New York Times Recycles a Ben-Gurion Myth
By Ira Stoll
As press criticism goes, it rarely gets better than the two-stage demolition by Martin Kramer of a recent frontpage New York Times column by...
The Saddest Day in Early American History, 24 Teves (January 6th), 1785
By Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Haym Salomon z"l (1740-1785), was a true legend in his own time. In 1975, the United States Postal Service...
Has the Justice Dept. Gone Too Far?
By Shmully Hecht
The conviction of Sholom Rubashkin, former Vice President of Iowa's Agriprocessors, America's largest kosher meat processor and one of the most...
The Sun Rises Over Yerushalayim
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
In his introduction to sefer Shemos, the Ramban refers to it as the Sefer Hageulah. The parshiyos of Shemos recount our...
Alan Dershowitz: Obama’s Mid-East Legacy Is Tragic Failure
By Alan Dershowitz
The Middle East is a more dangerous place after eight years of the Obama Presidency than it was before. The eight disastrous...
Why Is It That Team Obama Always Blames The Victim For Violence In Israel?
By Michael Goodwin
Midway through a report on recent Arab attacks that killed seven Israeli civilians, The New York Times quoted a Palestinian spokesman warning...
The Matzav Shmoooze: The True Rabble-Rousers and the Anti-Metzitzah B’Peh “Rabbis”
Dear Editor,
Anti-bris milah fervor is back in the news. What else is new?
The "antis" are going at it full force, with the help,...
Dreaming of the Bais Hamikdosh
By Daniel Keren, Matzav.com
Rav Moshe Weinberger, rov of the Agudath Israel of Flatbush, spoke at the recent Independence Day legal holiday Yarchei Kallah sponsored by...
Author of Hate-Filled Article Says Jewish Press Approved It, Firing Is Ufair
The man fired from the JewishPress.com this week for an article he wrote regarding the atzeres tefillah in New York City on Sunday says...
Are Our Prayers Repulsive?
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
We interrupt our series on tefilah for a timely discussion about Elul.
About 45 years ago, I was a student in...
Light in the Darkness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week's parsha of Masei, which begins with the words "Eileh masei Bnei Yisroel," listing the many stops the Jews made as they...
BEGGING FOR DEATH: Anti-Vaxxers Are Still Spreading False Claims As People Die Of Measles
By Helen Stokes-Lampard
In the early 2000s, after the link between the MMR vaccine and autism was thoroughly debunked, healthcare professionals, including GPs and our...
Sweet Speech
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week, in Parshas Tazriah, we are introduced to the concept of tzora'as. We are all familiar with the often...
Did the Jewish Week, the Forward and JTA Miss Mrs. Sandler’s Remarks?
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
After a hail of French police gunfire relieved humanity of the noxious presence of Mohamed Merah, the 23- year-old Algerian-Frenchman who...
A Time for Kiddush Hashem
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week's parsha describes changes taking place in Klal Yisroel, with the leadership of Moshe Rabbeinu passing to Yehoshua, the...
Forbes: Obama is Carter
By Steve Forbes
You need to watch only a few minutes of cable news analysis to realize just how ludicrous our national energy policies have...
The UNRWA Is The Only UN Agency That Deals With A Single Group Of...
By Dr. Rephael Ben-Ari
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is today one of the largest UN programs. It remains the only UN agency...
My Message to the Fogel Children
By Shmully Hecht
Dear Tamar, Roi and Yishai, we have never met but I write to you with tears in my eyes, and a sad...
Helping a Friend Going Through Divorce
By Rabbi Menachem Rosenfeld
This article was written to discuss how a person can help someone who is facing, or undergoing, a divorce. However, many...
Our Number One Enemy
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
On the morning of heinous national sin of the golden calf, the Torah testifies, “Vayashkimu mimochora – They (Klal Yisroel)...
