Hikind Criticizes Appointment of Chas Freeman as NIC Chairman
Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn today sent a letter to each member of the New York Congressional Delegation expressing his dismay about the appointment...
New YU Initiative Aims to Stop Rising Tuition Costs
The following article by Michael Orbach appears in this week's The Jewish Star:
At least one local school reports tuition payments are down at least...
Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Toms River, Rumor About Lakewood Winner False
Rumors have been circulating that a Lakewood resident won the Mega Millions jackpot, after it was reported that the winning ticket was sold in...
Rivevos Ephraim: Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky Paid Taxes On Mishloach Manos!
There is a chiyuv to give maaser from your income. If you receive an expensive mishloach manos, do you need to give maaser from...
The Danger of ‘Purim’ Fireworks and Explosives
Matzav.com would like to remind all readers of the dangers of dangerous fireworks and explosives often purchased by children and teens before Purim. To...
Chief Rabbinate to Discuss Civil Marriage for First Time
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate's Council will convene tomorrow to discuss the subject of civil marriage, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said today. This will be...
Humor With a Message: The Pester Rebbe
Anyone who's attended a wedding at which Yoeli Leibowitz has entertained can testify that it might be dangerous not only to speak while you...
Georgian Makes Emergency Aliyah for Liver Transplant
The life of a 19-year-old Georgian Jewish girl was saved last month at Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah after the youth, in need of...
A Reader Writes: Putting Lives in Danger
Dear [email protected],
I would like to discuss an issue which I feel it is not the right thing. Two days ago, there was a major...
OU Defends Workplace Religious Freedom Act in Maryland
Yesterday, the Orthodox Union, through its Institute for Public Affairs, advocated before the Maryland General Assembly on crucial religious liberty legislation. The OU testified...
NY Daily News Focuses On Bnai Raphael Chesed Organization Food Pantry and Heroic Manager
The following article by Joyce Shelby highlighting the efforts of the Bnai Raphael Chesed Organization Food Pantry in Flatbush appeared in yesterday's NY Daily...
Helping Homeowners Hold On To Their Houses
President Barack Obama's announcement earlier this month that $275 billion from the financial bailout package will fund the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 8 Adar
-Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar of Neitra, a descendent of Don Yitzchak Abarbanel.
-Rav Gershon of Lotzk, a talmid of the Mezritcher Maggid (1788).
-Rav Aryeh Leib...
Drug-Smuggler Who Fooled Yeshiva Bochurim Indicted
At least 77 Japanese policemen, customs inspectors and others will be called to testify in the State of Israel's case against Bentzion Miller, who...
Grandson of Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky Engaged
The engagement of a grandson of Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of the Philadelphia Yeshiva, has been announced. The chosson, Mordechai Kamenetsky, is a...
Bill Gates Bans iPhones, iPods at His Home
Bill Gates's sprawling Washington state compound is, as you might expect, packed to the gills with bleeding-edge gear, from the heated floors and 20-seat...
Senate Ignores Mccain, Keeps Thousands In Earmarks
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to preserve thousands of earmarks in a $410 billion spending bill today, brushing aside Sen. John McCain's claim that President...
Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel to Visit Lakewood Tonight
Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, rosh hayeshiva of Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim, will be in Lakewood, New Jersey this evening to attend a kabbolas ponim and...
Rabbi Aviner Refers to Baruch Goldstein as Saintly
Baruch Goldstein was a righteous man, but what he did was wrong, Zionist Rabbi Shlomo Aviner said in a response to a question regarding...
Rav Yaakov Yosef: Sifrei Torah in IDF Are Posul
Rav Yaakov Yosef, son of Chacham Ovadiah Yosef, has paskened that a watermark on Sifrei Torah used by IDF soldiers renders them posul. Rav...
