To the editors, The Forward published an op-ed by Sari Bashi, a lawyer and research director at an Arab advocacy organization, that ignored reality while expounding the reasons why Israel should vaccinate all Palestinians. (“Yes, Israel should vaccinate all Palestinians. Here’s why.”) Her claim is based on the Geneva Convention’s Law of Occupation, which requires…
Dear editor: I strongly disagree with Sari Bashi’s op-ed in these pages describing of Israel’s vaccination program. Inoculations are being given to all citizens and residents of Israel, whether they are Jews or non-Jews. This includes Arabs living in eastern Jerusalem, many of whom are not Israeli citizens. It also includes Israelis who are living…
To the editors: Rabbi Seth Farber was absolutely correct when he said that “To Israel, converts are still just a political football.” Israel was certainly aware, even before Jews were allowed to leave the Soviet Union in significant numbers, that many of the people entering Israel, completely legitimately under the Law of Return, were not…
Dear Editor, A recent internet fascination with sea shanties must have prompted the Forward editors to concoct a Jewish connection. “Once Upon A Time, Jewish Pirates Ruled the Sea” says the headline. Well, shiver me timbers! Or is it sit shiva and timber? Or should I say Ahoy Vey? This is just the latest shot…
To the editors, Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, New York again leads the nation in food-labeling lawsuits, thanks in part to the torrent of filings over vanilla flavoring and other food additives. (“The Jewish lawyer fighting against fake vanilla — and for 3-legged squirrels,” Feb. 10.) The Empire State first overtook California as the favored jurisdiction…
Editor: The Jewish Democratic Council of America’s CEO, Haile Soifer, in these pages, attempted to minimize Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism. Soifer’s op-ed, “Don’t Compare antisemitism on the left and right. Marjorie Taylor Greene proves it’s not the same” is a classic case of left-wing revisionism. Soifer suggests that the only moment of note when Omar expressed…
Editor: On Jan. 27, 2021 G. Paulson, M. Dobkowski and S. Munn “objected,” in these pages, to the work of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, which I direct. They claimed that as “sons and grandsons of survivors” they should have a right to define the museum’s vision and content. But they overlooked the fact that the…
Dear Editor, As a longtime resident of Washington, D.C., I was offended by the headline of Carly Pildis’s recent Forward opinion piece. By no means all Jews in D.C. are “terrified” as we await President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. For my part, I am not at all terrified by recent events, not even by the sinister…
Read the letter from the professors objecting to Brandeis University Press’s handling of Marc Dollinger’s book here. Dear Professors Berman, Goldstein, Greenberg, Kelman, Magid, Michels, Moore, Prell and Wenger, Thank you for your thoughtful letter written in the spirit of guaranteeing academic freedom, which we agree must be an inviolable principle for an academic press….
Dear Editor, My wife and I are children of concentration camp survivors. We are deeply disturbed that many Jews don’t take U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock at his word. His rhetoric is dangerous to Jewish interests. And Professor Deborah Lipstadt’s article in these pages, “For those who want to fight antisemitism, the choice…
Dear Editor, One can only imagine The Forward’s founder Abe Cahan spinning in his grave at the current Forward editor’s inclusion of Amazon on her list of things to be thankful for this Hanukkah. In her latest piece, Jodi Rudoren included Amazon in her piece “What to do about Hanukkah 2020? Count your miracles.” In…
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