Jewish Community
Wednesday May 22, 2013 9:53 PM
New Jersey - With controversy continuing to swirl around its list of proposed college construction grants, Christie administration officials are (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 10:33 AM
By T. Felik
In light of all the press recently about MK Dov Lipman and his views against daas Torah and the yeshiva system, I am saddened to see (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 9:14 AM
By Rafael Gebrili
Recently, a booklet on tznius was mailed out in one of our frum communities. I personally thought that the booklet was a mistake from beginning (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 8:27 AM
Brooklyn, NY - The measles outbreak in Brooklyn is continuing to grow. To date, there have been 34 confirmed cases, including 27 in Borough (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 8:00 AM
Catskill Regional Medical Center (Harris Hospital) issued a warning Tuesday that some patients might have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis by the shared use of insulin injection pens. (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:02 AM
Updated: Eric Garcetti has won the race to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles, becoming the first Jewish mayor in the city’s history. (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 3:54 AM
Monsey - The location is certainly not new to kosher as it was once the site of Pathmark, which was widely heralded as one of the supermarket (more…)
Wednesday May 22, 2013 1:27 AM
Brooklyn - Hundreds of additional parking spots are expected to be available in Boro Park and Midwood this summer. Joseph Palmieri, Brooklyn (more…)
Tuesday May 21, 2013 3:22 PM
The U.S. government is pressuring Bolivia to free American businessman Yanky Ostreicher, detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local (more…)
Tuesday May 21, 2013 7:20 AM
[Click here to read Sean Penn's testimony.] Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, (more…)
Tuesday May 21, 2013 1:04 AM
Elizabeth, NJ - For the first time, the US Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Service will hold a swearing-in (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 5:39 PM
Actor Sean Penn appeared on Capitol Hill today in front of the House Foreign Relations Committee on behalf of Yanky Ostreicher. (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 2:59 PM
“A Lapid bypass plan” is how an initiative in the chareidi community “to help the world of the Torah get through the years of distress with a minimum of harm” is being termed. (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 10:29 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has sent his condolences to the families of those killed in the robbery in Beer Sheva today, calling the heist (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 9:38 AM
Rabbi Adam Scheier, the senior rabbi of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, is proud of his upcoming installation of a “Maharat” - (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 7:42 AM
Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
Leiby Kletzky’s abduction was a time bomb waiting to explode. Indeed when the horrific details of his death were made public, mothers all over (more…)
Monday May 20, 2013 3:47 AM
Israel’s Religious Services Minister, Naftali Bennett, on Sunday presented his reform to the marriage registration process by expanding (more…)
Sunday May 19, 2013 9:20 PM
Some 18 months after the death of Rabbi Dan Martzbach,55, by IDF gunfire, documentation of the incident is revealed. In a video obtained by (more…)
Sunday May 19, 2013 3:24 PM
A smartphone approved by a rabbinical committee will soon be launched in Israel, announced Rabbi Dovid Zilbershlag at the Ariel Conference (more…)
Sunday May 19, 2013 9:48 AM
By Michael Freund
Last Friday, the Western Wall underwent an unwelcome transformation from sacred site to media circus as the group known as the Women of (more…)
Friday May 17, 2013 1:32 PM
[Video below.] Gilad Shalit recently bentched Gomel for the first time since being released following his lengthy incarceration at the hands of (more…)
Friday May 17, 2013 9:26 AM
By Rabbi Moshe Averick
It seems that Yesh Atid MK (Member Knesset) Dov Lipman was upset that Rav Aharon Feldman, the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Ner Israel (more…)
Friday May 17, 2013 4:50 AM
Wheels To Lease, a car leasing company in Brooklyn, was a corporate sponsor in this year’s Hatzolah auction, held on May 4th - May 6th. The (more…)
Friday May 17, 2013 4:20 AM
Misaskim was notified this week about the sudden passing of Mr. Errington Albert Bailey, a dedicated and compassionate staff member at the (more…)
Thursday May 16, 2013 9:34 PM
[Video below.] Tens of thousands of Yidden gathered in Yerushalayim tonight to protest plans to enlist bnei yeshiva into the IDF. (more…)
Tuesday May 14, 2013 1:17 PM
Finance Minister Yair Lapid has accused Shas leader Aryeh Deri of lying and making it “impossible for us to ever cooperate with him on issues (more…)
Tuesday May 14, 2013 11:34 AM
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park and Davidson Center, located south of the Kosel, is widely considered the most important (more…)
Tuesday May 14, 2013 8:35 AM
Matzav.com would like to wish its readers all over the globe a chag sameiach. As we celebrate our 3,325th anniversary since receiving the Torah at Har Sinai, we are reminded of the supremacy of Torah (more…)