February 3, 2010 • 19 Shevat 5770Mishpacha Issue 29510Point of View: Why is Anti-Semitism on The Rise? Rabbi Moshe GrylakThis is not the place for a lengthy exposition of blatant historical facts. The main thing is that we get the message: anti-Semitism depends only on us. We determine the extent of its influence through our own deeds and lapses View this article for free online as a PDF file » 14Jewish Geography: This Week Binyamin RoseOBAMA BANK PLAN TAKES PAGE OUT OF ISRAEL’S BOOK Separation of banking from stock markets meant to save US from future crash View this article for free online as a PDF file » 22Cover: NOTHNG LIKE A PRAYER TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Yossi Elituv and Aryeh EhrlichDr. Michael Zelefsky, professor of Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, knows that his medical diagnosis can never be absolute, and has witnessed how Hashem can turn around a catastrophic prognosis in a split second. View this article for free online as a PDF file » 32Feature Article 1: Iranian Jewry 's Endangered Memories Shira Yehudit DjlilmandAs long as the fundamentalist Islamic Republic rules Iran, expatriate Iranian Jews remain cut off from their rich history and heritage. Now some dedicated activists are working hard to preserve that history, before it’s too late. View this article for free online as a PDF file » 42Feature Article 3: In Search of Dona Gracia's Tiveria Blossoms in the Rubble: Libi AstaireTwo wealthy Anusim fleeing the Spanish Inquisition — Dona Gracia and her nephew Don Yosef Nasi — were given permission to create an independent Jewish city-state in Tiveria. What remains of that early reblossoming of Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael? View this article for free online as a PDF file » 48Feature Article 2: Hearts of Fire in Frozen Alexander Yeruchem LandesmanIt’s been seventy years since Alexander chassidim celebrated Shabbos in Lodz. But to mark the 100th yahrtzeit of Rav Yerachmiel Yisrael Yitzchak Danziger, the Yismach Yisrael (1853–1910), the present Alexander Rebbe, shlita, traveled to Poland with hundreds of chassidim. View this article for free online as a PDF file » 63Concentric Circles: Measurements Esther SenderI’ve read that there are several theories about why people in Biblical times had such length of days — one theory being that they ate right, and in exact measurements. |
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