Bereaved Family Removes Military Headstone in Protest, Places It Outside IDF Headquarters
In an unusual and highly emotional act of protest, the family of a fallen Israeli soldier dismantled their son’s military headstone and placed it...
Zelensky: Ukrainians Are Wishing Death Upon Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a holiday address that blended religious tradition with a sharp denunciation of Russia’s actions, accusing Moscow of godlessness while...
TERROR: Two Killed in Terror Attacks in Northern Israel
Two people were killed in a series of terror attacks involving ramming and stabbing in northern Israel today.
According to Magen David Adom, a report...
White House to Detail East Wing Ballroom Plans at Jan. 8 Hearing
Federal planners say the White House will outline its vision for rebuilding the East Wing during a public session early next month, offering the...
War Secretary Hegseth Vows More to Come in Nigeria
U.S. forces carried out a military strike against Islamic State militants operating in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day, American officials confirmed, following repeated warnings...
Number of People In ICE Detention Hits Record High, Data Shows
U.S. immigration detention has climbed to its highest level on record, according to newly released figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency’s biweekly...
Brain Study of 12,000 Kids Rewrites How Doctors Thought ADHD Medications Work
A massive brain-imaging analysis suggests that commonly prescribed ADHD stimulants may function less like focus enhancers and more like temporary stand-ins for sleep, Study...
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Minnesota Welfare Fraud Money ‘Could Have Been Funneled to Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia’
Questions about the destination of billions of dollars in allegedly misused welfare funds in Minnesota are fueling a new legislative push in Congress, with...
Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein to Chutz Laaretz Yeshiva Bochurim: “In America There Is Religious Freedom...
Amid growing concern over a recent phenomenon in which yeshiva students from abroad who come to Israel are expressing interest in enlisting in the...
Remarkable Discovery: 250-Year-Old Check Bearing the Handwritten Signature of the Chida
A stirring discovery has surfaced in the world of antiquities and Judaica: a personal financial document dating back some 250 years, bearing the handwritten...
Romi Gonen Recounts Abuse and Terror During Gaza Captivity in Chilling Interview
Former hostage Romi Gonen spoke publicly about the trauma she endured while held in Gaza in an interview that aired on Channel 12’s investigative...
Knesset Uproar: MK Almog Cohen Says Gaza Source Alerted Officials to Terrorist Gathering at...
Israel’s internal security agency declined to respond after a dramatic allegation raised in the Knesset cast fresh doubt on official explanations surrounding the intelligence...
Hamas: We Will Continue Searching for the Body of Ran Gvili
At talks held in Cairo that included representatives from the IDF, the Shin Bet, and the mediating states, the status of the remaining hostage...
At the Height of the Draft Law Debate, Agudas Yisroel’s Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah to...
At a critical juncture in the ongoing discussions surrounding the proposed draft law in Israel, the Agudas Yisroel Chassidishe Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah is scheduled...
Rav Aharon Meir Kravitz zt”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Aharon Meir Kravitz zt"l, rosh kollel of Kollel Yotzei Chevron in Yerushalayim...
REGISTER TODAY: First Look at the Agudah’s Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah Speaker Lineup
The Agudah Yerushalyim Yarchei Kallah will bring together Bnei Torah from across the globe in Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh for an experience that blends intense...
Trump Launches ‘Powerful and Deadly’ Strikes On ISIS Targeting Christians In Nigeria: ‘Terrorist Scum’
President Trump said tonight that American forces carried out a series of airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Nigeria, describing the operation as a direct...
NYC Region Braces For ‘Fast-Moving’ Snow Storm Friday Into Shabbos: ‘Reasonable Worst-Case Scenario Of...
A quick-hitting winter system is expected to sweep through the New York City region late Friday, bringing snow, slick roads, and travel disruptions as...
Escalation in Protest: Talmidim of Yeshiva Kisei Rachamim Join Peleg Demonstration Outside Military Prison...
An escalation was reported tonight as talmidim of the Sephardic yeshiva Yeshivat Kisei Rachamim joined forces with the Peleg Yerushalmi to hold a protest...
Mossad Drops Gloves, Publicly Accuses Qatar of Incitement Against Israel
Israeli intelligence officials issued an unusually blunt public statement on Thursday, pushing back forcefully against comments made earlier in the day by Yisrael Beytenu...
Self-Appointed Chief Rabbi Says Saudi Arabia Refused Him Entry Despite Valid Visa
A man who has publicly styled himself as the chief rabbi of Saudi Arabia said this week that he was turned away at the...
82 Years After Being Killed in China, Jewish World War II Pilot Brought Home...
More than eighty years after he was killed in combat, a Jewish American pilot who fought in World War II has finally been laid...
Knesset Extends IDF, Shin Bet Authority to Hack Civilian Cameras, Drawing Sharp Privacy Backlash
A government-backed bill granting the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet continued authority to secretly access civilian security camera systems cleared its final...
Turkey Hosts Hamas Delegation as Pro-Government Press Labels Israel the “Top Threat”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks in Ankara on Wednesday with members of Hamas’s political bureau, focusing on the Gaza ceasefire and efforts...
Smotrich Says PM’s Aides Should ‘Sit Behind Bars’ If They Worked For Qatar
Support for a full investigation into the expanding Qatargate affair continued to grow Thursday, as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich issued some of the strongest...
IDF Says Goodbye to the Name ‘Swords of Iron’
The IDF will now refer to the ongoing conflict exclusively as the “War of Revival,” following a new directive issued Thursday by Chief of...
