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