August 26, 2009 • 6 Elul 5769Mishpacha Issue 273

8Point of View: Annual Checkup (Mishpacha Issue 273) Rabbi Moshe Grylak

Teshuvah means “answer,” a solution; and “return” — to the Source. It’s not an escape from reality, but that which gives meaning to reality

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12Jewish Geography: This Week in Jewish Geography (Mishpacha Issue 273) Binyamin Rose

US Cracks Down on Foreign Bank Accounts.... UK Court to Rule on Yeshiva Admissions... and More.. Plus Business & Technology

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16Cover: The Third Jihad’s Wake-up Call (Mishpacha Issue 273) Yonoson Rosenblum

Two years ago, I watched Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West. Recently, I viewed The Third Jihad, a sequel. I was left with the same reaction both times: fear and a question, “Are we doomed?”

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30Feature Article 2: Ember Snatched from the Fire (Mishpacha Issue 273) A. Schwartzbaum

This Erev Tisha B’Av, thousands of talmidim painfully mourned the passing of the Rosh Yeshivah, Rav Moshe Dov Chait, ztz”l.

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36Feature Article 3: Heartland, Jewish soul, and the GOP (Mishpacha Issue 273) Menachem Ellison

If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard the name “Dinah Abrahamson,” it’s probably because you’re not from Omaha.

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44Feature Article 1: Treasures on the Ocean Floor (Mishpacha Issue 273) Michal Ish-Shalom

It’s a veritable time capsule: five ships, laden with jugs still filled with fish sauce, fine Italian wine, and gold, silver, and china, provide startling information about commerce during the era of the Roman Empire.

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63Concentric Circles: Eishes Chayil (Mishpacha Issue 273) Esther Sender

Chayil means valiant, fighting. (In modern Hebrew, a soldier is a chayal.) Which leaves our greatest, all-inclusive praise as a fighter, a warrior in avodas Hashem. Modesty, kindness, and prayers are some of the weapons we use.

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