2nd Time In Under 2 Weeks: Soldier Killed By Gunfire At Base In North
An IDF soldier died on Thursday after being shot inside a military base in northern Israel, marking another fatal incident within IDF facilities in...
Photos: Bochurim Lined Up as the Elderly Gaon Personally Washed Their Hands
A rare and stirring scene unfolded at a Chanukah mesibah held in the home of the venerable gaon, Rav Meir Greineman, where yeshiva bochurim...
Defense Minister: ‘Israel Will Never Leave the Territory of Gaza’
Speaking Thursday at the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva Network and Makor Rishon’s National Education Conference, Defense Minister Yisroel Katz delivered a wide-ranging address touching on...
Netanyahu On Trial: Case 4000 Unravels As Witness Exposes Alleged Suppression of Exculpatory Evidence
By Alex Traiman
Case 4000—the most serious and consequential of the criminal cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—has long been portrayed by prosecutors as...
Lebanon Key Terrorist from Iranian ‘Quds Force’ Eliminated
In a joint statement issued Thursday, the Israeli military warned that it will continue to act decisively against Iranian-backed threats, declaring, “The IDF and...
Israeli To Be Charged With Spying For Iran Near Ex-PM Bennett’s Home
Israeli security forces announced Thursday they had detained an Israeli citizen on suspicion of espionage on behalf of Iran, including photographing “areas near” the...
Powerball Ticket Holder Wins $1.82B Jackpot, Second-Largest Prize In Lottery History
An Arkansas lottery ticket sold for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing has claimed a staggering $1.82 billion prize, making it the second-largest jackpot ever awarded...
Matzav Inbox: The Shtreimel Clown Show
Dear Matzav Inbox,
There was a time when a shtreimel was a symbol of dignity and inherited mesorah. It sat on a head quietly, without...
Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein at Sefer Launch: “We Too Have ‘Bombs’ Against Iran — Our...
An emotional l’chaim gathering was held this week in the home of Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein, marking the publication of his new sefer Eshmera Shabbos....
Abe Foxman Says Netanyahu Privately Admitted Appointments of Ben Gvir, Smotrich Were a Mistake
A senior American Jewish activist claims that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu privately acknowledged that appointing Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich to senior...
Sa’ar: Foreign Powers Can’t Deny Jewish Right To Live In The Land Of Israel
A group of Western governments issued a joint declaration on Wednesday condemning Israel’s approval of additional communities in Judea and Samaria, warning that the...
MORE HATE: Police Probe Suspected Antisemitic Arson After Chanukah Sign Car Torched in Melbourne
Australian authorities are probing a possible hate-related incident after a vehicle displaying a message marking Chanukah was deliberately burned in Melbourne, prompting concern within...
Lifelines
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipshutz
The eight days of Chanukah, which ended this week, were a celebration of many things, among them emunah and bitachon. The...
North Korea Tests New Missile, Kim Warns of ‘Inevitable’ Nuclear Expansion
North Korea has continued its stepped-up weapons activity, following a series of missile launches over the past two years that have been accompanied by...
Tobin: Mamdani’s Team of Jew-Haters Will Change New York
By Jonathan S. Tobin
The most important thing about the Anti-Defamation League’s latest “Mamdani Monitor” is that its results were so unsurprising and generated few headlines in...
Iran Rejects US Offer Of Nuclear Talks In Testy UN Security Council Meeting
The United States remains open to nuclear pact talks with Iran, which again rejected Washington’s advances during a United Nations Security Council meeting.
The session...
Stoliner Rebbe on Smartphones: “Saying It’s Dangerous Is Like Saying Not to Drive a...
During a tish at the main beis medrash of the Karlin-Stolin chassidus in Givat Ze’ev, the Stoliner Rebbe addressed one of the most sensitive...
Chevron Rosh Yeshiva Rav Dovid Cohen Rejects Bismuth Draft Law: “There Is Nothing to...
The controversy surrounding Israel’s proposed draft legislation intensified Wednesday night after Rav Dovid Cohen, rosh yeshiva of Chevron Yeshiva, issued a sweeping and...
Dangerous Flu Mutation Sweeps Nation As Experts Warn of ‘Pretty Severe Variant’
Health officials are warning that this year’s flu season is being shaped by a particularly transmissible and hard-hitting strain that is rapidly gaining ground...
Abbas Admits Loyalty to Terrorists, Praises Them as “Our Righteous Ones”
Mahmoud Abbas has openly acknowledged that the Palestinian Authority remains loyal to terrorists who murder and attack Jews, publicly affirming support that Israeli officials...
Knesset Speaker Amir Ochana Backs Civil Marriage Bill, Sparking Fury in Chareidi Parties
Knesset Speaker Amir Ochana of the Likud voted Wednesday in favor of an opposition-sponsored bill promoting civil marriage in Israel, despite clear coalition opposition...
US Bomb Plot Ringleader Called Herself a “Hamas Fangirl,” Indictment Says
Federal prosecutors say four California activists who allegedly prepared a coordinated bombing campaign also repeatedly voiced violent threats toward Israel and openly embraced Hamas,...
DAMNING ACCUSATION: Released Hostage Segev Kalfon Says Government Chose War Over His Life
Speaking publicly months after his release from Gaza, Segev Kalfon accused Israel’s leadership of prosecuting the war against Hamas while leaving him to pay...
