IN THIS ISSUE

READERS REACT, AUTHORS RESPOND

SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM THOSE WHO KNOW:

EITZA, P’SAK, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING … OR PERHAPS A BERACHA – WHICH ONE DO WE NEED?, Rabbi Chaim Feuerman

ANSWERS ABOUT QUESTIONS, Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz

STAYING ON THE DERECH, Dr.Jacob Mermelstein

REMEMBERING THE ROSH YESHIVA, HAGAON HARAV YITZCHOK HUTNER ZT”L, Rabbi Yitzchok Alster

OPENINGS FOR OUTREACH:

SEARCHING FOR RONI, Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

KIRUV: FRONTLINE IN THE BACKWOODS, Cypora Kleinkaufman

ON THE AGENDA:

LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND SEE, Rabbi Avi Shafran

WHO SPEAKS FOR JEWISH WOMEN?, Rabbi Avi Shafran

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SHAMASH, a poem by Yossi Huttler

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IN THIS ISSUE

NOTED IN SORROW

READERS REACT… AUTHORS RESPOND

RABBI ABBA BERMAN ZT”L, an appreciation by Binyomin Wolpin

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH … FOR MECHANCHIM, Rabbi Label Steinhardt

IGNITING A SPARK FOR MEANINGFUL TEFILLA, a review article by Rabbi Labish Becker

NOTES ON BORCHI NAFSHI, Yisrael Rutman

THE POWER OF THE UNWRITTEN WORD, Dan Roth

A TRIBUTE TO THE BEN TORAH-BAAL HABAYIS:

Rabbi Judah Dick Z”L

LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP: RABBI YISROEL BLOOM ZT”L

BOOKS IN REVIEW:

GUTTA, BY DR. DAVID KRANZLER, reviewed by Dr. Sara Kadosh

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WHERE DO YOU BELONG?, Rabbi Pinchas Jung

THE ESSENTIALS OF EFFECTIVE YAMIM NORA’IM TEFILA, Rabbi Heshy Kleinman

IMPRESSIONS OF RABBI NESANEL QUINN ZT”L, Rabbi Zev Smith

WHO ARE YOUR TEN JEWS?, Rabbi W.

SHELTER BENEATH THE CLOUDS, Rabbi Yisroel Greenwald

ON THE AGENDA:

LIFE INSURANCE – A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY, Dr. Yitzchok Levine

MESSAGE IN THE MAELSTROM, Rabbi Avi Shafran

TOWARDS ETERNITY, a poem by Sora Zaidoff

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES:

LETTING GO, Eliyahu Mayer

DATELINE: HELSJON, SWEDEN, ELUL 5705/1945:

WHY WE WILL NOT BE DAVENING WITH A MINYAN THIS ROSH HASHANA, Rabbi Wolf S. Jacobsohn ZT”L

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

L’SHANAH TOVA GREETINGS

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THE GAZA WITHDRAWAL:

TAKING LEAVE OF GAZA; THE TRAUMA OF WITHDRAWAL, Yonoson Rosenblum

ABANDONING GAZA: LOSING A PART OF OURSELVES, Baruch Leff

RABBI SHLOMO WOLBE ZT”L, THE ALEI SHUR:

THE INNER DIMENSION, Rabbi Yehuda Mendelson

NOT A TALMID BUT A MISLAMED, Menachem Shreibman

MY GRANDFATHER, THE MASHGIACH ZT”L, Eliezer Wolbe

GRANDPARENTS AT RISK, Barbara Olevitch

COLLECTIVE TEARS, Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg

ZAHAVA BRAUNSTEIN ZT”L, QUINTESSENTIAL KEEPER OF THE BAYIS, Esther Reisman

ON THE AGENDA:

FUNDAMENTAL FOOLISHNESS, Rabbi Avi Shafran

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STRUGGLING WITH SUCCESS: GROWING PAINS IN THE YESHIVA WORLD, Rabbi Matis Roberts

“VENISHMARTEM. . . ” MAINTAINING A HEALTHY FAMILY – GUIDELINES AND LIMITATIONS:

WE EAT TO LIVE, Dr. Don Zwickler

GENETIC TESTING: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?, Shai Markowitz

ANATOMY OF A SLANDER “BOOK FAULTS WWII RABBIS” Yonoson Rosenblum

READERS’ FORUM:

