Analysis: The War Against the Rabbinical Council of America
By Rabbi Dov Fischer
Readers outside America may not realize what is unfolding in the United States Jewish community - and they should, because...
Tom Friedman Strikes Again, With Silly, Condescending, Anti-Israel Column, “My President Is Busy”
The following article by Thomas Friedman appears - where else? - in the New York Times:
Israeli friends have been asking me whether a re-elected...
Unfiltered Internet – The Unchecked Beast
By S. Friedman
This is not a typical Matzav.com article, and quite frankly, I don't even know if they'll publish it. Unlike some other "frum"...
The Survivors’ Talmud: When the US Army Printed the Talmud
By Dr. Yvette Alt Miller, Aish.com
As World War II drew to a close in 1945, survivors of the Nazi death camps tried to rebuild...
Lessons from Lin: Chizuk from Linsanity?
By Rabbi Michoel Farkas
I know that we usually look in more spiritual places for lessons and chizuk. I know that sports is not the...
Israel’s Morally Impossible Self-Defense
By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD
Seeming to give credence to Orwell's observation that "Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those...
Shoftim: The Value of Life
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
“…we’re more protected from a bad tuna fish sandwich than a nuclear bomb…”
– Jackie Mason (commenting on the Iran nuclear...
Rebecca Lefkowitz – Waiting for Moshiach here
Haaretz Hatovah
Real Life Stories and Experiences of Yidden Settling in Eretz Yisroel.
Rebecca Lefkowitz - Waiting for Moshiach here
Reflecting upon my life, I am not...
We Are Not the World
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Chanukah is far from most minds these days, understandably. And yet symbols of the societal showdown that yielded its commemoration lie before...
We Still Have Gedolim…Even Malachim
As related by world renowned photographer Tsemach Glenn:
I would like to share with you a moment I witnessed at the Wachtfogel/Licht wedding Monday night...
A Blessed People. A Blessed Life.
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parshas Chukas is one of the shortest sidros of the Torah, but it contains many messages for us that are...
Tom Friedman: Confused and Clearly Hostile to Israel
By Ed Koch
In his December 26 New York Times editorial, Tom Friedman wrote in support of former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and the...
The Writers at Haaretz Hate Israel and Themselves
By Elder of Ziyon
A poll in 2013 showed that Israelis were the 11th happiest people in the world.
Another survey in 2014 showed that among the 10...
UK Paper Says Netanyahu Opposed All Negotiation With Iran, Offers No Evidence to Support...
By Adam Levick
In a July 28 article (Huckabee likens Iran deal to Holocaust), Times of London Middle East reporter Hugh Tomlinson claimed that Israel’s prime minister...
Why Does the ADL Continue to Hinder Anti-BDS Efforts?
By Mort Klein and Liz Berney
The anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (“BDS”) campaign is hateful, antisemitic economic activity that is designed to delegitimize, economically...
The Matzav Shmoooze: “What’s Wrong With the Orthodox Community”?! Not Quite
Dear Editor,
Yesterday, someone sent me an email link with an audio file from the Zev Brenner show. The segment was titled, "What's Wrong...
Seven: The Power Of Numbers
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Numbers have power and significance. Some numbers have greater significance than others, often due to their properties as primes or unique,...
Stephens: Iran Has Treated The West The Way A Shark Would A Squid
By Bret Stephens
In May 1981, John Kifner, a reporter for the New York Times who had covered the Iranian hostage crisis from start...
Press The Switch
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The Gemara in Yevamos (63a) quotes Rabi Elozor, who derives from the posuk (Bereishis 12:3), “Venivrichu vecha kol mishpichos ha’adamah,”...
A Chanukah Message: Don’t Give Up Just Yet
By Rabbi Meir Goldberg, Matzav.com
Chanukah! The mere mention of the day brings us visions of sentimentality and inspiration. The Menorah's wicks swim on top of...
