SUMMER 2005/5765 - Volume 65, No. 4 
 FEATURES

Questions and Answers and Silence: Reflections on the Tsunami
Berel Berkovits

The Second Time Around:
Secrets to a Successful Second Marriage

Reuven P. Bulka
 

 SPECIAL SECTION
Rashi: A Gift to the Jewish People
Berel Wein

Deciphering Rashi
Avigdor Bonchek

 ISRAEL
 
The Women Writers of Gush Katif

Toby Klein Greenwald

On and Off the Beaten Track in... the Nimrod Fortress
Peter Abelow

The Sweetness of Torah: In Celebration of the Siyum HaShas

 JEWS IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA

Life West of the Hudson
Daniel Alter

Orthodoxy on the Periphery - Where it Counts... Harrisburg, PA
Chaim E. Schertz

The Making of an Orthodox Community... Eugene, OR
Gary Katz

Confessions of a Small-Town Rebbetzin
Rena Levy

The Mikvah on Ice... Halifax, NS
Yehoshua Grunstein

Tennessee Torah... Chattanooga, TN
Toby Bulman Katz

 
 DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Laying the Groundwork for the OU's Future
Stephen J. Savitsky

BYTES & PCs
Doing the Daf
Yitzchok Adlerstein

JEWISH LIVING
When the Stakes are High: Gambling in the Orthodox World
Abraham J. Twerski






















LEGAL-EASE
What’s the Truth about ... a Chatan and Kallah Not Seeing Each Other Before the Wedding
Ari Z. Zivotofsky

COUNTERPOINT
Kabbalah, Science and Creation

INSIDE THE OU
Coming Back Home to Judaism - Deep in the Heart of Texas
Bayla Sheva Brenner

OU Primes New Generation of Lay Leaders
Bayla Sheva Brenner






















HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2005 OU LEADERSHIP MISSION TO WASHINGTON

NEW TO OU

BOOKS
Holocaust Hero: Solomon Schonfeld
by David Kranzler
Reviewed by Pinchas Stolper

THE CHEF’S TABLE
Fresh and Flavorful: The Essence of Summer
Helen Nash

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