Sending Girls to Seminaries and the Shidduch Crisis
7th in a Matzav.com series, By Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin MA
All actions have reactions and nothing happens in a vacuum.
When a girl and her parents in...
Paris Terror Suspect Is ‘A Little Jerk,’ His Lawyer Says
Salah Abdeslam, the 26-year-old French national of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in November's terrorist attacks in Paris, was transferred to French custody by...
Update: Exclusive – Shidduch List with Over 150 Names of Bochurim Creates Firestorm
Monday, May 25: A shidduch list released by an individual with the intent to help solve the shidduch crisis has caused somewhat of...
WEIGHING IN: Rebbi: Why Bochurim Were Suspended for Attending a Levayah
Dear Editor,
As a member of the hanhalah of a yeshiva that penalized bochurim for going to a levayah this week, I wish to share...
Gedolim Publicly Denounce Chillul Hashem of Vos Iz Neias and its Advertisers; Issue Issur...
Over thirty rabbonim and roshei yeshiva in the United States have signed a kol korei denouncing the Vos Iz Neias (VIN) news blog...
Matzav Shmooze: I’m An “Anti Vaxxer” – Here’s My Question To YOU
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I am what people have been calling an "anti vaxxer." Ever since the outbreak of measles my family has been subjected to...
Readers’ Matzav: It’s Time to Put Kiruv On Ice
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
I think that one of the things that has to change in "The New Normal" (and a recent Matzav.com post alluded to...
Readers’ Matzav: A Crying Bas Yisroel in Shidduchim
Dear Matzav.com Editor
I write these words with a broken heart. I am sure they are echoed by thousands of girls out there, and each...
Readers’ Matzav: Contemplating Suicide
Dear Matzav Editor,
"Frum Man Jumps to His Death Over Finances."
That headline isn't a real one - yet. But it may be soon. I am...
Rabbi Genack: VOTE FOR HILLARY – “She Understands Our Values”
By Rabbi Menachem Genack
When my daughter Ora and son-in-law Avi recently gave birth to a son, they were contacted by Hillary Clinton’s staff to...
Counting and Transforming
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The mourning aspects of the Sefirah period have so taken over the seven weeks between Pesach and Shavuos that we can...
Mutated Virus May Reinfect People Already Stricken Once With COVID-19
A trial of an experimental coronavirus vaccine detected the most sobering signal yet that people who have recovered from infections are not completely protected...
Thank You, Dr. Clair
Reposted: As we have reported, Dr. Daniel Clair, Chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, traveled to Eretz Yisroel to perform surgery...
The Dangerous Coalition of Non-Vaccinating Parents
Recently, it was brought to our attention that a new group, the so-called “Vaccine Coalition, a Coalition of Non-Vaccinating Parents in Lakewood, New Jersey,”...
EXCLUSIVE: The Inside Story Behind the Request to Remove Israeli Flag from SSSS in...
An Israeli flag outside the South Side Sandwich Shop in Lakewood, NJ, owned by Yosef Mutterperl, is still flying above the store on Cedar...
Israeli Study: Music Therapy Helps Deaf Children With Cochlear Implants
Toddlers undergoing rehabilitation after a cochlear implant are under intense pressure to begin talking. New research from Israel suggests that music therapy can help...
30 Hours and Counting: Thousands Searching for Missing Boro Park Boy Who Never Returned...
Monday, 11:36 p.m. EST: Shomrim volunteers from around Brooklyn, NY, are in the midst of an mid-night comprehensive search effort for a young...
Tehillim: 34 Yidden, Including Lakewood Couple, Reportedly Among Missing In Florida Condo Collapse
A couple from Coventry Square in Lakewood are reportedly among the 159 people unaccounted for in the condo building that collapsed early this morning...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Did You Post the Rebbetzin’s Picture?
Dear Editor,
First of all, thank you for your spectacular website. On Motzoei Yom Tov, I was distressed to see the news about Rebbetzin Batsheva...
Travesty of Justice: 8th Circuit Rejects Rubashkin Appeal, Upholds 27-Year Sentence
Shocking Decision: In a stunning decision that will shock Rubashkin supporters and legal experts following the Rubashkin case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
