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Month January 2023

Mexico City Sends National Guard Into Subways After Accident

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mayor of Mexico City announced Thursday that 6,060 National Guard officers will be posted in the city’s subway system after a series of accidents. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said a series of mechanical problems in recent… Continue Reading →

EU Court: Tourists May Get Refunds Over COVID Measures

BERLIN (AP) — Travelers whose package tours were ruined by the imposition of restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic may be entitled to at least a partial refund, the European Union’s highest court said Thursday. The European Court of Justice… Continue Reading →

Elderly Ukrainian Jewish Man Laid To Rest In Jewish Burial Ceremony After United Hatzalah Delegation Hears Of Imminent Christian Funeral

UKRAIEN (VINnews) – On Wednesday, an elderly Jewish man with no living Jewish relatives passed away in Ukraine in the town of Bila Tserkva. A Christian burial ceremony was planned for the deceased until a local rabbi heard about the… Continue Reading →

Memorial For Israeli Terror Victim Esther Horgen Held In EU Parliament

LONDON (JNS) – A memorial event marking two years since the killing of terror victim Esther Horgen was held on Wednesday at the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference, an initiative of the Samaria Regional Council and the parliament’s European… Continue Reading →

NY Officials: Yeshiva U Must Explain Public Funds As It Won’t Recognize LGBTQ Group

NEW York (JTA) – Three state lawmakers are asking if Yeshiva University misrepresented itself as a secular institution in order to qualify for more than $230 million in public funds. Their letter demanding a full accounting from the Modern Orthodox… Continue Reading →

FLASHBACK: Biden Blasts Trump over Mar-a-lago Classified Documents

Appearing on “60 Minutes” in September, President Biden spoke about the classified documents the FBI found in former President Trump’s home. When he saw the FBI image of the documents he says he thought to himself, “How anyone could be… Continue Reading →

Garland names special counsel to investigate classified records found in Biden’s Delaware home, former Washington office

WASHINGTON (AP) — Garland names special counsel to investigate classified records found in Biden’s Delaware home, former Washington office.

Boy Told Mom ‘Be Calm’ Before Being Swept Away In Floodwater

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsy Doan didn’t think the water flowing over the creek crossing on San Marcos Road was deeper than normal when she tried navigating it in her SUV while driving her 5-year-old son to school. But the… Continue Reading →

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Launches Reelection Bid

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is kicking off her reelection campaign. The 56-year-old sent out an email to supporters on Thursday announcing her 2024 bid. “I wanted you to hear it first,” the email… Continue Reading →

Emhoff To Visit Poland And Germany Amid Rising Antisemitism

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to visit Poland and Germany later this month to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and to hold meetings aimed at combating rising antisemitism in the U.S…. Continue Reading →

US Applications For Jobless Benefits Lowest In 15 Weeks

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in 15 weeks as the job market continues to show resiliency in the face of attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy. The number of… Continue Reading →

Former Top Israeli Legal Officials Oppose Judicial Overhaul

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former top Israeli legal officials spoke out Thursday against sweeping changes to the country’s justice system planned by the new conservative government, lending their voices to a growing outcry against the proposed overhaul. Seven former… Continue Reading →

White House: Classified Documents Found At Biden’s Home

WASHINGTON (AP) — Documents with classified markings from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were found at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, the White House said Thursday, days after it was disclosed that sensitive documents were also found at… Continue Reading →

R` Chaim Jacobowitz ז”ל

Family getting up: Wednesday (1/18/23)Morning Ms. Mirel Esther JacobowitzWife R` Ahron Yidal JacobowitzBrother R` Nechemia JacobowitzBrother R` Moshe Avigdor JacobowitzBrother R` Levi JacobowitzBrother R` Yitzchok JacobowitzBrother R` Yekuseal JacobowitzBrother R` Yosef JacobowitzBrother Mrs. Chany SilbersteinSister Mrs. Ruchy JacobowitzSister Mrs. Gitty… Continue Reading →

US Inflation Eased Again To 6.5% As Inflation Loosens Grip

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it. Inflation declined… Continue Reading →

Minimal Airline Delays, Cancellations A Day After US Outage

NEW YORK (AP) – Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, grounding U.S. air traffic and leading to thousands of stranded travelers…. Continue Reading →

Nurses At 2 NYC Hospitals Return To Work As Deal Ends Strike

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals ended a three-day strike Thursday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that union officials said offers better working conditions, in addition to pay raises. The tentative deals… Continue Reading →

Woke Alvin Bragg Gives 6 Month Plea Deal to Palestinian Antisemite Who Beat Jewish Man

NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — The office of criminal-loving Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan DA, offered a plea bargain to a vicious unrepentant antisemite who brutally beat a Jewish man, which will reduce his sentence to just 6 months. Prosecutors offered… Continue Reading →

Adolfo Kaminsky, French Resistance Forger Who Saved Thousands During The Holocaust, Dies At 97

NEW YORK (JTA) — Adolfo Kaminsky, the French-Jewish photographer, forger, smuggler and resistance fighter who saved thousands of people during the Holocaust as part of the French underground, died at 97 in his home in Paris on Monday. Kaminsky’s improbable… Continue Reading →

Israel’s Shrill Political Rhetoric Breaks New Records As Left-Wingers Protest, Call For Civil ‘Rebellion’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli’s stormy political climate has led to five elections within three years. Yet despite the deadlock finally being emphatically broken, with a 64-man fully right-wing coalition for the first time in three decades, the tempo of the… Continue Reading →

KOSHER POLITICS: Biden committed the same crime as Trump, except for one thing.

NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VIN Podcast) — For months we were told that Trump committed an egregious crime when he mishandled classified documents. Now that Biden is guilty of the same crime (for 6 years!), the left is twisting… Continue Reading →

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