A Private Spring
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Nissan is here. The cold is gone, snow is history, and the harsh weather is a thing of the past. The...
Report: Man Believed Hired to Kill Police for Accused Lakewood Cop Killer’s Arrest in...
By Jerry DeMarco
It seemed like so much TV sensationalism at the time, but unconfirmed reports now say that authorities have this ex-con...
פרסומי ניסא – Publicizing the Miracle(s)
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
One of the highlights of Chanukah in Washington Heights is the candlelighting at K'hal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ/"Breuer's") and the singing...
Bibi’s Gift To The Killers
By Zalmi Unsdorfer
Demolishing the homes of terrorists is 1970's technology and these days is nothing but a gift to the families of those who...
CUNY Allowing Jew-Hatred and Intimidation of Jewish Students
By Susan B. Tuchman, Zach Stern and Morton A. Klein
Campus anti-Semitism is a growing national problem and frighteningly, it has infected The City University of...
Are Pesach Medicine Lists Doing More Harm Than Good?
Several years ago, The Jewish Homemaker featured an article by Rabbi Avrohom Juravel about taking medications on Pesach. When Rabbi Juravel's article...
Ten Deadly Lies About Israel
By Ron Dermer
As Israeli civilians are butchered by Palestinian terrorists, the truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is also being butchered by a campaign of...
Analysis: Obama Consistently Engages Radical Muslims
By M. A. Klein and D. Mandel
Last week, a diplomatic Kristallnacht occurred. President Barack Obama chose to support and fund a Palestinian...
A Message from the Kaliver Rebbe for Shavuos 5774: Torah – Our Essential Identity
3,326 years ago, our ancestors stood arrayed around Mount Sinai breathlessly awaiting the very voice of God. Amidst thunder and lightning the word...
Complete and Utter Sadness
By Rav Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, Congregation Ahavas Israel, Passaic, NJ
There are no words which can be said.
There are no words which can console.
There are...
Lives of Kedoshim
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
During World War I, Eastern European Jewry was displaced. When the war ended, many found themselves in different towns than the...
Lefichoch, The Rambam’s Wake-Up Call
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
There are various reactions to the sound of the shofar's cry. The sensitive soul hears several messages as the plaintive sound...
Seven Reasons Showing Obama Not Serious About Stopping Iran Nukes
By Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel
Before entering the White House, President Barack Obama promised repeatedly to do "everything, everything" to prevent...
A Case Study in Failed Leadership
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
Asara B’Teves marks the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem that would ultimately result in churban bayit rishon (the destruction of the First...
Significance of Naaseh V’nishma
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The posuk in Bereishis states, “Vayhi erev…Yom Hashishi.” The gemara in Shabbos, daf peh ches and the gemara in Avoda Zora, daf gimmel learn from this posuk that Hashem created all of ma’aseh bereishis in the z’chus of the Yom Hashishi when the...
Lesson Eleven Of Gaza War: Abbas Slaps U.S. Again
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
Israel's "peace partner" Mahmoud Abbas slapped America in the face again, just hours after Secretary of State John Kerry...
The Spark of Redemption
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Although Chanukah is a mitzvah miderabonon, there are several oblique references in the Torah to the yom tov...
RCA Issues Policy Concerning Women Rabbis
The Rabbinical Council of America issued the following statement, provided to Matzav.com by a member of the organization:
Formally adopted by a direct vote of...
Heretics and Humility
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
A bicentennial as jubilant as this year's hasn't been seen since the commemoration in 1976 of America's birth. The current year-long...
Not Just Another School Year
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
But the land, to which you pass to possess, is a land of mountains and valleys and absorbs water from the...
