Writings by Topic: Biographical - Jonathan Rosenblum


Title	Publication	Date

Trump Flunks the Test; "All the World's a Stage . . . "	Mishpacha Magazine	December 11, 2025
What Can William F. Buckley Teach Us	Mishpacha Magazine	February 18, 2025
The Times They Are A'Changing; Churchill and Me	Mishpacha Magazine	December 31, 2024
Enough with Catty Remarks	Mishpacha Magazine	August 6, 2024
Everyone Needs a Friend; Hidden Treasures	Mishpacha Magazine	June 29, 2024
The Pressure is Over	Mishpacha Magazine	March 26, 2024
On Learning to Write Well	Mishpacha Magazine	December 5, 2023
Viewing Ourselves Honestly; The Perfect Gift	Mishpacha Magazine	September 5, 2023
The End of Youth	Mishpacha Magazine	August 1, 2023
Go Forth and Argue	Mishpacha Magazine	July 4, 2023
Sitting Shivah for Mom	Mishpacha Magazine	May 17, 2023
My Very Good, Really Wonderful Week: Making the Omer Count	Mishpacha Magazine	April 18, 2023
My Debt to Marshall Sklare	Mishpacha Magazine	March 28, 2023
Thinking Out of the Box; It's Bashert	Mishpacha Magazine	March 13, 2023
He Who Grabs Too Much Loses Everything	Mishpacha Magazine	January 17, 2023
Attaching Oneself to the Jewish Story	Mishpacha Magazine	August 30, 2022
To My Friends		August 3, 2022
Giving Daily -- Even a Little -- Is the Key	Mishpacha Magazine	August 3, 2022
Back to Highland Park: The Man Who Never Said No	Mishpacha Magazine	July 20, 2022
A Ringside Seat to Klal Yisrael's Chesed	Mishpacha Magazine	March 22, 2022
On Turning Seventy	Mishpacha Magazine	July 14, 2021
A Word is a Word; An Unexpected Gift	Mishpacha Magazine	July 8, 2020
Undeserved Gifts	Mishpacha Magazine	April 5, 2020
Debate as a Moral Imperative	Mishpacha Magazine	January 29, 2020
On Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin	Mishpacha Magazine	January 23, 2020
Why Not Take a Stand on China?	Mishpacha Magazine	January 15, 2020
His Portion Was Sweet	Mishpacha Magazine	January 8, 2020
Never Alone	Mishpacha Magazine	November 27, 2019
A Lesson in Fundraising; It's Not So Simple	Mishpacha Magazine	August 14, 2019
The Limits of Forgiveness	Mishpacha Magazine	July 10, 2019
The Wrong Route to Success	Mishpacha Magazine	March 27, 2019
Hope, and then Hope Again	Mishpacha Magazine	December 5, 2018
No Going Back to Yale	Mishpacha Magazine	October 31, 2018
Words from the Grave	Mishpacha Magazine	October 3, 2018
Rav Meir Schuster and His Times	Mishpacha Magazine	August 7, 2018
Back to the Books	Mishpacha Magazine	August 1, 2018
Jogging the Memory	Mishpacha Magazine	July 19, 2018
Jogging the Memory	Mishpacha Magazine	July 19, 2018
On the Road	Mishpacha Magazine	June 6, 2018
Homecoming	Mishpacha Magazine	March 21, 2018
Never Lose Hope	Mishpacha Magazine	March 14, 2018
A Winter Retreat in the Emerald Isle	Mishpacha Magazine	January 10, 2018
Sharing the Goods in Palo Alto		October 25, 2017
Joining the Community of (Minor) Sufferers; No Joke		August 11, 2017
The Chase of the Wild Dogs	Mishpacha Magazine	August 2, 2017
Two on the Six-Day War	Mishpacha Magazine	May 26, 2017
Whither the Adults?; Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim, zt"l	Mishpacha Magazine	May 12, 2017
Two Paths to Geulah	Mishpacha Magazine	April 28, 2017
Hanging by a Thread; Caring About American Jewry Despite Everything; Never Too Late to Learn Humilithy	Mishpacha Magazine	January 20, 2017
First, Look Inside: Even the Corrections Need Corrections; Chareidim Live Longer	Mishpacha Magazine	August 26, 2016
Thank you, Miss Meisterheim; A Life to be Emulated	Mishpacha Magazine	July 22, 2016
Two on National Sovereignty; The Delight of English Spoken Well	Jerusalem Post, Mishpacha Magazine	July 15, 2016
Suiting Up for Battle	Mishpacha Magazine	June 23, 2016
Euphoria: It's Coming to Me	Mishpacha Magazine	March 4, 2016
A Smile Makes the World Go Round; Hillary Watch	Mishpacha Magazine	January 20, 2016
Kol Haposel B'Mumo Posel; We Are All Confused	Mishpacha Magazine	January 14, 2016
Calling Evil by its Name; Hashem Watches Over the Fools	Mishpacha Magazine	November 20, 2015
Learning Empathy; Woman of Valor: Think Before Speaking	Mishpacha Magazine	August 7, 2015
