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The Jewish Observer Vol. 42 No. 2 May 2009/Nissan 5769,The Jewish The Jewish Observer Vol. 42 No. 2 May 2009/Nissan 5769 May 1, 2009 IN THIS ISSUE: READERS’ FORUM LETTER FROM JERUSALEM: THE PRICE OF DECEPTION, Yonoson Rosenblum STRIVING FOR THE BAYIS NE’EMAN BEYISROEL: OF REALITY AND FANTASY IN SHIDDUCHIM, based on a presentation by Rabbi 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 Matisyahu 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 Download (PDF, 4.47MB) 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 Download (PDF, 4.95MB) 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 Download (PDF, 5.8MB) 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 ISRAEL? 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 Download (PDF, 4.77MB) 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 Download (PDF, 5.29MB) 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. 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