The Jewish Observer Vol. 42 No. 2 May 2009/Nissan 5769

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE:

READERS’ FORUM

LETTER FROM :

THE PRICE OF DECEPTION, Yonoson Rosenblum

STRIVING FOR THE BAYIS NE’EMAN BEYISROEL:

OF REALITY AND FANTASY IN SHIDDUCHIM, based on a presentation by Shmuel Dishon

ENHANCING THE KEDUSHA OF THE JEWISH HOME, based on a presentation by Rabbi Yeruchom Pitter

GUARDIANS OF THE NATION’S SANCTUARIES, Rabbi Dovid Elias

WHAT IS SHOLOM BAYIS? Dov Finkelstein, LMSW

WHEN CHILDREN STRAY, based on an address by Rabbi Salomon

WINNING THE BLAME GAME, LOSING THE WAR, Mrs. Rifka Schonfeld

STOP CALLING ME NAMES, Mendel Horowitz MS MARKING A SPECIAL OCCASION:

KIDDUSH KACHAMA, Rabbi Joseph Breuer, Zt”l

MARKING THE PASSAGE OF TIME THROUGH Birkas Hachama, Gerald Deutscher

REMEMBERING THE WARSAW GHETTO OF SPIRITUAL HEROES AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERS, Mr. Joseph Friedenson, translated by Elozor Halpert

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 9 December 2009/Kislev 5769

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

SHARING THE BURDENS OF OUR FELLOWS:

SAVING KLAL YISROEL WITH CHESSED, Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg THE AWESOME POWER OF HAMISPALEL BE’AD CHAVEIRO, Rabbi Heshy Kleinman

DIMENSIONS OF AN AMEIL BATORAH: RABBI SHMUEL BERENBAUM, Zt”l Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

THE CLUTTERED NEST… Marsha Smagley

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

SOME LESS OBVIOUS LESSONS FROM THE MAYORAL ELECTION, Yonoson Rosenblum

HIGHER LIGHTS OF CHANUKAH:

THE CANDLES AND THE STARS, Rabbi Yonoson Goldson

WAKE UP AND FIGHT, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

PLEASE KEEP THE SHADES DOWN! Rabbi Sholom Srnith

ZOS CHANUKAH, A POEM BY Liba Lieberrnan

REALLY MISSING IT, A POEM BY Bracha Goetz

“ISH YEHUDI”: THE LIFE AND THE LEGACY OF A TORAH GREAT, RAV JOSEPH TZVI CARLEBACH, A REVIEW ARTICLE BY Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

REMEMBERING THE PONOVEZHER RAV Zt”l, CHAPTER TWO, FROM THE MEMOIRS OF Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz

Download (PDF, 4.67MB) The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 8 November 2008/Cheshvan 5769

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

MESSAGES FROM OUR CURRENT CRISIS:

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION

THE CURRENT CRISIS AND ITS CAUSES, BASED ON AN ESSAY BY Rabbi Elchanan Bunim Wasserman, Zt”l

THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE, Rabbi Shlorno Furst, BASED ON LECTURES BY RABBI CHAIM PINCHAS SCHEINBERG, Shlit”a

A LETTER FROM RABBI MICHEL YEHUDA LEFKOWTZ, Shlit”a

THE FINANCIAL MARKET MELTDOWN: AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CHALLENGE TO BE NOSEI BE’OL IM CHAVEIRO, Dr. Meir Wikler

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

DEMORALIZING OBSTINACY: PRIME MINISTER OLMERT’S REFUSAL TO GO QUIETLYY INTO THE NIGHT, Yonoson Rosenblum REMEMBERING THE PONOVEZHER RAV, FROM THE MEMOIRS OF RABBI SHLOMO LORINCZ

OF PUBLIC RECORD

TIME TO RECONNECT… AND DISCONNECT, Rabbi Avi Shafran

A QUIET VOICE IN THE THUNDER, INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM MRS. ESTHER FARBSTEIN IS HIDDEN IN THUNDER. PERSPECTIVES ON FAITH, HALACHA AND LEADERSUIP DURING THE HOLOCAUST, Mrs. Shira Schmidt

MOTIVATING OUR CHILDREN: WHOSE JOB IS IT ANYVVAY? Mrs. Rifka Schonfeld

MUSIC AT CELEBRATIONS;

TONE IT DOWN, Rabbi Pinchos Jung

THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD!, Dr Levi Reiter

KEEPERS OF THE FAITH?, Rabbi Naftali Hoff

MUSINGS:

