''The Jewish Observer'' was an American Orthodox

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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 , 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

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and from then until it ended publication was Nisson Wolpin. Contributors to the Jewish Observer included Avi Shafran, Zalman I. Posner, Mendel Weinbach,

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, Aaron Twerski,

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, Jonathan Rosenblum, Bernard Fryshman, Yitzchok Adlerstein, 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
Defunct Jewish magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1963 Magazines disestablished in 2010 Defunct magazines published in New York City {{judaism-mag-stub