Published Letters
Op-eds should come with bias warnings, just like Twitter
Elsewhere, the author claims Trump has been the best president for Israel.
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The virus is the enemy — not us
Of course, Orthodox Jews are not the only individuals who have struggled to comply with the changing restrictions.
Letter | A Public Thank You to Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, or The Losses We Sustain When We Think of Jewishness as a Race
What I have been thinking about since Rabbi Buchdahl’s sermon is the loss we suffered because we have for too long thought of Jewishness as a race.
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After the Holocaust, displaced by indifference and paralysis
In David Nasaw’s “The Last Million,” the plight of Jewish refugees in DP camps offers a warning about the troubling aftermath of war.
Letter | No, we at the ACLU have not lost our way
He fails to note that that organizing arm has focused its efforts on many core civil rights and civil liberties issues.
Letter | God’s name is a breath
As the Siddur teaches, “Nishmat kol chai tivarekh et-shimcha, YHWH elohenu” — The Breath of all life praises your Name
Letter | To the Jewish AOCs: Why don’t Jewish institutions support you?
We have long advocated for ourselves as women, but it’s time for those who control organizations with enormous financial resources to speak up.
Letter | We are the Jewish AOCs
“Where are the Jewish leaders who speak for women?” WE ARE RIGHT HERE.
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Letter to the Editor: I Was Misrepresented in Column About Protest at Bard College
On Sunday, instead of building our family sukkah, instead of preparing for my daughter’s upcoming Bat Mitzvah, instead of doing the work that I needed to catch up on after traveling last week to present at the Hannah Arendt Center Conference on Racism and Antisemitism at Bard College, I spent the day fielding calls, texts, and social-media posts — some from friends and family checking up on me, some from journalists, and some from unfriendly and even menacing forces — after being attacked by a public figure on the Internet.
Letter to the Editor: Ungar-Sargon Chose to Leave Bard Conference
By choosing to leave, Ungar-Sargon opted to protest, instead of remaining in the conference to have difficult conversations.