''The Jewish Observer'' was an American

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published by the

Agudath Israel of America 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 ...

, 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 Rabbi Moshe Sherer (June 18, 1921 – May 17, 1998) was co-Chairman of the Agudath Israel World Organization from 1980, and the Chairman of Agudath Israel of America from the 1960s, until his death in 1998. Career Sherer "joined Agudath Israel a ...

, and the Editor for the first seven seasons was Nachman Bulman and from then until it ended publication was Nisson Wolpin. 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 Rabbi Zalman I. Posner (1927–April 23, 2014) was an American rabbi and writer associated with the Chabad, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Posner served as a congregational rabbi and community leader in the American Southeast for five decade ...

Mendel Weinbach Chona Menachem Mendel (Mendel) Weinbach (September 24, 1933 – December 11, 2012) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, educator, author, and speaker. As the co-founder and dean of Ohr Somayach Institutions, a Jerusalem-based yeshiva for newly-obse ...

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 pers ...

Jonathan Rosenblum Jonathan (Yonason) Rosenblum (born 1951) is the director, spokesperson, and founder of Jewish Media Resources, an organization which attempts to clarify journalists' understanding of Haredi Jewish society. Jonathan is related to the well known ...

Bernard Fryshman Bernard Fryshman is a physics professor at the New York Institute of Technology since 1963 and the executive vice president of the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools since 1973. He served two terms on the predecessor to the ...

, Yitzchok Adlerstein,

Yakov Horowitz Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is an Orthodox rabbi, author, educator and advocate from Monsey, New York. Early life Horowitz was born to Shloime and Beile Horowitz. His father died when he was three years old. He was raised in a Haredi family in Belle Ha ...

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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