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
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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 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
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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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