VAX TO THE MAX: Is Ostracizing Anti-Vaxxers a Good Idea?
Dear Matzav.com,
I have some close family and friends that are ‘non-vaxers’ or delay vaccinations. Over the past few years I have had many discussions...
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: Kiddush Hashem at a Monticello Pizza Shop
Dear [email protected],
A frum boys camp finished the first trip on Tuesday. The boys who came for the second trip arrived yesterday. Since yesterday was...
The Matzav Shmoooze: No Mention?
Dear Sir at Matzav.com,
It is with a feeling sadness that I noted the absence of any article mentioning the 350 men, women and ...
The Matzav Shmoooze: A Single’s Perspective
Dear Editor,
As I sit here trying to gather my thoughts on the recent shidduchim article written by Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, I can't seem...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Super Bowl Hock – What Has Happened to Us?
Dear Editor,
I am greatly shterred by all the attention paid to the Suber Bowl. It is not a Yiddishe event. If some people can't...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Making Light of Mitzvos On Social Media: Are We Different Than...
By The Partial View
The meraglim spoke lashon hara about Eretz Yisroel, painting a negative picture with their report from their trip to the Holy...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Two Possible Solutions to the Shidduch Crisis – The Theoretical One...
Dear Editor,
This is a follow-up to the Matzav.com well-commented-on article earlier this week regarding the shidduch crisis.
At the beginning of last year, there was...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Yomim Ruining Weddings
Dear Editor,
Thank you for providing this useful and interesting forum for the frum community.
Some may scoff at the issue I would like to raise,...
Letter to Orthodox Jewish Communities in Boro Park, Flatbush and Lakewood
By R’ Nachman Caller, the Republican District Leader of Boro Park and Midwood
I wish to express צט heartfelt appreciation and thanks to our Jewish...
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 Shmoooze: The Truth About Smoking
Dear Matzav,
In response to this letter on Matzav: I'm a head and neck, ear nose and throat surgeon. I get paid to cut out...
Avraham Fried, Your Music Touches My Soul
Dear Avraham Fried,
I grew up listening annd singing your music in our Shabbos table and in all of our happy occasions. And as a...
The Matzav Shmoooze: $21,000 for Misery?
Dear readers,
I just got off the phone from a two-hour conversation with my daughter who is in seminary in Eretz Yisroel. Yes, you guessed...
Readers’ Matzav: It’s Time to Put Kiruv On Ice
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
I think that one of the things that has to change in "The New Normal" (and a recent Matzav.com post alluded to...
Matzav Shmooze: Who Will Stand Up For The Kavod Of Bnos Yisroel?
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I have spent the past week crying on and off and I don't know if I will ever get over the embarrassment...
Readers’ Matzav: Segulos for Shidduchim
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
Thank you so much for your stimulating and insightful website. As an older single, I am writing this letter to share with...
Matzav Inbox: The Churban of WhatsApp Statuses – And It Has Nothing to Do...
Dear Editor,
The profound detachment of Yidden from the reality around them due to their fixation on their phones and WhatsApp statuses is a churban.
It...
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...
Readers’ Matzav: Chasunah Shtick Gemach
Dear Matzav Editor,
We live in a wonderful community where people are always looking to help out others. If you look through the gemach list, you...