Parashas Shoftim 5774 -- Wanted: A New Mussar Movement; Nothing Like a Compliment	Mishpacha Magazine	August 27, 2014
Connecting to the Jewish Story	Jerusalem Post	May 15, 2014
Parashas Tetzave 5774 -- A Long Needed Discusson; A Few Precious Words	Mishpacha Magazine	February 6, 2014
Parashas Yisro 5774 -- Data, Not Anecdotes: My Mother for Always	Mishpacha Magazine	January 17, 2014
Ki Seitzei 5773 -- Envying the Ger; Why the Smile	Mishpacha Magazine	August 16, 2013
When Goodness Rises to Greatness (on Abraham Lincoln)	Jerusalem Post, Yated Ne'eman	July 26, 2013
Response to Jay Michaelson	Jewish Forward	May 28, 2013
VaYakel-Pekudei 5773	Mishpacha Magazine	March 8, 2013
Remembering Rav Mendel Weinbach, zt"l	Mishpacha Magazine	December 20, 2012
Parashas Va'Yeilech -- Out of My Element: A Glowing Chassan	Mishpacha Magazine	September 20, 2012
Intergrating the Ba'alei Teshuva (part of a symposium)	Mishpacha Magazine	September 13, 2012
On Writing Gadol Biographies	Mishpacha Magazine	June 22, 2012
Israel and Jewish Identity	Mishpacha Magazine	June 15, 2012
A New Coalition for Israel: It's Not Just About Us	Yated Ne'eman	May 18, 2012
My Brothers Do I Seek	Jerusalem Post	January 6, 2012
Devarim 5771 -- On Turning Sixty; A Sign of the Times; Another Take on Baseless Hatred	Mishpacha Magazine	August 5, 2011
Mishpacha -- Emor 5771: The Secret of Orthodox Happiness; Where Does President Peres Stand?; A Tasty Metaphor	Mishpacha Magazine	April 27, 2011
VaYikra 5771	Mishpacha Magazine	April 3, 2011
Vayeishev 5771 -- The Value of an Ivy League Education; American Jewish History Museum	Mishpacha Magazine	December 3, 2010
Va'yatzei		November 12, 2010
Toldos 5771	Mishpacha	November 3, 2010
The Price of Exclusion	Mishpacha Magazine	July 23, 2010
How will we be remembered	Mishpacha Magazine	July 1, 2010
Preliminary reflections on politics and religion	Mishpacha Magazine	June 18, 2010
Mr. Klal Yisrael		May 13, 2010
The Gym is Only a Metaphor	Mishpacha Magazine	March 17, 2010
Dr. Bernard Lander, zt"l: Visionary	Mishpacha Magazine	February 17, 2010
Every Son Needs a "Father"	Mishpacha Magazine	December 23, 2009
Repentance for a Misspent Youth	Jerusalem Post	August 7, 2009
On Making New Friends	Mishpacha Magazine	June 24, 2009
In Praise of Marriage	Jerusalem Post	March 27, 2009
Mourning Works	Jerusalem Post	May 3, 2007
Losing old friends	Jerusalem Post	October 25, 2006
Shiva Works		May 26, 2006
My father; my hero	Mishpacha	May 3, 2006
Travels with Rosenblum	Mishpacha	June 2, 2005
A man for all Yidden	Mishpacha	July 14, 2004
"Are gadol biographies good for us?" revisited	Mishpacha	June 10, 2004
Everybody marries a foreigner	Mishpacha	May 20, 2004
"The Passion" & the tar baby	Jerusalem Post	February 27, 2004
Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, zt"l: Builder of Torah	London Jewish Tribune	January 15, 2004
Quality leads to quantity	Mishpacha	January 14, 2004
Things can also get worse	Mishpacha	January 8, 2004
Oy, beloved Cubs	Jerusalem Post	October 23, 2003
To Err is to be a Columnist	Jerusalem Post	January 3, 2003
To be a Republican	Jerusalem Post	November 22, 2002
Rabbi Nachman Bulman: A Passionate Life	Jerusalem Post	August 9, 2002
HaRav Nachman Bulman, zt’’l: A Passionate Life	Hamodia	July 10, 2002
Grateful for being chosen	Jerusalem Post	June 7, 2002
Grateful for being chosen	Jerusalem Post Int'l Edition	May 31, 2002
With our brothers in distress	Jerusalem Post	March 8, 2002
An ode to a 50th birthday	Jerusalem Post International Edition	August 10, 2001
Two Cheers For Jewish Identity	Baltimore Jewish Times	August 3, 2001
Gratitude grows on turning 50	Jerusalem Post	August 3, 2001
My problem with Yonatan Netanyahu	Jerusalem Post International Edition	July 6, 2001
Entebbe Awakenings	Baltimore Jewish Times	July 6, 2001
Contemplating Yonatan Netanyahu	Jerusalem Post	July 6, 2001
Pure joy	Baltimore Jewish Times	April 21, 2000
Memories of Entebbe	Jerusalem Post	July 9, 1999
Coming clean at Yom Kippur	Jerusalem Post	September 25, 1998
On the fence at Yale	Jerusalem Post	July 17, 1998
Reflections while cleaning for Pesach	Jerusalem Post	March 4, 1998
The power of Shabbos candles and Kiddush	Jewish Action	January 1990