Shomrim Members Shot in Boro Park

Update below: Less than a week after an attempted robbery and shooting at the Apple Bank on 13^th Avenue in the heart of Boro Park shook the community, multiple members of the Boro Park Shomrim (more…)

Farrakhan: Ground Zero Mosque Should Be Built

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said today that the Islamic community center and mosque planned near Ground Zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died (more…)

Time: How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular

Michael Scherer writes in Time Magazine:

The Barack Obama that most Hoosiers remember voting for can still be found on YouTube. He stands before a cheering (more…)

20,000 Sign Petition Against End of Daylight Saving Time in Israel Before Yom Kippur

Over 20,000 people have signed an online petition which calls for the boycott of Standard Time in the next three days, which comes into effect in Israel this year before Yom Kippur. Daylight Saving Time (more…)

Israel, Palestinians Agree to 2nd Round of Talks

Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed today to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month, modest achievements reached under U.S. mediation amid (more…)

Video: Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe Visits Belzer Rebbe

[Video below.] Last night, the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Netanya, Rav Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam, paid a visit to the Belzer Rebbe, Rav Yissochor Dov Rokeach, at his home in Kiryat Belz, Yerushalayim. (more…)

Airline Stops Rabbi for ‘Suspicious’ Shofar

An Israeli rabbi narrowly escaped arrest after being stopped by security officers at Munich airport for carrying a shofar. Airport officials pulled aside the man, in his late 50s, and asked him to explain the (more…)

Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico

The Coast Guard is responding to another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were onboard when it exploded and caught fire this morning. Everyone is accounted (more…)

A Kiruv Response: Don’t Put Our Children on Ice

By Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun

The Matzav.com reader’s comment on “It’s Time to Put Kiruv on Ice” begs a response. The halachic basis for kiruv is (more…)

Readers’ Matzav: Help Me Switch Judah Out of Public School

Dear Matzav.com Editor,

I am a yeshiva bochur learning in a yeshiva in Lakewood. I recently got to know a wonderful family that is distanced (more…)