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Readers’ Matzav: Help Me Switch Judah Out of Public School

Thursday September 2, 2010 10:21 AM

public-schoolDear Matzav.com Editor,

I am a yeshiva bochur learning in a yeshiva in Lakewood. I recently got to know a wonderful family that is distanced (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: It’s Time to Put Kiruv On Ice

Tuesday August 31, 2010 1:20 PM

kiruvDear Matzav.com Editor,

I think that one of the things that has to change in “The New Normal” (and a recent Matzav.com post (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Save the Whales, Save the Yeshivos

Thursday August 26, 2010 7:55 AM

school-closedDear Matzav Editor,

I have been reading your reports about mosdos hachinuch closing down. I am disturbed by the news, to (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: You Have Tremendous Power

Tuesday August 24, 2010 10:38 AM

chareidi-boys-bochurimDear Mesivta and Yeshiva Bochurim,

You are about to begin a new zeman. Your hopes are high for a year of hatzlocha in your learning. People (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Hishtadlus?

Wednesday August 11, 2010 1:46 PM

learningDear Matzav.com Editor,

I recently read a letter written by someone who vociferously argued that yungeleit must do something for their (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Two Solutions to the Shidduch Crisis - The Theoretical One and the Practical One

Tuesday July 27, 2010 1:27 PM

shidduchimDear Editor@Matzav.com,

At the beginning of the year, there was a kol koreh, an open letter, which was widely publicized, and signed by nearly (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: When Are People Going to Learn?

Monday July 19, 2010 11:31 AM

baby-car-seatDear Editor,

I work at a store in shopping center. This afternoon, I had a customer who was in my store for about an hour, taking her (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Ticketing in Lakewood

Thursday July 8, 2010 6:53 AM

chai-lifeline-lakewood-dinner-2010Dear Matzav.com Editor,

Last night’s Chai Lifeline Lakewood event was a beautiful dinner for a very worthy cause.  The only upsetting thing

(more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Abolish Visiting Day

Tuesday July 6, 2010 12:25 PM

camp-Dear Matzav.com Editor,

Here we go again. Visiting day in summer camps. The issue seems to get new life every year, with the battle of the proponents (more…)

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Readers’ Matzav: Education for All

Thursday June 24, 2010 11:46 AM

school-busDear Matzav.com Editor,

As the summer gets underway, most people aren’t thinking about the first day of school in September. However, before you (more…)

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