Join us for the Annual Community Ohel Shalom Torah Center Friday Night 8:00pm • Feb.23 rd “Are Gadol Biographies Good for Us?”

Shabbat Afternoon 3:30pm • Feb.24 th “The Secular/Religious Divide in Israel: Present Challenges; Future Prospects” Jonathan Rosenblum Columnist, Biographer and Lecturer

Melaveh Malkah 8:00pm Feb.24 th “A Focus on Hashem: Melaveh Malkah held in the An Answer to Many of Ateret Chaya Simcha Hall Ohel Shalom Our Challenges” Torah Center Jonathan Rosenblum — A native of Chicago, Jonathan Rosenblum 2949 West Touhy has lived in Jerusalem since 1979. Beginning in 1989, he has been Chicago, IL 60645 a columnist in nearly every major Anglo-Orthodox publication. Overflow parking available at the JCC Today he writes a weekly column for Mishpacha Magazine and Yated Ne’eman in English. In 1997, Rosenblum became the first Melaveh Malkah regular hareidi columnist in the mainstream Israeli press, when he started writing a weekly column in The Jerusalem Post . Besides Couvert: $50 his twenty-year The Jerusalem Post column, Rosenblum has also written for the Hebrew daily Ma’ariv, and a host of Call 773-465-5274 secular publications, including Commentary, Moment, and or email: The Jewish Week . Rosenblum has been described as “arguably Office@OhelShalom the most widely read and influential hareidi writer in English.” Chicago.org to register for the Rosenblum holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School. Since 1993, Rosenblum has Melaveh Malkah authored ten books, including eight biographies of modern Torah •••••••••••• leaders and a work on theodicy. He also served for a decade as Lectures are held in director of Jewish Media Resources, a media resource for foreign the Sha’are Ezra Main Sanctuary journalists based in Israel, sponsored by Agudath Israel of America.