Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald zt”l, Upon His Yahrtzeit
by Suri Cohen
Community activist, international spy swapper and hostage mediator, political mastermind, mentor for troubled teens, beloved camp director and dedicated Jew.
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Bursts of Light
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
These weeks we study the parshiyos of the Torah that lead up to our exit from Mitzrayim after generations of our...
Sing in the Darkness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Let your mind paint the scene. At the time that Paroh decreed that all Jewish baby boys be killed upon birth,...
Golus Mentality
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We are now almost three months into the Gaza War, which began when thousands of Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel from...
The Lens of Golus
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The Jewish people were blessed with three avos. Yaakov Avinu was the av of golus. He was the one who left...
Dershowitz: Iran Declared War on the United States
By Alan Dershowitz
Iran has now engaged in a deliberate act of war — casus belli — on numerous occasions against the United States. Most...
Matzav Inbox: Are We Feeling the Pain of Acheinu Bnei Yisroel?
Dear Editor@Matzav,
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it's easy to become consumed by our routines and overlook the pain and suffering...
Brotherly Love
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
It happened last year and caused some buzz, but lots has happened since then and the story is all but forgotten....
SHARP WORDS: South African Chief Rabbi To Pope Francis: Repent For Sins Against Israel
By Rabbi Warren Goldstein
In a widely reported conversation with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, chastised Israel’s war...
Fueling the Flame
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Four thousand years ago, Yaakov fought the sar of Eisov in the eternal battle of emes against sheker, just against unjust,...
Why the Images of Hamas Prisoners in Their Underwear Sparked Outrage
By Jonathan Tobin
I was poised to go on a live broadcast of WION, an English-language Indian television network, last week to discuss the war...
Our Own World
By Rabbi Moshe Dov Heber
Chanukah is when we celebrate our existence as a nation separate from the goyim. A special nation with our own...
The Chairman’s Take – Agudah Convention 2023
Achai verei'ai,
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Agudah Convention, whether for Shabbos or one of the sessions. Perhaps you were one...
Kiss from Above
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The Gemara (Me’ilah 17a) cites a story to depict the ongoing confrontations during the period leading up to the Chanukah miracle...
Good Over Evil
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The news since Simchas Torah has been downright frightening. Twelve hundred innocent people were killed just because they were Jews. They...
Rabbi Eisenman: The Odyssey of Attending a Rally
By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Part One- To Go or Not To Go
I wanted to go.
I felt it was important.
Numbers count.
We live in a country...
Dershowitz: Palestinians Share Hamas Guilt
By Alan Dershowitz, Newsmax
At the end of the Second World War, many Germans who actively supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazis acted as if...
What Hashem Wants from Us
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We are familiar with pictures from the Holocaust period. The truth is that as gruesome as those pictures are, until October...
Evidence Confirms Israel’s Al-Shifa Claims, So Critics Move The Goal Posts
By Jennifer Rubin
For weeks, many mainstream media outlets and Israel's harshest critics around the world have condemned Israel for fighting in and around the...
