From Openness to Heresy
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Outright heresy is emanating from the heart of the YCT rabbinic world. No, this time we are not dealing with Open...
Occupier Cancels Palestinian Elections
By Benyamin Korn
The Occupation Regime cancels elections scheduled for Palestinian Arab universities.
Why haven't the international news media reported this outrage? Where are the usual...
Enough!
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
It is easier to take Jews out of Galus than to take the Galus out of the Jews
- Chasidic Master
Ever been...
A Jewish Perspective on Obama, Lincoln, and Gettysburg
By Rabbi Menachem Genack, Englewood, N.J.
In light of President Obama's recent drubbing in the mid-term elections, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address is a good...
Noonan: We’ll Never Get Over It, Nor Should We
By Peggy Noonan
People are discussing the geopolitical implications of 9/11 and how the tragedy changed our country, and most of what's been said has...
A New Start
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
In Yeshivas Radin, there was a break before the blowing of the shofar on the morning of Rosh Hashanah to afford...
Illinois Senator Demands Obama Administration Stop Funding Palestinian Authority
By P. Miller
In response to the Palestinian Authority decision to forgo the peace process and join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an effort...
Jeffrey Goldberg Says He Interpreted Obama Comments on Israel as a ‘Veiled Threat’
Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg said that he interpreted U.S. President Barack Obama's recent comments on Israel as a "veiled threat."
Goldberg interviewed Obama last week,...
Living with Introspection
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The theme of war is everywhere at this time of year.
Twice each day, we recite the chapter of Tehillim referred to...
Believe In Them
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parenting has become a big industry. People are confounded and confused about how to raise their children. They...
Divrei Chizuk from the Kaliver Rebbe
We find ourselves now at the beginning of the Month of Nissan, which is the month during which the Jewish People were freed from...
The Cry of a Baby, The Cry of a Nation
By Rabbi Dovid Fleischmann
It is a well known tradition that the cries of a baby boy at the time of his Bris ascend to...
Is Cuba Rapprochement A Bellwether For Obama’s Forthcoming Mideast Policy?
By Maayan Jaffe
Jewish-American aid worker Alan Gross arrived home to celebrate Hanukkah after five years in a Cuban prison, prompting the Jewish world...
The Matzav Shmoooze: An Insensitive Email After My Life Was Destroyed By the Hurricane
Dear Editor,
This is my response to an email I received from an organization, connecting the recent hurricane to lashon hara. I have copied...
A President Without a Plan
The following is a Wall Street Journal editorial:
President Obama bounced off the canvas with a more spirited debate at Hofstra University on Tuesday night,...
To Be Cloaked in Glory: Clothes, Modesty, Holiness
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
As is often the case, we are presented with a pasuk which is, to all reasonable reading, very straightforward. The pasuk seems...
Mishnah or Marijuana – Part 2
By Rabbi Moshe L Kuskin
When I wrote “Mishneh or Marijuana” I had no idea it would engender controversy. Apparently, there are a number of...
Romney: First Thing I’d Do As Prez Is Repeal ObamaCare
By Mitt Romney
Health care is more than just one-sixth of the American economy. It is a source of well-being for individuals and families. We...
Obama Condemns Netanyahu Remarks Against Pro-Nazi Palestinian, Yet Ignores Abbas’ Incitement
By Morton Klein
Last week, the Obama Administration publicly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for incitement against Palestinians. What had he done? In a speech...
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...
