http://matzav.com Fri, 24 May 2013 17:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://matzav.com/2-arrested-after-uk-scrambles-fighter-jets-to-intercept-pakistani-passenger-jet-from-lahore http://matzav.com/2-arrested-after-uk-scrambles-fighter-jets-to-intercept-pakistani-passenger-jet-from-lahore#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:58 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89174 British fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistani passenger plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore to England after an incident on board, British officials said today. Essex Police boarded the plane at Stansted and arrested two men “on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft,” according to a statement from the police, which did [...]]]> http://matzav.com/2-arrested-after-uk-scrambles-fighter-jets-to-intercept-pakistani-passenger-jet-from-lahore/feed http://matzav.com/message-from-harav-yaakov-bender http://matzav.com/message-from-harav-yaakov-bender#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 15:10:30 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89170 We are living in perhaps the most difficult tekufah, in terms of raising children, in Jewish history. The street is beckoning, technology is very tempting, the yetzer hara is all around us, and for young children and teenagers, there are so many obstacles to overcome. Yet we, the parents and grandparents of our precious [...]]]> http://matzav.com/message-from-harav-yaakov-bender/feed http://matzav.com/rabbi-dolinger-responds http://matzav.com/rabbi-dolinger-responds#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:55 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89168 Editor’s comment: Please note that we vehemently disagree with Rabbi Dolinger’s response, as it is contrary to the stance taken by leading rabbonim. However, out of respect for him and to give him the courtesy of responding, we print his letter here: Dear Concerned Yid, A few points in response to your letter published yesterday on Matzav.com: 1) [...]]]> http://matzav.com/rabbi-dolinger-responds/feed http://matzav.com/hate-lipman-chas-veshalom http://matzav.com/hate-lipman-chas-veshalom#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:44:49 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89124 Dear fellow readers, I have been following the coverage of Dov Lipman and have  mulled over the issue. Through Matzav, I emailed Rabbi Felik, who authored a few of the published articles, and I had a productive discussion of the issue with him, sorting through some of the issues. What I wish to share is a [...]]]> http://matzav.com/hate-lipman-chas-veshalom/feed http://matzav.com/he%e2%80%99s-had-enough-obama-seeks-end-to-perpetual-us-war-on-terror http://matzav.com/he%e2%80%99s-had-enough-obama-seeks-end-to-perpetual-us-war-on-terror#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:17:05 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89166 Twelve years after the “war on terror” began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist terrorists. In a major policy speech on Thursday, Obama narrowed the scope of the targeted-killing drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and [...]]]> http://matzav.com/he%e2%80%99s-had-enough-obama-seeks-end-to-perpetual-us-war-on-terror/feed http://matzav.com/world-health-organization-to-discuss-health-conditions-in-occupied-syrian-golan http://matzav.com/world-health-organization-to-discuss-health-conditions-in-occupied-syrian-golan#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:43 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89164 Health conditions “in the occupied Syrian Golan” will be discussed at this week’s World Health Organization annual assembly in Geneva. Even as tens of thousands of people are being killed in Syria, a WHO document reports that the organization “has no access to the occupied Syrian Golan and thus cannot provide a report on [...]]]> http://matzav.com/world-health-organization-to-discuss-health-conditions-in-occupied-syrian-golan/feed http://matzav.com/netanyahu-to-kerry-israel-wants-to-renew-talks-with-palestinians http://matzav.com/netanyahu-to-kerry-israel-wants-to-renew-talks-with-palestinians#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 12:13:41 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89163 Secretary of State John Kerry met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem on Thursday, as part of recent efforts to jump-start Middle East peace talks after more than four years of stagnation. Kerry opened his meeting with Netanyahu by praising the PM for his “seriousness” in looking at ways [...]]]> http://matzav.com/netanyahu-to-kerry-israel-wants-to-renew-talks-with-palestinians/feed http://matzav.com/the-matzav-shmoooze-dear-would-be-parents http://matzav.com/the-matzav-shmoooze-dear-would-be-parents#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 11:21:05 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89162 Dear Editor, We have a child born with spina bifida, and through his experiences, we have learned a lot about the illness. What we would like to share, however, are two very important pieces of information that are not so readily available for parents-to-be. We wish to share the following information so that we can [...]]]> http://matzav.com/the-matzav-shmoooze-dear-would-be-parents/feed http://matzav.com/rabbi-yoel-schonfeld-on-the-women-of-the-wall http://matzav.com/rabbi-yoel-schonfeld-on-the-women-of-the-wall#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:57 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89173 http://matzav.com/rabbi-yoel-schonfeld-on-the-women-of-the-wall/feed http://matzav.com/report-irs-official-suspended http://matzav.com/report-irs-official-suspended#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:58 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=89171 Vacation, ahem, administrative leave, might be a good thing right now for Lois Lerner. The IRS official in charge of investigating tax-exempt organizations-at the center of the scandal involving the IRS’s targeting of the Tea Party-has been placed on administrative leave, sources said Thursday. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not testify against herself at a [...]]]> http://matzav.com/report-irs-official-suspended/feed