The White House’s chilly response to renewed Israeli calls for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, which were repeated during President Shimon Peres’ visit to Washington last week, is the latest link in a long chain of attempts …

That coffee you’re drinking while gazing at your iPad? It cost more than all the electricity needed to run those games, emails, videos and news stories for a year.
The annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36, according to the Electric Power …

Rav Shneur Kotler zt”l was the son of the Lakewood rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. Upon the passing of his father in 1962, Rav Shneur became the rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, New Jersey. Born in Slutsk, Russia, wh…

By Dr. Gerson Kranzler
At the beginning of Chodesh Tammuz 5727 (1967), Elimelech Gavriel Tress, Administrative President of Agudath Israel of America, was called to the Yeshiva Shel Ma’aloh. His short life spanned a period in American Jewish …

Lakewood, NJ – Over 300 JCP&L customers spent part of Thursday afternoon in the heat, without power, after a driver reaching for a fallen object crashed his vehicle into a utility pole, police said.
The reach also led William Barbosa to jail, as t…

[Video below.] Each week, Rabbi Avrohom Stulberger, rosh yeshiva of Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, shares a 3-4 minute message relating to the parshas hashovuah. Matzav.com is proud to present this exclusive video shiur each week.
This week&#…

[Audio below.] Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone, an insightful and inspiring message on the weekly parsha to hundreds of Oorah’s volunteer…

By Rabbi Eytan Feiner
The name “Korach” appears regarding but a few individuals in Tanach, the most notorious of whom occupies the spotlight in this week’s parsha.[1] But if a person’s name serves as the window to his core essen…

[Download below.] Bring new meaning to your Shabbos seudah by involving your family and guests in discussions on the weekly parsha. Parsha Partner has meaningful divrei Torah and engaging discussion topics for the Shabbos Table. Try to anticipate what…

Birth and yahrtzeit of Yosef ben Yaakov Avinu (1561-1451 BCE).
Rav Shmuel ben Yechiel of Cologne, killed by Crusaders.
-Rav Nachman of Horodenka, one of the first close colleagues of the Baal Shem Tov, whose mechutan he later became. His grandson was…

The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major challenge to the system of international law that has endured since the second world war, a United Nations investigator has said.
Christof Heyns, the UN special rappo…

The credit ratings of 15 major banks were slashed on Thursday, the latest setback for an industry that is already grappling with global economic turmoil and weak profits.
The decision by Moody’s Investors Service to cut banks’credit scores…

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed on Wednesday the top priorities of US diplomacy around the world, saying that Iran wants to be attacked by somebody because it would unify the Iranian public and legitimize the Islamic regime.
However, C…

With the mercury rising, many are wondering if Consolidated Edison will be able to deal with increased power demands.
Con Ed reported only 160 outages among their 3.1 million customers as of about 4 p.m., but one of their biggest headaches was in Trib…

According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed mortgage is at the lowest ever rate for the seventh time in eight weeks.  The rate is now 3.66 percent down from 3.71 percent last week.  The average rate on 15-year fixed mortgages is 2.95 percent…

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak sat down this week in Tel Aviv with Lally Weymouth. Excerpts:
Q. An Israeli was killed this week in the south by someone from the Sinai. How do you see the situation in the Sinai?
A. It was another terror attack on …

How easy it must be to live your life as Al Sharpton does. Only the race-baiting NBC News star can look at the tragic events of the Fast and Furious scandal that ended with the death of a border patrol agent and see Attorney General Eric Holder as th…

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

We learn this week’s parsha and are struck by how odd it seems that someone would challenge Moshe after all he had done for the Bnei Yisroel altruistically. This is compounded by the number of times Hashem defended M…

Thousands of families are heading to the Catskills this week, and especially today and tomorrow, for the beginning of the 2012 summer season. Most sleep-away camps get underway during the next week or so.
All drivers, especially those traveling tomor…

A group calling itself “Concerned Members And Activists of the United Community of South Brooklyn” released an advertisement yesterday in several Jewish newspapers and Russian media, alerting the Jewish community to the potential victory o…