Opinion: Trust the Government
By Newt Gingrich
How much is one additional year of your life worth?
Or one more year of life for your father or your wife? For...
A Plague of Darkness
By Yochanan Gordon
No one ever imagined that two weeks after hurricane Sandy, despite it being the worst such storm in a century, that...
One Good Deed
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
It looked like a bumblebee but something was odd. It seemed too shiny and too black, too large-limbed and lumbering. Maybe,...
Media Whitewash Terror Supporter
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
A Muslim-American leader whose record includes calling President Bill Clinton a terrorist, praising Hezbollah, and opposing Israel's existence, is...
Season of Thanks
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The theme of the beautiful pesukim that comprise Shir Hashirim focuses on the Ribbono Shel Olam's boundless and enduring love ...
Engendering Responsibility
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
The Jewish people are bound by a communal sense of responsibility, one which places accountability for personal transgressions squarely on our...
Many Types of Heroes
By Yonason Rosenblum
What a difference a year makes. Last year, I wrote just before Pesach about Pesach hotels. The impact of my words was...
Mideast Shapes Presidential Race
By Steve Huntley
Americans are increasingly absorbed in presidential politics, and President Barack Obama wants to shift defense/foreign policy strategic emphasis to the Asian/Pacific region....
Report: Top Iranian General Qassem Solaimani Seriously Wounded in Islamic State Attack
A senior Iranian military official was seriously wounded in an Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing attack near Baghdad several days ago, Israel's Ch. 2...
Eini Eini Yordah Mayim
By Chaim Ozer Moszkowski
Klal Yisroel is aching
We all feel the pain
The world has been stabbed in the heart
Yerushalayim is bleeding
4 אלמנות and 24...
Managing Life’s Fluctuations
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
This week's parsha opens with Yaakov Avinu's famous vision, which he dreamt while in flight from his enraged brother Esav. On...
Ariel Sharon’s Complicated Legacy
By Danny Danon
The State of Israel said its final goodbye to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week. While I vehemently disagreed with...
Who Can Legislate Morality?
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
If there is no God, everything is permitted.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
No one understands better than the Jew that God is the foundation...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Standing for Torah – Silently
Dear Editor,
The past few days have seen an outpouring of hate toward bnei Torah and a particular community of bnei Torah. It was an...
When E-Mail Turns From Delight to Deluge
By Jenna Wortham
In the not-so-distant past, the chipper AOL sound of "You've got mail!" filled me with giddiness and glee. I would eagerly check...
The Secret of Happiness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This Shabbos, we announce the arrival of the second month of Adar, granting us another opportunity to take advantage of the...
The Day of Liberation
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
If you would want to describe the Yom Tov we celebrated this week in one word, what would it be?
I would...
It’s All From Above
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Here, we finally are in the month of Nissan. Pesach, the Yom Tov when we celebrate our freedom, is upon us. The...