“BUYING JEWISH SOULS” A CRITIQUE. . . AND A RESPONSE

POSTSCRIPT THE SIYUM HASHAS – DAF YOMI:

IT’S NEVER TOO LITTLE. . . Aharon Subar

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RUS AND HER VISION, BASED ON LECTURES OF RABBI CHAIM PINCHAS SCHEINBERG, Rabbi Shlomo Furst

SIXTY YEARS SINCE CHURBAN EUROPA:

INRTODUCTION, Rabbi Joseph Elias

THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED AND HOW TO TEACH THEM, Chaim Kupperwasser

HUMAN SMOKE, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Klugman

LESSONS FROM THE FLAMES, Joseph Friedenson

HOLOCAUST STUDIES WITH A DIFFERENT SLANT, Mrs. Yuta Moskowitz

MEN WITH A MISSION: SURVIVORS AND THEIR HEIRS, Rabbi Shmuel Dishon

GREATNESS IN SPITE OF ADVERSITY… BECAUSE OF ADVERSITY, REVIEW OF BEACON OF LIGHT by Rabbi Zev Leff

ON THE AGENDA:

DEFORMED “RIGHTS,” Yonoson Rosenblum

READERS’ FORUM

“WHEN AMERICAN FAMILIES MOVE TO ERETZ YISROEL…”

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THE ELEVENTH SIYUM HASHAS OF DAF HAYOMI:

THE “ECHAD MOMENT,” Rabbi Nisson Wolpin

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Rabbi Yechiel Spero

MY TURN. . ., Sarah Spero

FROM THE SIDELINES . . .TO THE FRONTLINES, E.T. Rubin

THE SIYUM HASHAS IN ERETZ YISROEL, Yisroel Rutman

THE DAY AFTER, Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzburg

INTRODUCING THE EIGHT HOUR, Shlomo Gottesman and Gedalia Weinberger

ON THE AGENDA:

HURTLING DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE, Yonoson Rosenblum

PESACH JOTTINGS:

THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION, Simcha Leib Grossbard

A “PRAISE”WORTHY TRADITION, Rina Berger

. . .AND RASHA MAKES FOUR, Rabbi Avi Shafran

TAX FILING SEASON – AS REQUIRED BY HALACHA, Ari Z. Zivotvsky

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NEW VISTAS ON THE ISRAELI SCENE:

THE MOST UNIQUE DEMOGRAPHIC KIRUV OPPORTUNITY IN DECADES, Chanan (Anthony) Gordon

A NEW TYPE Of ADVOCACY FOR ISRAEL, Yonoson Rosenblum

BUYING JEWISH SOULS, Mayaan Pase-Jaffe

THE DOUBLE HELIX’S DOUBLE, A Poem by Bracha Goetz

FAREWELL TO RABBI ELIEZER GELDZAHLER ZT”L, Rabbi Michel Twerski

READERS’ FORUM: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL – MENTAL HEALTH

SHALOM BAYIS-PLUS:

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MARRIAGE, A Review Article by Rabbi Mordechai Biser

IT BEGJNS WITH SAYING HELLO,” Sara Medwed

ADAR THROUGH A FISH TANK, Gavriella Bachrach

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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TIDAL WAVES, Rabbi Avi Shafran

REFLECTIONS ON KEVOD SHAMAYIM, TRAVELS WITH RABBI AARON LEIB STEINMAN, Shlomo Gottesman

OUR BURGEONING YESHIVOS, Dr. Aaron Twerski

GIVING. . . AND LIVING FOR OTHERS:

“WE NEED YOU!”- CREATE YOUR OWN CHESSED PLAN, Yosi N. Heber

MENTORING YOUR ROLE IN THEIR LIVES, Yocheved Weiss

UNCARING CHAREIDIM, INDEED!, Yonoson Rosenblum

THE SEFAS EMES, ON HIS HUNDREDTH YARZEIT, Simcha Leib Grossbard

“AND WE WILL EAT FROM HER FRUIT. . . ,” Mrs. S. Horowitz

READERS’ FORUM ON “SMOKING AN ADDICTION”

INDEX TO ARTICLES, SUBJECTS AND AUTHORS, VOLUME XXXVII, Nos. 1-10

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