Rodef Shalom: Peace, Peace You Shall Pursue…
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
We live in a world of turmoil – political, geopolitical, spiritual. Too often it seems that turmoil and strife are fundamental to...
Metzitzah Bombshell: Landmark Program Uncovers False-Positive In Neonatal Herpes Case
By Debbie Maimon
Why would a mistaken diagnosis in a case of reported neonatal herpes make headlines anywhere - especially if no adverse health consequences...
The Question Of Homework: Should Our Kids Have It At All?
By Lauren Knight
I watch as my 8-year-old pushes through the front door ahead of me, tosses his coat to the right, somewhere in the direction...
Sharansky: When Did America Forget That It’s America?
By Natan Sharansky
On a number of occasions during the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, the Israeli government has appealed to the United States and its...
The Passing of Greatness: The Rabbanit
By Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman
As Shabbos Chol HaMoed came to an end I was shocked and saddened as I heard about the passing of Rabbanit...
Not A Chokehold: Truth Of The Garner Arrest
By Bo Dietl
It wasn't a chokehold.
That's just the biggest single distortion in all the talk about the Eric Garner case, in which the public...
A Tragedy Diluted: Behind the Headlines of Shul Crash Suspect
By C. DiSabato
We all fall prey to our emotions at times. Our better judgment, often due to an unwillingness or incapacity to seek the...
Neis Gadol Haya Poh
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
With a prolonged hiss, the last of the Chanukah lights flickered and went out. Pools of darkened oil, smudged glasses and...
The Rabbinic Blacklist Hoax
BY AVROHOM GORDIMER
(This article appeared in Times of Israel.)
Two weeks ago, Reform, Conservative and Federation leadership sounded the alarm about the now-delayed Conversion Bill, falsely presenting it as...
Honor Your Wife
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
Over thirty years ago, a man approached the Steipler Gaon, Zt"l, Zy"a, and told him he was asked to write...
Oseh Shalom Ya’aseh Shalom
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
They davened Shemoneh Esrei
One last time,
Their last words were
Oseh shalom bimromav.
Yechidei segulah
Each one.
Bekrovai ekodeish
Each one an olah temimah.
In a flash
24 yesomim
4...
Is Ron Paul Right?
By Alexandra Petri
If someone were visiting from outer space and got wind of the Republican primary and caucus results, he might be a tad...
Getting Yelled At
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Recently, I was standing on the side of a large wedding hall speaking to someone, when a man came charging out...
Open Orthodoxy: An Amicable Divorce?
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Are the “Open Orthodox” finally going to leave Orthodoxy behind? Several months ago, Rabbi Avi Weiss and a few of his...
Opinion: Obama Is Bluffing On Iran
By Shoula Romano Horing
While Israel fears a new Holocaust from a nuclear armed Iran, President Barack Obama seems to only be worried about a preemptive...
The Day After the Atzeres…. What’s Going to Be?
By A. Traiman
Close to half a million members of Israel's Charedi public rallied in Yerushalayim on Sunday, shutting down roads in and around the...
Making a Kiddush Hashem: Social Issues and Politics
By Yisroel Feldman, Novato, California
Part I. At http://matzav.com/obamacare-will-kill-millions-of-babies there was reported how various political factions brought out serious concerns that the President's Health Care...
Hashem, You Are My King
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
On Rosh Hashanah, after the tekios in musaf, we say “Hayom haras olam – On this day the world was...
Analysis: Why Is Thomas Friedman Worrying About Anti-Semitism?
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who has repeatedly claimed that Israel controls Washington, is warning that if Israel's...
Opinion: Bedtime
By Yochanan Gordon
While I am beginning to write this article, my son Nison who is in the room just to the right of me,...
