Rav Amar: Conversion Issue Can Cause Monumental Rift

Last week's ruling by the Israeli High Court of Justice ordering the state to fund Reform and Conservative conversion institutes as well as Orthodox...

Meeting at Toras Emes Reviews Transportation Services for Special Education

The Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) broke ice for the 2007-2008 school year in its...

Record 74 newborns Delivered in 48 Hours at Maimonides

First report: A record 74 newborns were delivered in 48 hours at Maimonides Medical Center in Boro Park, Brooklyn. Maimonides called in staff reinforcements...

Free Raffle: Drawing Tonight – Enter here on Matzav.com

Matzav.com is teaming up with the renowned Israel Book Shop to provide you with a free entry raffle for a collection of books for...

Officials Meet Jewish Community Leaders In Wake Of Terror Plot

As more details emerge about the four men behind the alleged bomb plot in the Bronx, the state's Office of Homeland Security held an...

Jewish Woman Wins Arab Poetry Prize Using a Pseudonym

Using a pseudonym, a Jewish woman has won an Arab poetry contest in Holland. Tuvit Shlomi, 28, who works at the Center for Information...

The New American Girl doll: She’s Jewish, She’s Poor, And Her Name is Rebecca

JTA reports: It's official. The newest American Girl doll is 9-year-old Rebecca Rubin, a Jewish-American girl who lives with her family on Manhattan's Lower...

Yossie Fried, Matzav Webcast Host, Engaged

A hearty mazel tov is extended by the entire Matzav.com staff to Yossie Fried, our dedicated webast host, on his engagement. The kallah is...

Video: NYC Honors First Responders of Botched Terror Plot On Jewish Center

The Riverdale Jewish community celebrated yesterday in their synagogue, after the first responders who foiled an alleged plot to blow up the temple...

Audio: New Album: Dance all Night with the Shloime Dachs Orchestra & Singers

For the past 2 decades, Shloime Dachs has dazzled audiences all over the world with his magical voice and warm personality. In addition to...

Trustee: Agri Sale is ‘In the Works’

Agriprocessors could find a buyer soon, a bankruptcy trustee said Friday. "A sale is in the works and we should have an announcement" this...

Mostofsky: Vatican Must Come Clean

In the wake of Pope Benedict's recent trip to Israel, the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) has questioned the Pope's motives behind visiting...

Young Israel Announces Initiative To Help Not-For-Profits Generate Funds

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) has unveiled an innovative initiative designed to help not-for-profit organizations, including synagogues and schools, generate much-needed funds...

PG Waxman Finally Has Company On Ocean County Tax Board

After almost three months alone on the dais, P.G. Waxman, commissioner on the Ocean County Board of Taxation, has been joined by a second...

Update: 36 Girls Injured in Grate Collapse at Yeshiva Shaare Torah Girls School in...

A grate collapsed this morning at Yeshiva Shaare Torah Girls School in Flatbush, Brooklyn, injuring more than two dozen students. Officials say at...

Audio: Jewish Group Sponsors Anti-Israeli Radio Ad

On Monday of this week, as Netanyahu met with President Obama in Washington, a large number of people gathered in front of the...

Girl Donates Money from Bat Mitzvah to Buy Toys for NICU Babies

1010 WINS in New York reports: A girl has donated money from her Bat Mitzvah to buy developmental toys for sick babies. Michaela Palmer has...

Boro Park Rav Hamachshir Requests Name Change for Sushi Meshuga

If you pass 13th Avenue and 52nd Street in Boro Park, Brooklyn, you will notice a new store with a sign stating "Sushi Meshu_a," with...

Kashrus Alerts, May 21: Listerine Pocketpacks No Longer Under Hashgacha

-Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Listerine Pocketpaks, has informed Kof-K Kosher Supervision that they will be discontinuing kosher certification of Listerine Pocketpaks as...

A Parent’s Tefillah from the Shelah to Be Recited Today

All parents want the best for their children - that they should be good and upright, that they have everything they need for a...

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