The Matzav Shmoooze: A Practical and Real Solution to the Tuition Crisis (if...
Dear readers,
Sadly, this Crisis known to all as the Tuition Crisis is falling on deaf ears. The Hamodia recently published in their magazine...
Matzav Inbox: The Insane Prices of Kosher Food Today
Dear [email protected],
I am writing to express my concern about the rising costs of kosher food. It seems that every time I go to the...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Confused About Lag Ba’omer
Dear readers,
There is something about Lag Ba'omer that I just cannot understand. I understand that we celebrate this special day for a number of...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Writing Rubbish
Dear Editor,
Someone sent me this sentence from an article he said he read: "This business of Rabbi’s in Israel saying that John Kerry is...
What Is Mussar?
by Yisroel Schor
What is mussar? What is the movement all about and what is the underlying truth our masters are trying to portray to...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Beware of Bottle Bombs
Dear Editor,
Kids and others are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up, leaving it on...
The Matzav Shmoooze: When Are People Going to Learn?
Dear Editor,
I work at a store in shopping center. This afternoon, I had a customer who was in my store for about an hour,...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Shame On You
Dear Matzav Editor,
As of Friday, I counted at least three articles/letters on Matzav.com condemning "chareidi violence , chareidi extremism, etc". I did not find...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Revamping Mesivta Secular Studies
Dear Editor,
A recent comment on Matzav.com addressed revamping mesivta secular studies.
Here’s what I wish to say:
While I learned in BMG, I would not be so...
The Kosel Compromise and the Conversion Bill – Some Final Thoughts
Avrohom Gordimer
Although my thoughts on the apparent collapse of the Western Wall Compromise Plan are all pretty much contained here (along with a link...
The Matzav Shmoooze: I Am An Ostrich
Dear readers,
I'm proud to be an ostrich. Really. Despite my flightlessness and awkward appearance, I'm proud to be ostrich.
Let me explain how I came...
The Matzav Shmooze: What’s the Deal With Chanukah Vacation?
Why am I writing this article now, in the middle of the day, to be published on Matzav.com? I am writing from my office at...
The Matzav Shmooze: Adding Stress to Shidduchim
Dear readers,
The suffering of thousands - yes thousands - of single girls waiting for a shidduch is unbearable. And yet, we as a society...
Homework All Night Long
By Sarah Wikler
The following issue has been bothering me for a long time and I think that many parents feel the same way I...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Frustrated With Gmail
Dear Editor,
Gmail is one of the most popular email providers, but every time we get used to their design, they decide to change and...
Open Letter of Appreciation To The Lakewood Volunteer Fire Dept
Dear Editor,
I’m taking this opportunity to pen a few lines of appreciation to all the members of the Lakewood Volunteer Fire Department for their...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Lakewood Traffic
Dear readers,
I am writing regarding Lakewood nightmare traffic situation. Perhaps there are influential people and politicians who can address these and other problems.
At 2...
The Matzav Shmoooze: My Day in Court; Please Advise Me
Dear Editor,
Does this happen to you? It is happening to me, and, I am embarrassed to say, this is not the first time either....
A Reader Writes: The Mitzvah of Donating a Kidney
Dear Editor,
I am an Orthodox Jewish woman who donated a kidney altruistically to a stranger. Since my kidney donation I have been wanting to...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Jackson Bans Basketball Hoops
Dear Matzav,
Jackson N.J. is acting un- American. Recently there has been a couple of Eruvs placed in the ROW in Jackson, which some of...
