What, Me Worry?
By CJ Srullowitz
The emails I receive daily commenting on the actions and attitudes of President Obama range from clever to cockamamie, but nearly all are...
Audio: Rav Mintz On Parshas Pinchos
Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone,...
Netanyahu: Israel Would Free 1,000 Palestinian Prisoners for Shalit
Israel would free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners if the Palestinian terrorist Islamist group Hamas releases Gilad Shalit, the soldier its militants captured four years ago,...
Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Pinchos
The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d'asra of Agudath Israel of...
Video: The Shmuz On Parshas Pinchos
Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative "Shmuz," a mussar shmuess that...
Video: Rav Stulberger On Parshas Pinchos
Each week, Rav Avrohom Stulberger, rosh yeshiva of Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, shares a 3-4 minute message relating to the...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 20-21 Tammuz
Yahrtzeits, Friday, 20 Tammuz
Rav Nosson Nata (ben Moshe) Hanover (1683). A talmid of the Maharshal, he was the author of Yaven Hametzula and Shaarei Tzion,...
Bloomberg: Davening Times Should Be Changed to Accomodate Brighton Beach Concerts
There was anger in Brooklyn today over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's solution to the community's fight against free concerts at a local park. The mayor...
Opinion: NY TAP for Yeshiva Students – A Mess for all of Us
By Yossi Gestetner
Some are jubilant that Yeshiva boys will now be eligible to get money through the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), thanks to the...
Don’t Swallow Rubashkin Prosecutor’s Sanitized Version of Events
By Aaron Goldsmith
I am a former city council member from Postville. I have lived and operated my company here for more than 12 years....
Rose’s ‘Official Story’ Does Not Set Record Straight on Agriprocessors
Erik Camayd-Freixas
Ignorance of history is no excuse. Agriprocessors (1987-2008) lifted Postville from the farm crisis, doubled its population and turned it into a vibrant...
How to Free Gilad Shalit
By Dovid Efune
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed on Monday that seven Israeli Arabs affiliated with Al Qaeda and Global Jihad were arrested for allegedly...
FDR Rated Best President in Survey of 238 Scholars
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is being ranked the top president in U.S. history by 238 scholars surveyed by Siena College. Roosevelt has topped each of...
Rov of Historic Bialystoker Synagogue Overturns Decision To Let Women Lead
The Forward reports: The historic Bialystoker Synagogue, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, looked set to launch a new era this past June: For the...
Marriage Visa Law May Hinder British-Israeli Shidduchim
A tightening of the marriage visa law requiring potential immigrants who want to marry in Britiain to learn English before they come to Britain...
Lakewood Police Chief Addresses Issue of Police Officer Who Tore Down Eruv
Lakewood Police Chief Rob Lawson related the following to Matzav.com:
There has been considerable interest concerning an Eruv that was taken down by a member...
Video: Thousands in Lakewood Watch Live Broadcast of Rav Chaim Kanievsky from Bnei Brak...
The Lakewood community gathered en masse last night Bais Faiga Hall for the annual Lev L'Achim Asifa, with the legendary Rav Chaim Kanievsky...
Kashrus in Turkey On Hold for Now
The diplomacy crisis between Israel and Turkey may reach your dinner table. Israel's major kashrus agencies have stopped sending mashgichim to Turkey, reportedly fearing...
Rav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg Stands Up for Torah in Blasting ‘Rabba’ Five Towns Appearance
The Jewish Week reports: Rabba Sara Hurwitz of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, who was invited to speak at the Young Israel of Hewlett...
Shock: IDF Career Soldier Suspected of Spying for Hezbollah
A career Israel Defense Forces soldier is suspected of spying for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, the authorities revealed yesterday. The soldier, a resident of...
