The Matzav Shmoooze: The Shidduch Crisis and 29 Divorces

Dear readers, I recently heard a radio program that interviewed the noted therapist, Mrs. Yael Respler. She was asked if the shidduch crisis is as...

A Reader Writes: How Skinny Do They Need?

Dear Editor, I am a girl in shidduchim...what else is new? I am not a size 2, but if i may say so myself, I carry...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Please Stop the Leitzanus

Dear Editor, Please do not post any comments or blogs. All they are filled with is mockery of everything a Torah true Jew holds...

Traffic in Lakewood Causing People to Lose Parnassah

Dear Editor, Overall, the traffic in Lakewood, NJ, and surrounding areas is terrible. Thinking of moving from New York? Don't. You're joining a parking lot. Stay...

MATZAV SHMOOZE: I Need To Know: What Would You Do?

Dear Matzav Shmooze, A few weeks ago Ira Zlotowitz used social media to get advice on a workplace issue. It just so happens that I...

Readers’ Matzav: Playing With My Emotions in Shidduchim

Dear Matzav Editor, I apologize for writing about shidduchim. I know all of you have probably had enough of the topic, but for people like...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Did You Park in the Handicapped Space?

Dear _____, Hi. Were you the young guy parked in the handicapped spot on 2nd street, you know the 2 only spots in the...

The Matzav Shmoooze: When Will Parents Wake Up?

Dear readers, This afternoon, a young boy, I would speculate under the age of 8, stopped by my home. He knocked so lightly that you...

The Matzav Shmoooze: The Bracha on Pizza

Dear Editor, Matzav.com reported a few days ago about a pizza study conducted by the USDA. One person saw this and realized that there may...

The Spiritual Shidduch Crisis

By Yoel Small More and more Americans are choosing not to marry. The percentage of never married Americans over the age of 25 has more...

MATZAV INBOX: With Salaries Like These, I’m Done Teaching

Dear [email protected], It's time we say enough! I am a teacher with many years experience, boruch Hashem. I have seen much success in the field. I...

The Matzav Shmoooze: A Machaah Against A Bizayon

Dear Readers, If you had a meeting with the President would you text on your phone while talking to him? Definitely not when talking...

Anti-Semitism Alive and Well in Lakewood — Even in a World Crisis

By Judi Franco, 101.5 FM If you’re tired of hearing me defend Lakewood Jews, imagine how tired I am of having to do it. But...

ALERT: Gypsy Men in Lakewood Try to Scam People to Fix the Dents on...

Dear Editor, There are two gypsy men driving around Lakewood, NJ, scamming people to “fix” their dents and scratches on their cars. I have witnessed this...

Matzav Shmooze: Where’s The Investigation Into Our Gemora Learning?

Dear Matzav Shmooze,  Everyone is talking about the new regulations in New York that want to enforce 7 hours of secular studies in our cheders....

MATZAV INBOX: Is the Wife the Husband’s Mashgiach?

Dear Editor, I read a comment on Matzav that really triggered me. It said that “The main tachlis of a woman is to be a...

The Matzav Shmoooze: No Diploma for You

Dear Matzav Editor, I am in tears for a friend of mine. Her daughter is a twelfth grader at Girls School located in . They...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Bring Back Dr. Baxi

Dear fellow Yidden (from Lakewood, Brooklyn, Monsey, Williamsburg, Monroe and beyond) who have been affected by the following recent upheaval: Many women experience...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Don’t Say Cheese and Violate Halacha

Dear Matzav, I am writing this letter to Matzav.com about a matter that I have yet to see addressed: the prevalence of pictures of chassanim...

MATZAV INBOX: Outrageous Cost of Frum Summer Sleep-Away Camps

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern and frustration regarding the exorbitant costs associated with frum summer sleep-away camps. I have witnessed firsthand...

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