The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 9 December 1989/Kislev 5750

Opportunity Knocks, Again. The Russians Are Here. What Can We Do?, Rabbi Shmuel Bloom

Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz ‘Zt”l, Fifty Years Since His Passing, Chaim Shapiro

Reb Boruch Ber-A Paradigm Of Wisdom And Piety, Tzvi Zev Aram

Judaica vs. The Classics On The Yeshiva English Department Curriculum, A Letter & Reponse

The Jewish Light Artillery, Yaakov Lavan

POETRY: A Hellenist Left Standing, Bracha Druss Goetz

SECOND LOOKS:

“From Beirut To Jerusalem, by Thomas L. Friedman”, Behind The Prize-Winning By-Line

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 8 November 1989/Cheshvan 5750

The Pursuit Of Happiness, Social Decay, And The Jew, Rabbi Aaron Brafman

TORAH IN AMERICA: THE EARLY STRUGGLES:

Rabbi Zalman Yaakov Friederman-A Champion Of Torah In America At the Turn Of The Century, Dr. Meir Wikler

The Development of American Torah Jewry, A Review Article:

Heritage of Faith/The Maverick Rabbi/A Fire In His Soul/ Returning To Tradition, The Contemporary Revival Of Orthodox Judaism/Crisis And Hope/Sacred Survival/Beyond The Secular Mind/The Final Resolution

SPOTLIGHT ON CHESSED:

Private Enterprise: A Look At Chessed Activities In Jerusalem, Ruth Steinberg

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 7 October 1989/Tishrei 5750

BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN A TORAH FAMILY:

Parent To Child: Conveying Values, Attitudes & Understandings, Rabbi Yitzchok Kirzner

Vessels Of Holiness, Rabbi Yaakov Feitman

Portrait Of A Great Mechanech, Rabbi Yissachar Frand

A Baal Mussar From Kelm, A Businessman In Pre-War Europe

Memoirs Of My Father, Rabbi Gedalya Dessler Zt”l, told by Devorah Dessler Olstein, written by Miriam Samsonowitz

The Scapegoat-A Yom Kippur Essay, Rabbi A Scheinman

Candyman For A Day, Eliyahu Mayer

POSTSCRIPT:

Without Noise, Chanoch Teller

POETRY:

A Wrinkle In Time, Raezel Bloxenheim

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 6 September 1989/Elul 5749

A Rosh Hashana Experience, Rabbi Berel Berknvits

A Time To Cry, Avi Shafran

Struggling With The “Frumming Process”, Yosef Dov Zipris

The Skolye Rebbe, Shimon Finkelman

A Modest Proposal For A Growing Problem, Mordechai Neustadt

POETRY:

King of Kings, Suri Grunwald
The Credit Is Yours, F.H.

SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE:

The Opening Of A Cheder: A National Alarm?
Who Is A Jew-Continued
Honey For Rosh Hashana, Dovid Goldwasser

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 5 Summer 1989/Tammuz 5749

Iran After Khomeini, Shlomo Berger

SURVIVING ADVERSITY WITH FAITH:

Over My Shoulder, Emuna Shines Down, Chaim Shapiro
The Lifestyles Of The Childless Poor, Anonymous
Teachers, Labels, And Mirrors, David Wax

POETRY:

High In The Hills Of Yerushalayim, by Malky Brailofsky

COMMUNICATING WITH RUSSIAN JEWS:

In Russian, Nisson Wolpin
With Music, Saralie Faivelson

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch And The Torah Im Derech Eretz Principle: An Editorial Comment

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

Books On Marriage
Personal Growth
Further Volumes In Existing Series

SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE:

Odyssey Of A Failed Experiment

POSTSCRIPT:

When There Is A Need For Distinctions

A Third Look At The Fifth Question Of Pesach

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 4 May 1989/Iyar 5749

Combatting Abortion Distortion, Chaim Dovid Zwiebel

THE LEGACY AND LEGEND OF RABBI MEIR CHODOSH ZT”L:

Without Noise, Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

A Talmid Remembers, Menahem Goldbaum

POSTSCRIPT:

Biographical Afterthoughts, Brocha Isaacs

The Final Exam, Mordechai Kuber

Spending Shabbos In A Modern Hotel, Dr. Elliot Udell

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

JEWISH HISTORY: Am Olam, The Eternal Nation/The lggeres Of Rav Sherira Gaon/Chassidic Rebbes/The Legacy Of Slobodka/ The Chazon Ish/Daughters Of Destiny

HOLOCAUST LITERATURE: Thy Brother’s Blood/Slingshot Of Hell/Exodus From Hungruy/Facing The Holocaust In Budapest

SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE:

Women At The Wall

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 3 April 1989/Nisan 5749

Integrity And Faith In The Market Place, Rabbi Shimon Schwab

The Guy At The Next Computer Terminal, Rabbi Ze’ev Kraines

“…” (with and without comment):

Focus On The Baal Teshuva Scene

Rebbitzin Henkin And Me, A Story by Joanne Jackson Yelenik

“I am G-d-I And No Other,” A Pesach essay by A. Sheinman

Depth Of Vision In Interesting Times, Rabbi Avi Shafran

P.S.:

Answering The Fifth Question, Bas Yehuda

POETRY:

Do You Feel You’re Being Watched?, Bracha Druss Goetz and Chana Zelasko

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

The Hirsch Haggadah/Haggadah Geresh Yerachim/The Sephardi Haggadah

Letters To The Editor

Index To Articles, Volume XXI

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 2 March 1989/Adar II 5749

A SUMMER KOLLEL IN RUSSIA:

Introduction

The Summer Kolle!, Tzvi Zev Arem

Remembering the Machnovke Rebbe Zt”l, Gavriel Munk

“Venehopech Hu”-Redemption by “Reversal”, A Purim essay by A. Scheinman

Mishloach Manos to My Friend, 1942, A poem by Pearl Benish

“Mamme Loshon”: The Third Side Of The Coin, Letters From Readers, With Responses from Dr. Bernard Fryshman and Rabbi Yaakov Bender

Letters To The Editor

SECOND LOOKS ON THE JEWISH SCENE: 

Remembering Priorities, Hanoch Teller

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 22 No. 1 February 1989/Adar 5749

SPIRITUAL HEROISM:

A Russian Jew And His Tefilin, Chaim Shapiro, SEPTEMBER ’69

EUROPE BEFORE WORLD WAR II:

A Shabbos With The Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Shimon Schwab, JANUARY ’84

CHURBAN EUROPE:

A Path Through The Ashes, Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, JUNE ’74

Setting The Record Straight, Gershon Kranzler, NOVEMBER ’71

THE TORAH JEW IN MODERN SOCIETY:

Reward And Punishment, Rabbi Joseph Elias, FEBRUARY ’68

The Child You Lose May Be Your Own, Dr. Bernard Fryshman, FEBRUARY ’74

In Flight From Confrontation, Aaron Twerski, FEBRUARY ’77

Did You Conduct Your Business Affairs With Faith?, Rabbi Avrohom Pam, MAY ’78

Raising A Torah Family, Rabbi Elya Svei, MARCH ’81

MITZVA OBSERVANCE:

“Kutzo Shel Yud”, Aryeh Kaplan Zt”l, SEPTEMBER ’75

Day Of The Donkey, Hanoch Teller, JANUARY ’84

An Open Letter To My Neighbor In Shul, Anonymous, NOVEMBER ’84

THE TESHUVA MOVEMENT:

Four Lives, Rabbi David Gottlieb, APRIL ’86

INTER-RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS:

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not…, Rabbi Nosson Scherman, NOVEMBER ’87

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