Readers’ Matzav: The Bussing Saga
Dear [email protected],
I was at the recent Lakewood, NJ, School Board meeting at which various concerns regarding school bussing were addressed. Clearly, there are improvements...
The Hour of Redemption
By Yochanan Gordon
Although the New Year has already come upon us, it is close enough that we could still see the station from where the...
The Matzav Rant: When Baalei Batim Stick Their Noses Into Kashrus
By Shmuel Miskin
I know that the title to this rant is a bit rash, but recent revelations in the world of kashrus call for...
A Song of Ascents
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
On a recent excursion up north, an interesting thing happened. It’s not really all that surprising, though, considering how often Hashgacha...
Sparks Aflame
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
While I was in Eretz Yisroel last week, I came across a pithy saying I had never seen before. In...
Singles and Shidduchim: Crisis or Opportunity?
By Rabbi Menachem Rosenfeld
Rahm Emanuel is well-known for a political judgment he once uttered: "Never waste a good crisis." Perhaps in keeping with this...
Listen & Do
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We have something unique that no other nation has. We have the Torah that empowers us with the ability to soar...
The Matzav Shmooze: Schwarma and Schnitzel for the Soldiers
Dear Editor,
The father of a chayal (soldier) who is now in Gaza told how his son was informed on Friday that his unit will...
Who Is Protecting Our Mashgichim In The Field?
By Menachem Lubinsky
Last summer a kosher supervisor at a New York restaurant confided in me that he was quite appalled by the...
Never Give Up
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Just like life, the history of the Jewish people is comprised of highs and lows, mountains and valleys. Much of what...
The New York Times Recklessly Exposes A CIA Operative’s Identity
When President Donald Trump declared the media the "enemy of the American people," I called it an outrage. Well, The New York Times seems...
A Visit to Our Roots
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Hashem was very kind to me and enabled me to spend a few days in Eretz Yisroel over this past week....
Is Your Conflict Hot Or Cold?
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Better
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The battle of Yaakov and Eisov that began in the parshiyos of these weeks continues on until this day. The eternal...
Ability Grouping in Yeshivos: Do Away With the “Gimmel Class”?
There has been great debate in the secular world about Ability Grouping, also called "tracking." The issues involve whether it is preferable to break up...
Dershowitz On the Anthony Case: The Criminal Trial Is Not About Justice For The...
By Alan Dershowitz
What is the function of a criminal trial? That profound question has been raised by the recent acquittal of Casey Anthony and...
For The New York Times, It’s the Palestinians Who Are Suffering
By S. Plosker
Three Israeli boys have been kidnapped yet The New York Times is still more concerned with Palestinian "suffering." It's only been a few...
Open Orthodoxy: Beliefs, Not Practices
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken
In the wake of the declaration by the leading rabbis of Agudath Israel of America (a body called the Moetzes Gedolei...
Choices
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Once again, as the hue and glow of the greatest month of the year begins to fade, we find ourselves reading...
Adar Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Mishenichnas Adar marbim besimcha. The month of Adar is the happiest on the Jewish calendar. We commonly understand that the joy...
