Poll: Surprising Percentage of Democrats Say Americans Spend Too Much Time Focusing on 9/11...
A new YouGov survey conducted ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks found that 13% of Democrats believe Americans devote...
Matzav Inbox: A Different Perspective On the Litvishe Demographic Question
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I read the recent piece about President Trump’s rabbinic guest list and the wake-up call it supposedly represents for the Litvish world....
Elon Musk Predicts 1 Billion Humanoid Robots Could Outproduce Humanity Within a Decade
Elon Musk predicted during a virtual appearance at the G20 that more than 1 billion humanoid robots could be operating within the next decade,...
Deleted Email Details Alleged Trump-Targeting Push Inside Letitia James’ Office: “Find and Pursue Crimes”
A New York prosecutor has accused state Attorney General Letitia James’ office of instructing employees to seek out potential crimes involving President Donald Trump...
Lawyer Blasted for Calling Charlie Kirk ‘Hateful’ While Defending Accused Assassin Tyler Robinson
PROVO, Utah — An attorney representing accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson came under sharp criticism Tuesday after telling a Utah court that Kirk...
EXPOSED: Mamdani’s Secret Influencer Network Revealed, Raising Questions Over Taxpayer Money and Signal Chats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has built a network of nearly 200 social media influencers who receive City Hall talking points, updates and content through...
NYC Schools Crack Down on Classroom AI
New York City is sharply restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence in its public schools, barring nearly 600,000 younger students from using the...
Trump Floats Renaming Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait” as US-Iran Fighting Flares Again
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz be renamed the “Trump Strait,” pointing to what he described as American control of...
Police Begin Examining Haaretz Journalist After Yair Netanyahu Complaint Over Miami Security Disclosures
Israel Police have begun examining allegations against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav after Yair Netanyahu accused him of publishing sensitive information about his Miami residence,...
Judge Blocks Trump’s New Birthright Citizenship Order in Latest Legal Setback
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing President Donald Trump’s latest executive order restricting birthright citizenship, dealing another legal...
New Chareidi Party of Draft Evaders Reportedly Forming Ahead of Knesset Elections
A new Chareidi political party made up of men who have evaded military service is reportedly being organized ahead of Israel’s upcoming Knesset elections,...
Matzav Inbox: Are Our Mikvaos Safe?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
With the Yomim Noraim approaching, this is a difficult topic to raise. However, after discussing the matter with a number of bnei...
ALAHU AKHBAR: Mamdani Visits Boro Park Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Confronted by Jewish Woman...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Boro Park on Wednesday ahead of Rosh Hashanah, touring a prominent Judaica store and meeting with...
FAT CHANCE: The Surprising Reasons Why Tasers Didn’t Stop Crazed Times Square Stabber
Multiple NYPD officers fired Tasers at the knife-wielding woman behind Monday’s deadly Times Square stabbing rampage, but a combination of body fat, constant movement...
DHS Says Haitian Migrant Accused of Florida Murder Was Released Into U.S. Under Biden
A Haitian national now facing murder and other serious charges in Florida entered the United States illegally in 2024 and was subsequently released into...
Merz Says Israel “Wouldn’t Exist” Without German Aid
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that without Germany’s arms shipments to Israel, the Jewish state would “no longer exist.”
Merz said this during a Q&A...
Dozens of Breslover Chassidim Headed to Uman Stopped at Ben Gurion, Taba Over Draft...
Israeli authorities have stepped up enforcement at the country’s exit points, stopping dozens of Chareidi men — including Breslover Chassidim traveling to Uman for...
Chief Rabbi Demands IDF Drop Proceedings Against Givati Soldiers: ‘What Happened to the Rights...
Israel’s Chief Rabbi, Rav Kalman Meir Ber, has called on IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Defense Minister Israel Katz to cancel disciplinary...
Rav Dov Landau Signals Degel HaTorah Is Not Tied to Netanyahu as Political Shakeup...
Slabodka rosh yeshiva Hagaon Rav Dov Landau has delivered a pointed message about Degel HaTorah’s political future, declaring that the Torah world is beholden...
IDF Admits Shabbos Training Exercise Was a Mistake, Says Soldiers’ Religious Rights Were Violated
The IDF acknowledged Wednesday that commanders in the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion improperly conducted a training exercise on Shabbos despite there being no operational...
IDF to Discipline Reservist for Davening at Kever of Elazar Ben Aharon
The IDF says it will investigate and discipline a reservist who was documented davening at the kever of Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen near Itamar,...
24-Hours-a-Day Non-Stop Learning in Yerushalayim?
Three kedoshei elyon had one common concept when it came to learning Torah – they were the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh (Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 1696-1743) when...
Netanyahu at Gaza’s Yellow Line: ‘We Are Not Withdrawing’ as Israel Vows to Finish...
Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu declared Wednesday that Israeli forces will remain positioned along the Gaza Strip’s Yellow Line, saying Israel currently controls 60%...
Trump Reassures Israel After US Strikes Iran: “I Will Take Care of Israel”
President Donald Trump offered a direct message of reassurance to Israel on Wednesday evening as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran raised...
Rahm Emanuel Donation For Palestinian Doctors Triggers Fury From Israeli Lawmaker
Rozana USA, an international NGO engaged in “health diplomacy,” announced on Monday that Rahm Emanuel and his brothers, Ezekiel and Ari, have donated $550,000...
