The Matzav Shmoooze: The Scourge of Machlokes
Dear Editor,
Machlokes. A terrible word that reviles all who hear it. Machlokes is something we are taught from the youngest age to avoid. Yet,...
Helping the “At-Risk Child”
By Dr. Norman N. Blumenthal & Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW
Rabbi Yisroel Salanter commented that it is often easier to learn the entire Talmud than...
Happy is the Jewish Way
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Purim was approaching and the people were apprehensive. And who could blame them? It was 1941 and they were in...
The Most Dangerous Sentence in Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
By William Kristol
In an otherwise unmemorable second inaugural speech, I was struck by one sentence: "But we are also heirs to those who...
A Trip to the Museum, and a Trip to Faith
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
If you live in New York City and need to keep kids busy on a hot summer day, you go to a...
France and the Yarmulka: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
The head of the Jewish community in Marseille, France, Zvi Ammar, announced last week that Jews should avoid wearing the kippa...
Judges
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
For the past month, we have satiated the body. Now the time has come to do the same for the soul.
The...
Humility
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week is one of the Shivah D’nechemta, the weeks of consolation following the annual period of mourning and Tisha B’Av....
A fire, a Mothers Worst Nightmare, an Amazing Misaskim Story
By Basie Goldman, as told to Azriela Jaffe, Written for Calligraphy
My husband, Nachman, and I were zoche to bring into the world our sixth...
Three Years Later: Sholom Mordechai, Ihr Zolt Nit Zorgen
Editor's note: The following article was written exactly three years ago. It's almost surreal to consider that three years have passed since the Rubashkin...
How Donald Trump Beat Mitt Romney and Won the Fox News Debate
By M. Cooper, NEWSWEEK
“Little Marco,” Donald Trump said, addressing the senator from Florida. It was a seminal moment.
This was supposed to be the day...
Choosing the Correct Response: Wearing Red?
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
After over a thousand missiles were fired into Eretz Yisroel, and long range missiles entered Tel Aviv and even ...
Noonan: No President Has Alienated His Base the Way Obama Has
By Peggy Noonan
We have not in our lifetimes seen a president in this position. He spent his first year losing the center, which elected...
Opportunity Knocks
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
A man by the name of Vagshal, who lived in Bnei Brak, had the idea of building a hotel with a...
Good Hearted
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week in Parshas Vayakhel, the Torah continues with the discussion of matters concerning the construction of the Mishkon. Though these...
Where Are the Palestinian Mothers?
By Bret Stephens
In March 2004 a Palestinian teenager named Hussam Abdo was spotted by Israeli soldiers behaving suspiciously as he approached the Hawara...
Dismissing the Rabbi
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
"How could you have voted against renewing the rabbi's contract? He visited my mother when she was in the...
Protesting in Support of International Beis Din
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Do you agree with R Goldin when he says: “This isn’t a democracy, it’s a halachic process,” said Rabbi Goldin. “The...
Mass Violence Not Spontaneous, Palestinians Reveal
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
For years, Palestinian leaders and their media allies have claimed that the "Second Intifada" -- the mass violence of...
UNRWA School Déjà Vu – Again, the Media Uncritically Reports Lies
On January 6, 2009, during Operation Cast Lead, the BBC (and every other news outlet) reported:
At least 40 people were killed and 55 injured when...
