, Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l, the Mashgiach of BMG in Lakewood in a remarkable state of joy and Simcha.  Rav Elya Ber asked him, “What is the cause of such elation?”  Rav Wachtfogel zt”l responded, “I am in a […] [Read More »]( [International Law Experts: Israel Doesn’t Need To Return Residents To Northern Gaza]( [International Law Experts: Israel Doesn’t Need To Return Residents To Northern Gaza]( claims have recently been made that Israel is obligated under international law to allow uninvolved residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return to their homes, a detailed legal opinion has been presented to the political authorities which states that Israel has does not have any such legal obligation. The Yisrael Hayom newspaper reports […] [Read More »]( [JetBlue Says Seat Swap Creates Weight Issues, Throws Jewish Passengers Off Flight]( [JetBlue Says Seat Swap Creates Weight Issues, Throws Jewish Passengers Off Flight]( Jewish travelers were ordered off a JetBlue flight this week after being told that an amicably arranged seat swap with another passenger made the flight crew uncomfortable. The Forward (bit.ly/4aBWUuJ) reported that the incident took place on a December 31st red eye from Palm Springs to New York’s JFK Airport, when an elderly Orthodox […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: John Kirby Lashes out at Reporter Who Blames U.S. for Provoking Iran]( [WATCH: John Kirby Lashes out at Reporter Who Blames U.S. for Provoking Iran]( (VINnews) — John Kirby got into a heated exchange with a reporter who made the ridiculous assertion that the United States has provoked Iran. The Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council flipped the entire line of questioning on the reporter. The reporter asked Kirby if President Biden has widened and escalated […] [Read More »]( [More Hospitals Are Requiring Masks as Flu and COVID-19 Cases Surge]( [More Hospitals Are Requiring Masks as Flu and COVID-19 Cases Surge]( YORK (AP) — More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses. While many experts say this season likely won’t prove to be as deadly as some other recent winters, it still could mean hundreds of thousands […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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