The Jewish Observer

{{Short description|American Orthodox Jewish magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox magazine | title = The Jewish Observer | logo = File:The Jewish Observer logo.png | logo_size = 250px | image_file =  | image_size =  | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = | previous_editor = Nachman Bulman<br/>Nisson Wolpin | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = | frequency = Monthly | format = | circulation = | publisher = Agudath Israel of America | founder = Moshe Sherer | firstdate = {{Start date and age|1963|09}} | finaldate = {{End date|2009||}} | finalnumber = Vol 41 No 9 | country = United States | based = New York City, United States | language = English | website = | issn = 0021-6615 | eissn = | oclc = }} '''''The Jewish Observer''''' ('''JO''') was an American Orthodox Jewish monthly magazine published by Agudath Israel of America, from 1963 until 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agudathisrael.org/the-jewish-observer-vol-4-no-9-december-2009kislev-5769/|title=The Jewish Observer Vol. 41 No. 9 December 2009/Kislev 5769 {{!}} The Agudah|date=December 7, 2008 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The magazine was founded by Moshe Sherer, and the first issue was released in September 1963. Ernst L. Bodenheimer served as chairman of the editorial board,<ref>{{Cite web |title='jewish Observer, 'new Orthodox Monthly Magazine, Launched in U.S. |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/jewish-observer-new-orthodox-monthly-magazine-launched-in-u-s |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> and was replaced by Joseph Elias after his death. The editor for the first seven seasons was Nachman Bulman, later Yaakov Jacobs, and from 1970<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eleff |first=Zev |date=2017-01-01 |title="The Jewish Observer: Champion of the Orthodox Right" |url=https://www.academia.edu/35404026/_The_Jewish_Observer_Champion_of_the_Orthodox_Right_ |journal=Jewish Action}}</ref> until it ended publication was Nisson Wolpin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-05-14 |title=Jewish Observer, in 'Transitional Phase,' to be Honored For Distinguished Service to Torah |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/34261/jewish-observer-in-transitional-phase-to-be-honored-for-distinguished-service-to-torah.html |access-date=2019-07-18 |website=Yeshiva World News |language=en-US}}</ref>

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 discussed current topics through a Haredi viewpoint.<ref name=":0" />

Contributors to the Jewish Observer included Avi Shafran, Zalman I. Posner, Mendel Weinbach, Nosson Scherman,<ref>E.g., ''The Crisis of Leadership'' ([http://agudathisrael.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JO1975-V10-N09.pdf#page=3 The Jewish Observer, April 1975, p. 3]).</ref> Aaron Twerski, Aryeh Kaplan, Jonathan Rosenblum, Bernard Fryshman, Yitzchok Adlerstein, Yakov Horowitz and Yitzchok Lowenbraun.

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