''The Jewish Observer'' was an American Orthodox Jewish magazine published by the

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, from 1963 until 2009. It was put on "hiatus" in 2009, with plans to restart once the finances of the magazine, affected by the economic crisis, were figured out. As of 2019, it has not published any new issues since its 2009 hiatus. The magazine generally presented a ''

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'' viewpoint. Published since 1963, it was printed nine months a year; the January and February issues were combined, and there were no issues in July or August. The magazine's website contains downloadable

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copies of most issues while the website of the Lefkowitz Leadership Institute contains PDF files of every single issue since 1963. It was founded by Ernst L. Bodenheimer and Moshe Sherer, and the Editor for the first seven seasons was Nachman Bulman and from then until it ended publication was

Nisson Wolpin Nisson Wolpin was an Orthodox rabbi and (1932-2017), renowned for being the editor of The Jewish Observer. He also served as the learning director of Camp Munk for many summers. Early life Rabbi Wolpin was born in 1932 in Seattle, Washington to ...

. Contributors to the Jewish Observer included

Avi Shafran Agudath Israel of America ( he, אגודת ישראל באמריקה) (also called Agudah) is an American organization that represents Haredi Orthodox Jews. It is loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel. Agudah seeks to ...

, Zalman I. Posner, Mendel Weinbach,

Nosson Scherman Nosson Scherman ( he, נתן שרמן, born 1935, Newark, New Jersey) is an American Haredi rabbi best known as the general editor of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. Early life Scherman was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, where his paren ...

Aaron Twerski Aaron D. Twerski (born May 1939) is an American lawyer and professor. He is the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law. Early and pe ...

, Jonathan Rosenblum, Bernard Fryshman,

Yitzchok Adlerstein Yitzchok Adlerstein (born 1950 in New York) is an Orthodox rabbi. He is the co-founder of ''Cross-Currents'', an online journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, and regularly contributes to that site. He is on the editorial board of ''Klal Perspective ...

, Yakov Horowitz and Yitzchok Lowenbraun. The magazine ceased operations in 2010.''See''
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References

External links

Agudah Official Complete digitized archives from 1963 onwards

Archive.org PDF Archive 1973 to 2005

Shema Yisroel website PDF thumbnails 2002-2006
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