Can You Love If You Don’t Hate?
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The New York Times reports that in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, people are questioning "whether 'justice'...
Video: 10 Really Dumb Mistakes That Very Smart Couples Make
Almost every couple has that moment of revelation. It may be two weeks after the wedding or two months after, but one morning either...
Ordaining Women and the Role of Mesorah
By Avrohom Gordimer
A current opinion piece in The Jewish Week, authored by two leaders of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), opens with the...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Forgive and Forget
Dear readers,
As we approach Yom Kippur tonight, we know that we're supposed to forgive others for anything wrong they may have done. Yet,...
Combatting the Haman of Today
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
Much has been made of the timing of Binyomin Netanyahu's address to Congress. Delivered just two days before Purim (just over...
Why Is It That Team Obama Always Blames The Victim For Violence In Israel?
By Michael Goodwin
Midway through a report on recent Arab attacks that killed seven Israeli civilians, The New York Times quoted a Palestinian spokesman warning...
Avi and Rachel, Uri and Iris, Ophir and Bat-Galim — You Are Not Alone
By Emily Amrousi
The heart bleeds, splitting apart from pain. A miserable outburst. Nervous twitches remain, air that was trapped between the ribs is...
Why The Mastermind Behind Leon Klinghoffer’s Murder Went Free
By Stephen M. Flatow
Amid the ongoing controversy over the Metropolitan Opera's performance of "The Death of Klinghoffer," little has been said about the...
Adelson: It’s Trump or a ‘Third Term’ of Obama
By Sheldon G. Adelson
At the outset of the 2016 election, the GOP primary field was nearly as large as that of last weekend's Kentucky...
Building Our Children’s Self-Esteem
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
It's hard to believe that very soon it will be the shloshim for the much loved Dovid Winiarz, Dovid Avrohom...
Creating a Proper Purim For Our Family
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
We all know the saying, “Every generation has its challenges.” This is also true when it comes to the holiday...
Washington Post: The Misguided Push To Ban Circumcision
The following is a Washington Post editorial:
Financially troubled Europe has plenty to worry about. Yet some in the Old World have decided this is...
UNRWA Gives Rockets to Hamas; Why is U.S. Still Funding It?
By Evelyn Gordon
Last week, the UN refugee agency dedicated exclusively to Palestinians admitted that 20 rockets had mysteriously turned up in one of its...
Remaining Faithful
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parshas Beshalach is an ode to a nation being formed through trial and tribulation. The Jews faithfully followed Hashem’s direction out...
Is The U.S. Wrong To Ban Pay For Bone-Marrow Donors?
By S. L. Satel
Two years ago, Doreen Flynn of Lewiston, Maine, won her case against the U.S. government, successfully arguing that bone-marrow donors should...
Expert: UN Resolution Will “Haunt Israel For Years To Come”
By BB Portnoy
The anti-settlement UN Security Council resolution the Obama administration allowed to be approved last week will “haunt Israel for years to come,”...
The Unseen Hand Behind Hamas’ Clash With Israel
By Saul Singer, Yerushalayim
One of the more chilling yet routine phrases used to describe the fighting between Israel and Hamas in recent days...
Israel Bans Palestinians On West Bank Israeli Buses – And For Good Reason
Sounds so credible, so beautiful, so open-and-shut, so obvious, so compelling: Six Palestinians said, "We are like them, exactly like them."
The "we" are the...
Choose Life
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
If you would have to sum up all that the Torah encompasses in one commandment, what would you choose? Would...
To Walk Behind God: When We Give, Our Greatest Gift is Dignity
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
The print advertisements for Patek Phillippe, a luxury watch brand, often show a father with his son along with the tag line,...