IAEA: Syrian Site Hit By Israel in 2017 “Consistent with a Nuclear Reactor”
Infrastructure in Syria visited by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in August is “consistent with a nuclear reactor,” according to a confidential IAEA report...
Couple Accused of Holding Four Children in ‘Rolling Prison’ for Six Years, Subjecting Them...
A woman and her partner are facing a lengthy list of criminal charges in Florida after prosecutors alleged that four young children were confined...
Apple Maps Switches Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for US Users After Trump Order
Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on Apple Maps for users in the United States, implementing President Donald Trump’s...
Sa’ar Warns UK: If Britain Acts Against Israel, Israel Will Act
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar warned Tuesday that Israel will retaliate if Britain moves forward with sanctions over Israeli construction in the E1 area, escalating...
JIHAD IN THE BIG SMOKE: Toronto Mayoral Candidate Vows to ‘Open Our Doors’ to...
Toronto mayoral candidate Bahira Abdulsalam is pledging to make the war in Gaza an immediate focus of her administration if elected, declaring that her...
Report: Russia Secretly Helped Iran Develop Missiles Designed To Hit US Carriers
Russia has been secretly providing Iran with advanced missile technology aimed at helping Tehran develop weapons capable of striking US Navy aircraft carriers in...
Flatbush to Unite for Extraordinary Pre-Selichos Seder in More Than 30 Shuls
Something remarkable will take place across Flatbush this Motzoei Shabbos.
Matzav.com has learned that before the first haunting words of Selichos are recited, before Ashrei...
Rav Dov Kook Remains in Serious Condition as Family Pleads for Tefillos
Rav Dov Kook of Tiveria remains in serious condition, with his family still awaiting significant improvement in his consciousness and ability to move, his...
Mordechai Ben David’s ‘New’ Song Finally Released — 23 Years After Debuting at Menachem...
Mordechai Ben David’s newly released single, “Uvetuvcha Hagadol,” has been more than 23 years in the making — and its surprising history stretches back...
Shas Moetzes Member Tells Chareidi IDF Commander to Leave Military Service
A Chareidi commander serving in a classified elite technological unit of the IDF has left military service after receiving a direct instruction to do...
Shin Bet Chief David Zini Visits Chabad Headquarters at 770 During U.S. Trip
Shin Bet Director David Zini paid a visit Tuesday to Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, touring the famed building...
Trump: I Couldn’t Care Less If Iran Signs A ‘Worthless’ Agreement
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed reports that he is attempting to pressure Iran into returning to negotiations with Washington, saying he is satisfied...
A Personal Message From R’ Shlomo Lewenstien
I’ll get right to the point.Every year, I hear from hundreds of chassanim who need our help.For many of them, things most chassanim naturally...
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Chareidi Student Fined 20 Shekels Over Open Button, Education Ministry Condemns School Practice
A Chareidi schoolgirl in Tiveria was fined 20 shekels after a button on her clothing was left open, prompting a sharp response from Israel’s...
Record Tishrei Travel Rush Expected as More Than 3 Million Passengers Prepare to Head...
More than 3 million passengers are expected to pass through Israel’s airports and land border crossings during September and the Tishrei Yom Tov season,...
Shas CEO Chaim Biton Shrugs Off Weak Polls, Vows: No Government Without Draft Law...
Shas CEO and MK Chaim Biton dismissed polls showing his party falling to seven seats, insisting that Shas has repeatedly outperformed surveys on Election...
“I WILL KILL THEM”: Man Arrested After Threatening to Kill Jewish Children, Siccing Dogs...
A man was arrested in Crown Heights after allegedly threatening to kill Jewish children, making antisemitic remarks and ordering his dogs to attack three...
Agudas Yisroel Factions Clash in Stormy Meeting as Old Wounds Erupt
Representatives of Agudas Yisroel’s four factions held a highly charged meeting in Yerushalayim on Tuesday, their first such gathering since the bitter municipal elections...
Netanyahu Rejects Oct. 7 ‘Betrayal’ Claims After Uproar Over Wife’s Remarks
Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu sought Tuesday evening to put an end to the controversy surrounding comments made by his wife, Sara Netanyahu, declaring...
Yerushalayim Missionary Café May End Shabbos Operations After Six Weeks of Protests
The management of a missionary-affiliated café in Yerushalayim is considering ending its Shabbos operations following more than six weeks of demonstrations, confrontations and disturbances...
Israel Faces Widening Water Crisis as Cities Warn of Pressure Drops and Possible Outages
A nationwide water crisis is beginning to disrupt supplies across Israel, with residents in Be’er Sheva already reporting problems and several other cities warning...
“WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE”: Bessent Threatens Economic ‘Asphyxiation’ of Iran, Vows to Freeze...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Tuesday that the Trump administration intends to economically “asphyxiate” Iran, threatening to cut banks, companies and other entities dealing...
Hochul Accuses Trump of ‘Defunding the Police’ by Withholding $87 Million in NY Counterterror...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul accused President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday of withholding $87 million in federal counterterrorism funding from New York, charging that...
Judge Weighs Trial, Death Penalty for Tyler Robinson in Charlie Kirk Assassination Case
PROVO, Utah — Nearly a year after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a packed event at Utah Valley University, a...
