A Kiruv Response: Don’t Put Our Children on Ice

By Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun

The Matzav.com reader’s comment on “It’s Time to Put Kiruv on Ice” begs a response. The halachic basis for kiruv is (more…)

LAC Member Responds to Tiny Tots Saga

By a member of the LAC, Lakewood, NJ

First I want to start off that I am not a board of education member, nor a township committee member. I am a (more…)

How Netanyahu Can Win in Washington

By Dovid Efune

When Bibi Netanyahu sits down for dinner in the White House this evening, he can be assured of one thing; he (more…)

The New Normal

By CJ Srullowitz 

Once, when I was in the eighth grade, the boys in my class were discussing what to do with their bar mitzvah money. (more…)

Boiler Room Peace

By Dovid Efune

I haven’t been around for that long, yet I experienced a distinct déjà vu feeling this week when I saw the headline

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Elul Considerations from Our Gedolim

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

Last week, I had the good fortune of meeting Rav Gedaliah Sheinen, a rosh yeshiva of a yeshiva in Yerushalayim (more…)

On the Wings of Eagles

By Avi Meir Hoffman

I personally witnessed them. They were two men sitting in the first class section of an El Al flight headed toward (more…)

A View From Afar

To name the Muslim country where she lives would compromise her security; the authorities there do not look favorably on citizens who communicate with Jews. Her husband is a Hindu and she, although born a (more…)

It’s Not Their Fault (It’s Ours)

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

Mainstream news outlets have seriously cut down their coverage of news stories. As society dumbs down and spends more (more…)

What’s Unique About Oorah’s BoyZone

By Rabbi Elli Bohm

[Photos Below.] I had the privilege of being a specialty division head for the past two years at Oorah’s Camp (more…)