The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 10 December 1998/Kislev 5759

A Divine Frown, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman

A Conflict Of Cultures, Jeremy Kagan

Chanuka And The Paradox Of Jewish Unity, David Sears

Good Chumros?, Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

Rabbi Mordechai Rogow Zt”l, On His Thirtieth Yahrzeit, Rabbi Ben-Zion Rand

SECOND LOOKS:

Weapons Of Ahavas Chinam, Mrs. T Gootblatt

Rabbi Scheinberg’s Laughter, Sarah Shapiro

An Out-Of-Town Tradition, Becky Amster

Hashgacha Prattis & Amein Chatufa, Rabbi Hillel Litwak

Why Tim Stood Through “Aleinu,” Henoch Plotnik

Jump Start, Delay, And A Siyum, Mordechai Tobin

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

Expanding On The Parsha – In Breadth And In Depth, Rabbi Nesanel Kasnett/Rabbi Yisroel Hisiger

Letters to the Editor

Dateline 84 William St.

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 9 November 1998/Cheshvan 5759

The Devaluation Of Man, Rabbi Moshe Young

To Teach And To Touch: A Tribute to Rabbi Dovid Heckscher, Zecher Tzadik Levrocho, Rabbi Hanoch Teller

A Rebbi’s Confession, Anonymous/prepared for publication by Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum and Rabbi Zalman Wald

Yeshiva-Day Memories: Lomza and Baranowitz, Rabbi Chaim Shapiro

The Casualties Of Success, Dr. Meir Wikler

Reclaiming Kamocha, Chana Juravel

SECOND LOOKS:

Intersecting Objections, Dr. Bernard Fryshman

POSTSCRIPT:

The Story Behind The Picture, Rabbi Chaim Aron Weinberg

Popular Siddurim, a review article by Rabbi Berl Wein

Eretz HaTzvi, reviewed by Rabbi Laibish Becker

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 8 October 1998/Tishrei 5759

Where Are We Heading? – Our Latest Encounters With Western Culture, Rabbi Aaron Brafman

Leading Aspirations, Rabbi Yisroel Miller

Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz Zt”l: A Revolutionary Of Our Time, Yonoson Rosenblum

A Gift Passed Along, Sarah Shapiro

Post-Yom Kippur Reflections: From Fasting To Feasting. . .To Triumph?, Yosef M. Gesser

Succos Musings: Then I Understood, Mrs. Dina Smith

“Shomer Psa’im Hashem – G·d Guards Fools”: Commentary Or License?, Chaim Kuperwasser

SECOND LOOKS:

One By One, To Torah, Bernard Fryshman

A Model Agudist, Reh Chi’el Anisfeld A”H

A Statement By Agudath Israel Concerning The Current Situation In The White House

LETTER AND RESPONSE:

Feminism and Orthodoxy

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 7 September 1998/Elul 5758

Thoughts And Images For Yom Kippur Eve, Rabbi Yitzchok lsbee Zt”l

The Soulful Cry Of The Shofar, Jeremy Kagan

Revisiting “Tashlich,” Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum

A Summons To The Yom HaDin, Elimelech Meisels

AN HISTORIC EVENT:

Introduction, Rabbi Nissan Wolpin

“Let It Be Like These And Like Those,” Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow Shlit”a

Hosting A Gadol BeYisroel, Avraham Biderman

An Opportunity To See And To Learn, Yisroel Leizerson

Hacham Ben Sion Abba Shaul Zt”l, Rabbi David Sutton

POSTSCRIPT:

From Station To Station, Akiva Davidsen

SECOND LOOKS:

The Hillel Hoax, Rabbi Avi Shafran

Letters To The Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 6 Summer 1998/Menachem Av 5758

Introduction

With An Appreciation By Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Shlit”a

A life Of Ribbui K’vod Shamayim, Rabbi Nissan Wolpin

Biographical Notes

Portrait Of A leader, Robbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman

SIDEBARS: Dr Irving Lebovics. Professor Larry Katz; Robbi Laibish Becker; Dr Yitzchak Perle; Rabbi Nesanel Kasnett

FIRST ENCOUNTERS, LASTING IMPRESSIONS:

Dr. Ernst L. Bodenheimer

Rabbi Chaskel Besser

Rabbi Berel Wein

Rabbi Avi Shafran

HIS FOCUS: EMES

Rabbi Moshe Sherer – Parnes Hador, Rabbi Shmuel Bloom

SETTING A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR ORTHODOXY:

The Man In The Corner, Rabbi Nosson Scherman and Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz

A Great leader…And A Master Teacher, Rabbi Shlomo Gertzulin

Basic Training, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz

HIS AGENDA: A MATTER OF KLAL YISROEL

Personal Reflections, Rabbi Herman N. Neuberger

A life Of…Is It Good For The Jews?, Menachem Lubinsky

HIS LEGACY:

