A Message From The Kalever Rebbe For Purim 5777: What Can We Learn From...

Our Sages teach us that the Jews did not accept the Torah joyously at Sinai, but only under duress. Only after the miracle of...

Our Mantra

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz In the Torah, there are several references to mountains that are central to Yiddishkeit. The first is Har Hamoriah, which Avrohom...

Can the Santorum Surge Last?

By Jonathan Tobin Mitt Romney's narrow wins in the non-binding Maine caucus and the CPAC straw poll changed the topic of conversation among Republicans -...

This Is Real

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz This week’s parsha, Vayechi, tells of the passing of Yaakov Avinu. The posuk states, “Vayikrivu yemei Yisroel lomus vayikra levno leYosef”...

Welcome to Obama’s Parallel Universe

By John Bolton Now that he has been safely re-elected, Barack Obama's personal foreign and defense views no longer pose any risk to him...

Wisdom

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Torah Jews pledge allegiance to our mission statement and national raison d’être. Three times a day, we proclaim our intention “lesakein...

Trying to Take Something Positive out of Thursday’s Events: The Power of A Kiddush...

By S. Friedman, Matzav.com When I drove to the nursing home where I work this past Friday morning, I had a pit in my stomach...

The Rewards of Hard Work

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz My wife is originally from the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Yerushalayim. For the past several decades, whenever I have visited...

The Best Gift

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz I don’t live a cloistered life, but last week I saw something that really bothered me. For the first time that...

Opinion: Single and Productive – Marriage Is Not Life’s Only Objective

By Rachel Davids  I'm single, have been for a long time and, judging from the last guy that showed up on my doorstep seemingly convinced...

“Abba, Why Don’t They Say Good Shabbos?”

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran   We were never taught this is still going on today. - Gaby Kirschner in The New York Times We were never taught. History...

Five Ways The Mainstream Media Tipped The Scales In Favor Of Obama

By Rich Noyes Fox News and other media outlets have projected that President Obama has been reelected to a second term. If, in celebrating his...

Analysis: Obama Was As Clueless About 9/11 As He Is About ISIS

By Paul Sperry That President Obama won't call it Islamic terrorism; that he believes we shouldn't be on a "high horse" because America and Christians...

“Rebbetzin Bachman”

By Rabbi Avi Shafran "Funny, she doesn't look Jewish" was the intriguing opening sentence of a recent story in the New York Post about presidential...

Ah Freilichen Purim

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz The story of Purim is intertwined with Amaleik, the archenemy of the Jewish people. Last Shabbos, we read the passage (Devorim...

Obama’s Ferguson Dog and Pony Show

By Jonathan Tobin As protests against the decision of a grand jury not to charge Officer Darren Wilson with the murder of Michael Brown continue,...

Mishnah or Marijuana – Part 2

By Rabbi Moshe L Kuskin When I wrote “Mishneh or Marijuana” I had no idea it would engender controversy. Apparently, there are a number of...

Brazen Faking Of Images Reveals Hamas’ Desperation

By Paul Alster There is only one thing worse than the image of a child killed by military conflict, and that is the image of...

Tips and Tactics for Generating Quality Shadchan Attention Part III

Getting the Shadchan’s Attention - Part I By Moshe Pogrow, Director, NASI Project (Third in a series) (To view Part I – Introduction, click here.) (To view Part II- Meeting the...

Media Coverage of Israel is Simply Insane

By Ronn Torossian The so-called "mainstream media" consistently displays bias against Israel - holding the Jewish state to an unfair, punishing double standard. On...

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