An Educator’s Credo, Rabbi Yisrael Blumenfeld

“Rebby”, Rabbi Hillel Belsky

Teaching Moral Sensitivity-And Truth, Heshy Grossman

When A History Class Contains Torah Lessons, Yaakov Astor

In Search Of Chavie-A Case History, Malky Brailofsky

Confessions of an Outreach “Professional”, Eli Gewirtz

BOOKS IN REVIEW: Halacha In Daily Life

The Healing Visit. Insights Into The Mitzvah Of Bikur Cholim,/The First Seven Days /Why? Reflections On The Loss Of A Loved One/Toras Hayoledes, Jewish Laws Of Child Birth/The Path Of The Righteous Gentile/The Concise Code Of Jewish Law /Understanding The Jewish Calendar/ Avoiding Interest

Letters To The Editor

POETRY:

The Fire Within, Elana Aron

Real Tears, Sheindel Weinbach

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From Kiev, With Hope, Yehoshua Weber

” … ” with and without comment: The Hundred Thousandth Immigrant, Shmuel Shnitzer

Rabbi Steinsaltz’s Approach To The Oral Tradition-Revisited

A Letter And A Response: Rabbi Matis Greenblatt/ Rabbi Joseph Elias

Good Grief: Conventional Guidelines For Unconventional Situations, Dr. Meir Wikler

Measure For Measure, Hanoch Teller

Statement From The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

BOOKS IN REVIEW: Stories-Insight Into A Nation’s Soul

Around The Maggid’s Table/The Light From Dvinsk/Reb Aryah/The Maggid Of Mezeritch/People Form The Lands Of The Living/The Bostoner/Silence Is Thy Praise/I Lift My Eyes/Reb Chaim Gelb, A Life Of Chesed/The Way It Was/Pichifkes/

From The Archives:

Rabbi Aharon Kotler’s Anival In Amertca

Letters To The Editor

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“Where There’s A Rabbinic Will, There’s A Halachic Way”-Fact Or Fiction, Rabbi Yissocher Frand

The Torah Jew, Child Of Eternity, Horav Elazar M. Schach Shlit”a

Beyond Time And Place: Transmitting The Mesora Through Ever-Changing Circumstances, Rabbi Zelig Epstein Shlit”a

Gemora: A Circular Road Map For The Straight Route To Growth In Jewish Life And Understanding

A Question By The Waterfall, Yaakov Lavon

The Benefits Of Aloneness, Noach Orlowek

Standing Alone, Yaffa Ganz

POETRY:

Ezekiel In The Garden, Chaim Feinberg

POETRY:

The Seed Of Hope, Mrs. Shaindel Weinbach

Letters To The Editor

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THE MUSSAR IMPERATIVE:

Meeting The Moral Challenges Of Contemporary Life, Rabbi Yehuda Mendelson

The “Halachic Health Care Proxy”: An Insurance Policy With Unique Benefits, Chaim David Zwiebel

“What Is Happening To American Jewry?”, Nissan Wolpin

A Link To The Past… Hope For The Future, Yisroel Meiri

BOOKS IN REVIEW:  The Holocaust: Personal Accounts

GO, My Son • Light In The Darkness • Survivors, Chiildren Of The Holocaust• They Called Me Frau Anna •Late Shadows• With Fury Poured Out• Operation: Torah Rescue • The Shanghai Connection • Both Sides Of The Wire •

FROM THE ARCHIVES:

Reb Chaim Ozer Grodzenski, Reb Chaim Brisker. And The Founding Of The Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Of Agudath Israel. Rabbi Moshe Kolodny

The Extraordinary Opportunities Surrounding Tthe Airlift Of Soviet Jews-a Memorandum

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

More On The Tuition Crisis In Yeshivos • Avi Moses Responds

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A Time To Be Still: Coming To Grips With Tragedy, Ben Tzion Kokis

Reflections Of A Parent, Ephraim Milch

POETRY: My Children’s Brother, Malka Schaps

Fifty Years After The Churban, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz

Dark Shadows In The Kitchen: A Housewife Views The Holocaust, Sarah Shapiro

CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE:

Bringing The Torah Message To The Secular Israeli, Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Reh Chaim Ozer Grodzensky Zt”l: Fifty Years Since His Passing, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

P.S. “The Russians Are Here. What Can We Do?”