WE LOVED OUR ALTEH BOBBEH, BUT HER NAME WILL NEVER DO, Dr Bernard Fryshman

SECOND THOUGHTS ON NAMING FOR THE BOBBEH, Rabbi Mendel Weinbach

BUBBIE, A POEM BY Chaim Kwass

REVIEW OF RABBI SHIMON FINKELMAN’S BELOVED BY ALL, Rabbi Yosef C. Golding

Download (PDF, 4.59MB) The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 7 October 2008/Tishrei 5769

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

READERS’ FORUM

SUKKOS INSPIRATIONS:

DANCE WITH JOY, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

THE SUKKAH OF THE WORLD, Rabbi Yonoson Goldson

THEY NEITHER WITHER NOR FADE: THE MITZVOS OF SUKKOS, Yossi Huttler

THE STORY BEHIND THE ESROG, Ari Z. Zivotovsky and Ari Greenspan

FOOD FOR THOUGHT – A TISHREI PERSPECTIVE, Eli Gleiser

“WHY AREN’T ALL RELIGIOUS JEWS VEGETARIANS?” Miriam Kosman LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

SEPARATE SWIMMING AND HARVARD. . . AND US, Yonoson Rosenblum

DIALOGUE IN HARMONY, Mrs. Amilee Jakobovits And Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld

OF PUBLIC RECORD

IF TRUTH BE YOUR LODESTAR: THE LIFE OF RABBI SHABBESAI HAKOHEIN, Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 6 September 2008/Elul 5768

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

UNITY IS NOT ON THE HORIZON, Yonoson Rosenblum

NEITHER HEKHSHER, NOR TZEDEK, Rabbi Avi Shafran

ELUL: PREPARING FOR A NEW START:

STAYING ON TRACK IN TURBULENT TIMES, Rabbi Aaron BrafMan

NEVER AGAIN. . . AGAIN, Naftali Versschleiser

FROM BEAR STEARNS TO BAVA METZIA, Andrew Neff

FROM KOLLEL TO THE WORKPLACE, Yossi Heber

SHOFAROS: ARE THEY ALL THE SAME? Rabbi Ari Z. Zivotovsky and Ari Greenspan

RABBI BORUCH BORCHARDT, Zt”l:

INSPIRED BY RABBI BORUCH BORCHARDT Zt”l, BASED ON A TRIBUTE BY Rabbi Yitzchok Borchardt

RABBI BORCHARDT IS THE DADDY OF US ALL, Rabbi Yosef C. Golding

OF PUBLIC RECORD

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 5 June/Summer 2008/Sivan Tammuz 5768

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

REMEMBERING RABBI BORUCH BORCHARDT Zt”l:

OF RESPONSIBILITY AND GOODNESS, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

SEASONAL REFLECTIONS:

ALEINU ON TISHA BE’AV

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

CAN THE CHAREIDIM SAVE ? Yonoson Rosenblum

OF PUBLIC RECORD

RABBI SHMUEL BERENBAUM Zt”l:

A TALMID’S APPRECIATION Rabbi Yaakov Bender

MEMORIES OF THE MIR’S EARLY YEARS IN AMERICA, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman, as heard from the Novominsker Rebbe Shlit”a

EIN Tov ELLA TORAH — THERE IS NO “GOOD” OTHER THAN TORAH, Rabbi Eliezer Ginsburg

RABBI SHMUEL BERENBAUM Zt”l, QUINTESSENTIAL MASMID AND YET…, Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff Shlit”a

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH RAV SHMUEL BERENBAUM, Ruben Schron

RABBI HENACH LEIBOWITZ Zt”l:

70 YEARS OF KIDDUSH SHEM SHAMAYIM, Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg

A TALMID’S PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, Yitzchok Brandriss

MUSINGS:

FEELING EASY IN THE HARNESS, The Bostoner Rebbe Shlit”a

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 4 May 2008/Iyar 5768

May 1, 2009 IN THIS ISSUE

NOTED IN SORROW:

RABBI ALTER CHANOCH HENACH LEIBOWITZ Zt”l Rabbi Aryeh Z Ginzberg

RABBI URI SHRAGA HAKOHEIN HELLMAN Zt”l

RABBI MOSHE SHERER Zt”l HIS TENTH YAHRZEIT:

THE INDELIBLE IMPRINT, Rabbi Nisson Wolpin

REMEMBERING RABBI MOSHE SHERER Zt”l, Rabbi Nosson Scherman

CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF TORAH JEWRY IN THE UNITED STATES, Chaim Dovid Zwiebel

HALACHA IN THE BUSINESS WORLD:

