Albania: Righteous Among the Nations In her article on the arson attack on a synagogue on the Greek island of Crete, K.E. Fleming wrote that the fact that the three immediate responders to the fire were two Albanian immigrants and a Moroccan “complicates assumptions” (“Arson Attack on a Synagogue of Peace,” February 26). Assumptions aside,…
For the Health of Zion For 70 years, American Friends of Magen David Adom and its many thousands of donors have stood in solidarity with the people of Israel and with Magen David Adom (“Magen David Adom and Its U.S. Arm Feud Over Their Future,” February 26). MDA, through its thousands of professional and volunteer…
In Jewish Senior Homes, What We Eat And Who We Are I’d like to correct and re-frame your February 5 story “Bowing to Market, Consumer Demand, Some Jewish Nursing Homes Go Treyf.” Today, there is a sophistication, an education about Jewish practice and a spirit of religious choice that set us apart from the old…
Goldstone’s Ad Hominem Argument Regarding your February 12 article “Dershowitz Explains Critical Goldstone Remark: ‘Moser’? I Meant ‘Monster!’” I would like to note that Richard Goldstone has repeatedly declined to debate me on the merits of his report. Nor has he responded to my 49-page substantive critique, which is available online at www.alandershowitz.com/goldstone.pdf. Instead, Goldstone…
Don’t Forget Yiddish Your editorial on the need for Hebrew in order to sustain Jewish life in America is particularly surprising coming from the Forward, which throughout its 100-plus year history, and even today, has as a core mission sustaining and advancing Yiddish as a culture and a language (“Taking Hebrew Seriously,” January 29). Although…
Hateful Book Violates Jewish Values It is shocking that a book suggesting the biblical imperative of “Thou Shalt Not Murder” only applies to “a Jew who kills a Jew” is widely available in religious bookstores in Israel and has been enthusiastically endorsed by several prominent rabbis (“Rabbinic Text or Call to Terror?” January 29). The…
Filibusters Haven’t Benefited Minorities I must disagree with your editorial on Senate filibusters (“Minority Rule,” January 22). The filibuster is not a thing of “civic beauty” that empowers minorities and simply needs to be reformed, as your editorial argues. Filibusters are instead an assault on the legislative process. The Senate filibuster was used for decades…
Where Health Care Reform Went Wrong You should be ashamed to endorse the so-called “right to health care” that emerges from the Senate’s December 24 vote (“A Right to Health Care,” January 8). Beginning with the laudable aim to establish affordable universal health care for all citizens, the Democratic majority has instead settled for a…
Mideast Myth-Busting Missed Some Things Some of the myth-busting in J. J. Goldberg’s December 25 column “Four Myths About the Mideast and Real Estate” bears closer examination. Goldberg claims that Israel, in violation of its commitments under the Bush administration’s 2003 road map, has increased settlement expansion, while the Palestinians have, in accord with the…
Laws of War Apply, Irrespective of an Occupation’s Legality In an otherwise insightful article, J.J. Goldberg makes a seriously erroneous assertion about international law as it relates to the Israeli-occupied territories (“Four Myths About the Mideast and Real Estate,” December 25). Goldberg claims that the broad consensus about the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to…
Lieberman’s Health Stance Isn’t Apostasy One can legitimately disagree with the position of Senator Joseph Lieberman, who opposes President Obama’s health care plan as it currently is presented. However, for Rabbi Ron Fish to question Senator Lieberman’s conscience and commitment to religious values is insulting — and takes away from any serious argument that he…
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