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The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 10 February 1968/Shevat 5728

In this issue … ARE WE PREPARING TORAH COMMUNICATORS? David Mykoff FROM SPAIN TO THE HOLY LAND, C. B. Chavel REWARD AND PUNISHMENT – ITS MEANING TO MODERN MAN, Joseph Elias DAF YOMI – ENTERING THE SEVENTH CYCLE DAF YOMI IS A BRIDGE, R’ Meir Shapiro Zt”l A CALL TO TORAH Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 9 December 1967/Kislev 5728

In this issue … CHANUKAH-THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, Avrohom Feuer A PLEA FOR HUMANITY, Menachem Porush THE DRURY STREET SHUL, a story by Ursula Lehman A NEW TORAH INSTITUTION, Elisha Roseman BOOK REVIEWS READERS SURVEY SECOND LOOKS AT THE JEWISH SCENE: THE WORLD CONFERENCE J.T.A.-A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ”SHUCKLING Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 8 November 1967/Cheshvan 5728

In this issue … BELIEVING-IN AN UNBELIEVING WORLD, Yaakov Jacobs, We examine the traditional Jewish approach to belief in G-d, from the perspective of disbelief which prevails in our society. IT IS TOO SOON, Emanuel Feldman, An Atlanta Rabbi who spent a year in Israel and was there during the fighting, shares with us Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 7 October 1967/Tishri 5728

In this issue … VICTORY IN SIX DAYS-HOW LONG FOR PEACE, A New Plan for Peace in the Middle East, REUBEN E. GROSS THE DRAMA OF ORTHODOX LIFE IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, Yaakov Jacobs RABBI, ROSH YESHIVA, BEN TORAH, Three articles on their inter-relationships: THE RABBI AND THE ROSH YESHIVA, Ralph Pelcovitz Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 6 September 1967/Elul 5727

In this issue … LIGHT FROM DARKNESS, Reflections on the Six-Day War SILENCE: WHEN ISRAEL WAS THREATENED-PROTEST: WHEN ISRAEL PREVAILED, a look at world response to Israel in the crisis period-before, during, and following the six-day war, with some of the implications for ecumenism, and the words of one Jewish ecumenist whose mind was Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 5 June 1967/Sivan 5727

In this issue … PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS LIMITATIONS: Two psychologists – one a psychoanalyst, the other a clinical psychologist, discuss various aspects of the relationship of the behavioral sciences to Torah, Yaakov Greenwald TRAINING THE JEWISH CHILD, Joel Rosenshein OUR UNDER-ORGANIZED JEWISH COMMUNITY, One of the most-widely accepted cliches of American Jewish life Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 4 May 1967/Iyar 5727

In this issue… Yeshivos in the past several decades have produced hundreds of B’nei Torah-young men well-grounded in traditional Jewish scholarship, and uniquely equipped to reach out to the masses of uncommitted American Jews. Rabbi Chaim D. Keller, himself a product of American yeshivas, asks the question: IS THE BEN TORAH MEETING HIS OBLIGATION TO THE Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 3 April 1967/ Nisan 5727

In this issue … IN JEWISH LOOKS AT THE AMERICAN SCENE, Reuben E. Gross examines the recent events in Wayne, New Jersey, and suggests that the New York Times was responsible for creating “a tempest in a teapot,” which was then vigorously stirred by Jewish defense organizations. He then asks the question, “Has humanism become Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 2 March 1967/Adar I-II 5727

In this issue … “CHOOSING BETTER PASSAGES”…A documentary survey of the growing “dialogue” threat. We believe that this survey should be read by thinking Jews far beyond the circle of our own readers, in order to alert them to the dangers to Jewish integrity and survival. We feel it is urgent to distribute thousands of Read More

The Jewish Observer Vol. 4 No. 1 January 1967/Shevat 5727

In this issue … IN RETROSPECT…an analysis of the counter-reaction to the recent protests against Orthodox participation in the Synagogue Council, and an examination of some of the fictions and distortions that came in its wake  A DISSIDENT SPEAKS OUT…We are pleased to publish a definitive statement on Synagogue Council by the distinguished Telsher Rosh Read More