POETRY: Different Or Similar, Blimie Friedman

SECOND LOOKS: Do Ultra-Orthodox Jews Exist?

POETRY: Wonder Woman, Bracha Drnss Goetz

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THE NINTH SMJM HASHAS-DAF YOMI:

Historic Demonstration Of Love For Torah

Personal Reflections On Being There, Dr. Meir Wikler

A View From The Gallery

REMEMBERING REB BEINUSH FINKEL Zt”l:

A Gem Called “Yashpe,” Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

A Light For The World, Rabbi Yechiel Yitzclwk Perr

REACHING OUT TO THE LONELY AND THE UNATTACHED:

An Overview, Rabbi Dovid Cohen

Connecting The Unattached, Yaakov Salomon. C.S.W.

This Side Of The Fence, Miss Anon

BOOKS IN REVIEW: Educating Our Children

Successful Chinuch/Shma Beni/A Collection Of Pedagogic Articles/Straight From The Heart/ Raising Children To Care/The Delicate Balance/ Reaching The Stars/Growing With My Children
Also: Reflections/Wildflower

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Bringing Judaism To The Jews Of Russia

Letters To The Editor

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The Ninth Siyum Hashas Of Daf Yomi

Past Siyumim-Samplings From The Press

Remembering The Second Siyum Basbas In Lublin, Joseph Friedenson

Reflections On Learning The Daf Yomi, Jacob I. Friedman

“When Do You Have A Chance To Prepare?”, Confessions Of A Maggid Shiur

The History And Development Of Shas Publishing, Jack Goldman

Of Unity And Purity, Slonimer Rebbe (Rabbi Sholom Noach Berezovsky), translated by Rabbi Avrohom J. Davis

Dawn Breaks Over Yurmala, Rabbi Moshe M. Eisemann

Yurmala Jottings, Chaim Finkel

Yurmala Notes, Leah Burztyn and Sarah Spero

SECOND LOOKS ON THE JEWISH SCENE:

Orlovsky On The Planet Of The Apes, Shlomo Berger

Letters To The Editor

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Pageantry With A Purpose, Yaakov Salomon

The Overwhelming Power Of “Emes,” Rabbi Shimon Schwab

On The Road From Midyan To Mitzrayim, The Milah Of Eliezer Ben Moshe, Rabbi Nesanel Kasnett

Our Man On Campus, Chaim Chlorfene

BOOKS IN REVIEW: THE WORLD OF HALACHA:

The Sephardic Connection
Brachos In Daily Life
The Power Of The Spoken Word
Key Works On The Shabbos
New Haggados

An Author Defends His Work… And The Reviewer Responds

SECOND LOOKS:

A Love-Song For Pesach, Yaakov Lavon
The Cards Are Not For Flipping, Chonon Shugannan

POETRY:

Washing Dishes, Sarah Shapiro

Letters To The Editor

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REACH OUT AND TEACH SOMEONE:

Starting At The Point He’s Coming From, Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Taking A Leap From Teshuva To Kiruv, Abby Mendelson

Kollel BaMidbar, Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg

To The Rabbi’s Wife, a poem by Bracha Druss Goetz

Cholent, Anna Gotlieb

Eretz Yisroel, Zionism, And Medinas Yisroel In The Philosophy Of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

For The Younger Set
For The Older Reader
Historical Novels
Mystery, Detective And Contemporary Fiction

SECOND LOOKS ON THE JEWISH SCENE:

“A Time to Build”: Build What?, Levi Reisman and Nissan Wolpin

Letters To The Editor

Index To Articles And Authors, Volume XXII

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The Bluzhever Rebbe Zt”l, A Biographical Appreciation, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

Popularizing The Talmud, An Analytical Study Of The Steinsaltz Approach To Talmud, Rabbi Joseph Elias

The Human Rights Bill In Israel, Ezriel Toshavi

Funding Torah Education: Anatomy Of A Crisis, Avi Moses

BOOKS IN REVIEW: CLASSICS:

The Essential Torah Teminah/Studies In The Weekly Parshah/Torat Moshe/Ibn Ezra On Hoshea/The Family Chumash/The Ways of Reason/A Letter For The Ages/Gesher Hachaim/Reb Chaim’s Discourses/Tractate Kiddushin, According To The Meiri                                                                                 -Also: Additional Volumes in Existing Series

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