http://matzav.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://matzav.com/limbaugh-ill-leave-the-united-states-if-health-care-reform-passes http://matzav.com/limbaugh-ill-leave-the-united-states-if-health-care-reform-passes#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:45 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34934 Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show that he will eventually leave the country if the health care bill passes and its provisions are implemented. Liberal media watchdog Media Matters recorded Limbaugh’s comments. Limbaugh said, “I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that [...]]]> http://matzav.com/limbaugh-ill-leave-the-united-states-if-health-care-reform-passes/feed http://matzav.com/rahms-emanuels-brother-declares-fat-people-bad-for-the-economy http://matzav.com/rahms-emanuels-brother-declares-fat-people-bad-for-the-economy#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:46:16 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34888 While the White House is making its last pushes for health care reform to be passed in Congress - a campaign against the so-called obesity epidemic has been ramped up in political circles. The media have played along, of course. First Lady Michelle Obama recently made an unusual appearance on the Fox News Channel about [...]]]> http://matzav.com/rahms-emanuels-brother-declares-fat-people-bad-for-the-economy/feed http://matzav.com/the-matzav-rant-insane-pesach-food-prices http://matzav.com/the-matzav-rant-insane-pesach-food-prices#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:17:39 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34891 By Shmuel Miskin The concern I will share today is most definitely not a new one, but it is an issue that comes up every year, and we have yet to find an answer to this dilemma. Why in the world is Pesach food so expensive? The prices of Pesach food products are outrageous. These kosher-for-Passover [...]]]> http://matzav.com/the-matzav-rant-insane-pesach-food-prices/feed http://matzav.com/opinion-mr-kleinhendler-an-apology-is-in-order http://matzav.com/opinion-mr-kleinhendler-an-apology-is-in-order#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:40:24 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34885 By Avraham Solomon Howard Kleinhendler recently officially launched his campaign for New Jersey’s 4th Congressional seat, which is currently occupied by Congressman Chris Smith. In gearing up for his campaign, Kleinhendler accused Smith of being anti-Israel with the implication being that Smith is anti-Jewish. Whenever a candidate espouses incredibly inaccurate attacks on an opponent, the politically decent [...]]]> http://matzav.com/opinion-mr-kleinhendler-an-apology-is-in-order/feed http://matzav.com/the-pesach-of-2010-would-not-be-recognized-by-your-grandparents http://matzav.com/the-pesach-of-2010-would-not-be-recognized-by-your-grandparents#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:11:17 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34912 By Menachem Lubinsky There is a good chance that several of your neighbors may be heading to one of the many “Pesach programs” in major hotels throughout the country. In fact, you might be one of those headed to a 5-star resort somewhere in Florida, California or Arizona. 20,000 American and Canadian Jews will be there [...]]]> http://matzav.com/the-pesach-of-2010-would-not-be-recognized-by-your-grandparents/feed http://matzav.com/the-shmorg-2-is-about-to-be-served http://matzav.com/the-shmorg-2-is-about-to-be-served#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:52:41 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34897 First Report: Along with the longer  days and chirping birds comes a very tangible excitement that buzzes in Jewish  homes, schools and workplaces throughout the country: When do we get the Shmorg  2? The Shmorg 2, named, as  it was last year, in reference to a full “shmorg” at simchas, packs an entertainment  punch like never [...]]]> http://matzav.com/the-shmorg-2-is-about-to-be-served/feed http://matzav.com/refuting-re-examining-the-pollard-case-a-blood-libel-against-jonathan-pollard http://matzav.com/refuting-re-examining-the-pollard-case-a-blood-libel-against-jonathan-pollard#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:19:20 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34920 By Rabbi Pesach Lerner Even a cursory glance at the facts which Yair Hoffman totally ignores in his article, “Re-examining the Pollard Issue” (www.5tjt.com <http://www.5tjt.com>  - March 4, 2010) reveals a case which Appellate Court Justice Steven Williams described as “a fundamental miscarriage of justice.” Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 25th year of a life [...]]]> http://matzav.com/refuting-re-examining-the-pollard-case-a-blood-libel-against-jonathan-pollard/feed http://matzav.com/in-israel-biden-says-us-dedication-to-nations-security-is-absolute http://matzav.com/in-israel-biden-says-us-dedication-to-nations-security-is-absolute#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:59 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34931 Vice President Joe Biden today began an effort to heal strained ties with Israel, pledging a total U.S. commitment to Israel’s security and declaring that the bonds between the nations were “unbreakable.” Opening a day of consultations with Israeli leaders, Biden also promoted indirect peace talks, set to begin soon, saying they offered “a moment of [...]]]> http://matzav.com/in-israel-biden-says-us-dedication-to-nations-security-is-absolute/feed http://matzav.com/oldest-man-in-the-world-lives-in-israel http://matzav.com/oldest-man-in-the-world-lives-in-israel#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:13:27 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34916 An envoy from the Guinness Book of World Records is due in Israel any day now to formalize 115-year-old David Pur’s title of Oldest Man in the World. Three of Pur’s nine children are still alive, along with 18 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren. Born in 1895 in what was then Persia and today is Iran, Pur [...]]]> http://matzav.com/oldest-man-in-the-world-lives-in-israel/feed http://matzav.com/loss-of-1500-rooms-not-necessarily-bad-news-for-pesach-programs http://matzav.com/loss-of-1500-rooms-not-necessarily-bad-news-for-pesach-programs#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:48:14 +0000 Matzav Editor http://matzav.com/?p=34914 With three weeks to the start of Pesach (eve of March 29th), Jewish newspapers still featured advertising for one of the many programs all over the US. Sources say that an estimated 20,000 vacationers will spend the holidays in major hotels. But they also point out that there will be 1,500 fewer rooms than last [...]]]> http://matzav.com/loss-of-1500-rooms-not-necessarily-bad-news-for-pesach-programs/feed