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 SUMMER 2010/5770 – Volume 70, No. 4
FEATURES

Cover Story

image Over the past several decades, the observance of Tishah B’Av has been transformed for many of us.

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Kinot: The Language of Loss
By Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

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My destiny seems linked with Tishah B’Av.

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Special Section

Nahal Haredi Comes of Age
By Jonathan Rosenblum

image As our Jeep bounces violently through a valley somewhere in the Jordan Valley, we spot a group of about fifteen khaki-clad soldiers on a nearby hill.

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As a new immigrant to Israel, I volunteered for a two-year stint in Nahal Haredi.

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From NCSY to Nahal Haredi
By Bayla Sheva Brenner

Josh Tresser, nineteen, of Cleveland, Ohio, had plans to graduate public high school, go off to college in Colorado and snowboard to his heart’s delight.

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Special Section: Marriage

  

image As part of the Orthodox Union’s ongoing commitment to strengthen the Jewish family, the OU recently conducted an online international survey on marital satisfaction in the Orthodox community.

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We often have the tendency to look for the “tzuris.”

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How to Make a Good Marriage Great
By Barry and Chanie Holzer

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Photo Essay

Jewish Life In Eygpt
By Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan
  

image Once proud and flourishing, the Jewish communities of Egypt are today on the verge of extinction.

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Tribute: Dr. Lander

  

image Fifty years ago, when I was in high school and Dr. Bernard Lander was the dean of Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School, we would often ride together to the YU campus.

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Dr. Lander’s Legacy
By David Luchins
  

I first met Dr. Bernard Lander at the Orthodox Union’s 1964 Biennial Convention in Washington, DC.

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Remembering Dr. Lander
By Moshe D. Krupka

Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua was asked by his disciples to explain his exceptional longevity.

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In His Own Words . . .
By Bernard Lander

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DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS
“Dear Reb Aharon” 

LETTERS
Letters 

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
President’s Message 
Stephen J. Savitsky

CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
Gerald M. Schreck

 

THE WELLNESS REPORT
Weighing In on Eating Out
Shira Isenberg

 

LASTING IMPRESSIONS
A Quaint Prayer Makes a Comeback
Charlotte Friedland


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