REACHING FOR TZEDDEK UMISHPAT, Yisroel Lazerson

SUB-PRIME MORTGAGES – SUB PRIME HALACHA, Rabbi Ari Marburger

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM: lSRAEL AT 60, Yonoson Rosenblum

SHAVUOS REFLECTIONS: “VESEIN BELIBEINU,” RABBI YAAKOV WEINBERG

“HASMADA 101,” ELIYAHU MEIR

BOOK IN REVIEW:

REVIEW OF RABBI PAYSACH KROHN’S BOOK TRAVELING WITH THE MAGGiD: A JOURNEY TO GREAT TORAH CENTERS OF YESTERYEAR, BY Rabbi l.abish Becker

A BIG MAN WITH AN EVEN BIGGER HEART, Mrs. Shari Glixman

MUSING:

LESSONS FROM BYPASS SURGERY, Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Brafrnan

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 3 April 2008/Nisan 5768

May 1, 2009 IN THIS ISSUE

A TRAGEDY CLOSE TO HOME, Yonoson Rosenblum

ZECHOR YEMOS OLAM… REMEMBER THE DAYS OF YORE:

A “FORGOTTEN” EVENT WITH HISTORIC CONSEQUENCES, Joseph Friedenson

IN THE AURA OF THE KOPYCZNITZER REBBE, RABBI SHLOMO LORINCZ

MIRRER IMAGE: OF PEOPLE, PLACES AND POWERFUL IMPRINTS, YAACOV POLSKIN

OF PUBLIC RECORD

PESACH: THE FESTIVAL OF REDEMPTION:

THE FOURTH REDEMPTION, Simcha Leib Grossbard

WHEN DO WE BAKE THE MATZAH THIS YEAR? ARI Z. ZIVOTOFSKY AND ARI Y GREENSPAN

MUSINGS:

HEARING WITH YOUR BRAIN, Rabbi Shmuel Bloom Download (PDF, 5.44MB)

The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 2 March 2008/Adar II 5768

May 1, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

READERS’ FORUM

CHOOSING PRIORITIES:

A BEN TORAH IN THE WORKPLACE: BALANCING OPPORTUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS, Rabbi Fishel Mael, Ph.D

“WHAT DO I SAY?” “WHAT SHOULD I DO?” CHALLENGES FOR THE BAS YISROEL IN THE WORKPLACE, Rivka Schonfeld

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM: GROWING PAINS, Yonoson Rosenblum

OF PUBLIC RECORD

CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE ROSE AND THE THORN, a poem by Mrs. B. Susholz

MISHENICHNAS ADAR … A TIME FOR JOY:

THE ARBA PARASHIYOS, Rabbi Yononson Goldson, adapted from a shiur by Rabbi Nachman Bulman Zt”l

MINCHA REFLECTIONS, Yossi Huttler

PURIM: THE FINE LINE OF WINE, Rabbi Shlomo Furst, based on lectures of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg ZT”L

THE DELIGHTS OF ADAR: A DOUBLE DOSE, S. Horowitz

MUSINGS:

NO ORDINARY TUESDAY, Chaim David Zwiebel

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No.1 January/February 2008/ Shevat/Adar 5768

May 1, 2009 IN THIS ISSUE

NOTED IN SORROW, RAV SHMUEL BERENBAUM ZT”L

READERS’ FORUM

YERUSHALAYIM, ETERNAL … AND INDIVISABLE:

ETERNAL SOURCE OF STRENGTH, based on an address by the Novominsker Rebbe Shlit”a

THE CHALLENGE OF KOL YISROEL AREIVIM ZEH LAZEH, based on an address by Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon Shlit”a

GREETINGS FROM THE HOLY CITY, from an address by the Mayor of Yerushalayim, Uri Lopoliansky

LETTER FROM JERUSALEM:

OUR CURRENT FOCUS: BEYOND YERUSHALAYIM, Yonoson Rosenblum

HEALTH CARE: WHERE IS THE MASHGIACH? Barbara A. Olevitch, Ph.D

LEARNING FROM REB ZEIDEL EPSTEIN ZT”L Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

A LESSON FROM GLOBAL WARMING, Yisrael Rutman

POSTSCRIPT: “TEACH YOUR CHILDREN … “ INTERVIEW WITH RABBI MOSHE GOLDSTEIN, translated by Libby Lazewnik Pheterson

CHINUCH AT ITS BEST, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski

OF PUBLIC RECORD

MUSINGS:

TYPESETTER Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

MEETING RABBI YERUCHEM LEVOVITZ ZT”L, from the memoirs of Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz

INDEX TO ARTICLES: AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS

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