Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 25-26 Nissan

Yahrtzeits, Friday, 25 Nissan Rav Dan of Radvil (1838) Rav Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, author of Divrei Chaim (1793-1876), founder of the Sanzer Chasidus. Born in...

OU Writes PM Netanyahu Regarding Yerushalayim

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: We write on behalf of our organization and our many synagogues and members throughout North America to express our strong support...

Pot Calling Kettle Black? Obama Questions Sarah Palin’s Nuclear Acumen

President Barack Obama today made clear he was not going to take advice from Republican Sarah Palin when it comes to decisions about the...

Need a Job? UPS Offering Unique Training and Big Bucks – $74,000 Salary

Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its...

Report: “New York’s Chassidic Rebels Learn to Be Secular”

Editor's Note: We are publishing the following disturbing article by Rebecca Schischa in the London Jewish Chronicle, titiled "New York's Chasidic Rebels Learn to Be Secular," because...

David Greenfield Officially Sworn in As NYC Council Member

David Greenfield was officially sworn in as a member of the New York City Council yesterday by the New York City Clerk and began...

Jews Who Survived Holocaust in Europe Have More Cancer

Israeli Jews who survived World War Two in Europe have a significantly higher risk for cancer than other Jews, possibly as a result of...

The Background of How Gatorade Became Kosher

Three years ago, Chaim Goldberg, an expatriate analyst in Purchase, and Ron Siesser, compensation manager for Quaker Tropicana and Gatorade in Chicago, started on...

Poll: 49% of Americans Would Reelect their Officials

Fewer than half of Americans would reelect their member of Congress, according to a new Gallup Poll. Forty-nine percent of the 968 registered voters...

Proposed Fur Ban in Israel Continues Tumult

The following report appears on NPR: International animal-rights activists are campaigning for Israel to become the first country in the world to ban the...

Updated: Kiryas Yoel Boy Niftar After Being Hit By Truck

9:04 a.m. A 9-year-old boy was flown in critical condition yesterday after he ran into a moving dump truck while on a scooter...

Danger of Eating Shlissel Challah?

As is well known, there is a minhag to make shlissel challah for the Shabbos after Pesach. Shlissel challahs are best known as a...

Rabbi Yechezkel Friedman zt”l

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rabbi Yechezkel Friedman zt"l. Reb Yechezkel, who was 74, was a Yid who...

Wedding of Grandchildren of Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin and lbcl”c Rav Manis Mandel zt”l

The wedding of a granddaughter of Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe-Chicago, will be held tonight in Williamsburg. The chosson, Mutty...

Wedding of Grandchildren of Rav Elya Svei zt”l, Rav Leib Bakst zt”l and Rav...

Tonight, the wedding of grandchildren of three leading roshei yeshiva of the previous generation, Rav Elya Svei zt"l, Rav Leib Bakst zt"l and Rav...

El Al Ordered to Compensate Humiliated Israeli Arab Passengers

Haifa District Court yesterday ruled that El Al airlines must compensate two Arab Israelis some NIS 30,000, for humiliating them during security checks in...

U.S. Census Count Could Be Way Off

As the U.S. census nears its final stages, the government is preparing for possible debacles that could derail its $15 billion head count, from...

Homebuyers Scramble As Mortgage Rates Jump

The era of record-low mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year loan has jumped from about 5 percent to more than...

The Matzav Rant: The Post-Pesach Pizza Frenzy

By Shmuel Miskin, Matzav.com Now that the dust has settled following another wonderful Yom Tov of Pesach, I'd like to share my thoughts on what...

Limbaugh: Obama Plan Should Outrage 9/11 Victims

Rush Limbaugh used his radio program yesterday to lash out against President Obama's plan to censor the word "Islamic radicalism" from a National Security...

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