In A League By Himself, Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

The Unfinished Agenda, Rabbi Joseph Elias

AS HIS SON REMEMBERS HIM:

A Father To Me, A Father To Kial Yisroel, Rabbi Shimshon Sherer

HIS CHARGE TO THE NEW GENERATION:

True And Unwavering: The Proper Course For The Torah Jew, prepared for publication by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

P.S. FROM HIS OWN PEN:

Bishtei Ainayim, Talking To The Wall

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 5 May 1998/Sivan 5758

The Exalted Status Of The Beis Din Process, Rabbi Avrohom Pam

Respect For The Halachic Legal System, The Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow

Shavuos In Ger, Avrohom Ziemba, translated & prepared for publication by Sarah Shapiro

Siyum On Pesachim, Mordechoi Tobrn

Reflections Of Fifty Years Since The Declaration Of The State, Rabbi Nisson Wolpin

“AM ECHAD” UPDATE:

From Harvard To Har Nof (And Back To Harvard!)…,Chanan Gordon

Fear And Loathing In Jewish America: Choice Selections From Am Echad’s Mailbag, Rabbi Avi Shafran

Feminism-A Force That Will Split Orthodoxy?, Levi Reisman

” … ” (WITH AND WITHOUT COMMENT): T.V. Stretches Limits ofTaste, to Little Outcry

Letters To the Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 4 April 1998/Nissan 5758

PESACH READINGS:

Imitation, Limitation And Nationhood, Sholom Scheinberg

Whisper Above The Roar: Making The Case For Subtlety, Rabbi Matis Roberts

Pivotal Mitzvos In The Building Of Our Nation, Rabbi Zev Cohen

TEACHING COMMUNICATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS:

The Write Stuff, Rabbi Yitzchok Kasnett

The Mandate To Communicate Torah In The Vernacular, Rabbi Nosson Scherman

A Letter With A Comment

“Don’t Hijack My Sarah Schenirer!,” Sarah Herman Cohen

Planting An “AiSheL” In Your Home, Dr Meir Wikler

V’YESH OMRIM…AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT SAY:

Oh, What A Tangled Web!, Dr Bernard Fryshrnan

It All Started With A Gift, Dina Smith

POSTSCRIPT:

The Unbroken Glass, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

Not Just Stories And Lights Along The Way, reviewed by D.M. Ernest

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

DATELINE: 84 WILLIAM STREET

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 3 March 1998/Adar 5758

Windows Of Heaven, Rabbi Shimon Finkelman

G-d Centered Or Rebbe/Messiah-Centered: Which Is Normative Judaism?, Rabbi Chaim Dov Keller

Hospice Care: Can It Have A Jewish Heart?, Rabbi Yosef Stern

Louis J. Septimus: An Exemplary Torah Baalebos, Yonason Rosenblum

Drunk On Stories, A Review Article by Hillel Goldberg

POSTSCRIPT:

The Most Recent Guest, Anonymous

POETRY:

On The Avenue, Beily Palluch

Letters-To-The-Editor

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 2 February 1998/Shevat 5758

The Gaon Of Vilna-Two Hundred Years Since His Passing, Rabbi Yaakov Feitman

Their Outside And Their Inside, Rabbi Shlomo M. Breslauer

Less Than A Minyan, But Still A Community, Jeffrey B. Schreck

Remembering Reb Yisroel Meir, Rabbi Yechiel Perr

Parents Getting Down About Their Children Not Getting Up, Meir Wikler

The Hunt For Buried Treasures In The Ukraine, Sarah Shapiro

SECOND LOOKS:

The New York Board Of Rabbis – Role Models For Religious Cooperation in Israel?

Keeping Jerusalem Jewish

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

The Malbim Esther/Torah From the Internet/After The Return, Yonoson Rosenblum

Letters-To-The-Editor

Dateline: 84 William Street: The Am Echad Delegation

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The Jewish Observer Vol. 31 No. 1 January 1998/Shevat 5758

Seizing The Silver Lining, Rabbi Avi Shafran

A Call To Men Of Integrity, Rabbi Moshe Sherer

The Denver Joint Conversion Plan: History – And Revisionist History, Hillel Goldberg

All in the Family (Sometimes), Nissan Wolpin

An Appreciation of Rabbi Yehudah Naftali Mandelbaum Zt”l, Yonason Rosenblum

The Perversion of Truth, Rabbi Joseph Elias

SECOND LOOKS:

Protest Pays, Eliyohu Moyer

Letters-To-The-Editor

Index To Volume XXX (Authors And Subjects)

Dateline: 84 William Street: Saying “Y.E.S.” To Our Disaffected Youth

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