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Amar’e Stoudemire Defends Black Hebrew Israelites Amid Anti-Semitism Controversies

November 8, 2022 10:15 pm
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire first learned about the Black Hebrew Israelites, a movement whose core belief is that African Americans are the genealogical...

Russia Apologizes For Op-Ed Calling Chabad A Neo-Pagan Cult

October 31, 2022 9:45 am
A Russian official has apologized after his deputy published an op-ed that referred to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as a “neo-pagan cult” striving for “global...

Tenathon To Hold Larger-than-Ever Event in New Venue

October 24, 2022 8:30 pm
The third annual Tenathon will be held on Sunday, November 6 in a new grand Boro Park venue. Seize the opportunity for this exclusive...

Trader Joe’s Drops The ‘Israeli’ For Its Pearl Couscous

October 7, 2022 5:15 pm
Couscous lovers who frequent the grocery store Trader Joe’s may have noticed a change in the grain aisle: The chain’s brightly colored purple boxes...

How The Miami Boys Choir Turned Into A Tiktok Sensation

September 25, 2022 8:15 am
Yerachmiel Begun’s Miami Boys Choir – favorites of many Matzav.com readers - has transformed over the last two weeks from a singing group popular...

Lufthansa to Create Position to “Fight Anti-Semitism” After Kicking Frum Jews Off Flight

August 1, 2022 11:45 am
JTA reports that the Lufthansa airline is creating a senior management role - an "anti Semitism monitor" - dedicated to preventing discrimination and antisemitism...

New York Yankees Select Jewish Pitcher in MLB Draft

July 19, 2022 8:15 am
The New York Yankees on Monday selected Eric Reyzelman, a Jewish pitcher from Louisiana State University, in the fifth round of the Major League...

Highland Park Shooting Suspect Robert Crimo Wore Women’s Clothing, Fired Over 70 Rounds, Planned...

July 5, 2022 1:15 pm
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - A day after a gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in this city, local officials painted a...

Conservative Rabbinical School Slashes Tuition Due to Waning Interest

May 8, 2022 5:15 pm
The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, one of the two Conservative rabbinical schools, is slashing annual tuition by nearly 80%, from $31,342 to $7,000,...

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: Respond Now to New York State’s Proposed New Regulations

May 4, 2022 8:15 pm
Under New York State's proposed new regulations, NYS considers students in 'non-equivalent' schools truant. Penalties to parents can even include jail time. Go to Voice.Agudah.org to submit a letter...

SHOUT OUT TO SHABBOS: Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Launches Race With Nod to Shabbos

April 27, 2022 9:45 am
Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania attorney general who is running for governor, launched his first TV ads on broadcast stations statewide on Tuesday and the...

Orrin Hatch Wore a Mezuzah Around His Neck for 4 Decades

April 26, 2022 10:15 am
JTA reports that Orrin Hatch, who died this past weekend at the age of 88 after a lengthy political career that made him the...

The Washington Post “Exposes” Orthodox Jew Chaya Raichik for Running a Conservative Social-Media Account

April 21, 2022 5:15 pm
By Jonathan S. Tobin Most people are focusing on the hypocrisy involved in The Washington Post doxxing an Orthodox Jewish woman who anonymously ran the popular conservative Twitter...

French Jew Killed By Tram Likely A Target Of Anti-Semitic Attack, Family Says

April 4, 2022 9:45 pm
Relatives of Jeremy Cohen, a 31-year-old frum French Jew who died two months ago after being hit by a tram in the town of...

HE’S BACK: Heshy Tischler to Run for Office, Again

March 23, 2022 3:45 pm
(New York Jewish Week) Heshy Tischler, who led the charge against NYC's COVID regulations, said he is running for district leader in Brooklyn’s District...

After Empty Apology, Agudas Yisroel Says to Lohud: You’re Acting in Bad Faith

February 19, 2022 7:15 pm
Matzav.com previously reported on a statement from Agudas Yisroel of America about an image used by lohud/the Rockland Journal News that perpetuated antisemitic tropes. Lohud has since followed...

The New York Times ‘Gets’ It Wrong Again – On Gittin

January 27, 2022 5:45 pm
By Ira Stoll A week after publishing a correction acknowledging error in describing the Jewish divorce document known as a get, the New York Times has again made what appears...

WHAT DID SHE MEAN? Lauren Boebert Asked Jews Visiting US Capitol If They Were...

January 21, 2022 11:15 am
Rep. Lauren Boebert asked a group of yarmulka-wearing Jewish visitors in a U.S. Capitol building elevator on Thursday if they were there to do...

Texas Synagogue Hostage Taker Claimed To Have Planted Bombs In New York City

January 20, 2022 9:45 am
The British man who held Jews hostage at a Texas Reform synagogue claimed to have planted bombs in New York City, according to the...

Mantua, Italy, To Get Jewish Museum On Burial Site Of the Rama MiPano, Remez

January 8, 2022 9:45 pm
After years of disagreement, local officials and Italy’s umbrella Jewish group reached an agreement to turn an armory built on top of a centuries-old...