Inspiration, not intolerance The proposal to build Park51, a Muslim community center and mosque in lower Manhattan two blocks from the World Trade Center site has become a lightning rod for hyst...
Letters to the editor August 26 Jewish employees deserve free admission When I got home on the 20th of August and read about the county having a picnic on the holiest day of the year (“County regrets scheduling picnic on Yom K...
Letters to the editor August 12 Don’t judge this couple [Regarding the Aug. 5 editorial, “The Jewish wedding that wasn’t,”] the judgments, inferences and sweeping generalizations about the Clinton/Mezvinsky wedding are cause f...
Letters to the editor August 5 Shiva still works I just read your July 15 column, “As our world changes, so does shiva.” I’m not arguing with what you said and your opinions about shiva and whether or not it is changing. I ju...
Letters to the editor July 15 Reject conversion bill (The following is an open letter by the president of the Union for Reform Judaism and the executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly of rabbis to Prime Minister B...
Letters to the editor July 8 Congratulations on merger Congratulations to the members and leaders of Tree of Life and Or L’Simcha for their willingness to make the hard choices, which allowed these two congregations to merg...
Letters to the editor July 1 A clear message A radical and nuclear Iran and a genocidal regime in Sudan will no longer be aided with Pennsylvania dollars under a bill that I’ve been working on for five years that is now awa...
Letters to the editor June 17 To the world Much has been written about the incident in international waters off of Gaza a few weeks ago. Much of the world is critical over Israel’s embargo and actions. The demanded solutio...
Letters to the editor May 27 Specter was ‘rare centrist’ Your May 20 article, “Specter lost ground in areas with Jewish voters,” asks, “Why is that?” Specter was that rare centrist who voted mostly blue and sometimes red. A...
Letters to the editor May 20 Paraphrase corrected You wrote in your April 29 editorial, “Oren the lightening rod:” “Some of those responses were over the top, such as computer science professor Harry Mairson’s. He called Or...
Letters to the editor May 13 ‘Gonzo Judaism’ rapped I disagree with [Justin Jacobs] on a few basic points in his take on Nile’s Elliot Goldstein’s “Gonzo Judaism” (“Thompson-esque book pushes Jews to look forward, not backw...
Letters to the editor May 6 More library support needed Libraries are busier than ever during this recession and more access to libraries — not less — is needed. Just consider: • Last year, when circulation was up 9 perce...