Letters To The Editor

Posted on: March 3rd, 2004

Readers’ Tributes To Chezi Goldberg, a”hWisdom Will Be MissedI am writing to express my deepest condolences to the family of Chezi Goldberg on the brutal murder of their husband and father. I am an American Jew and a religious Zionist who unfortunately never had the privilege of meeting your husband and father. However, I faithfully [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: February 25th, 2004

Supports Bush, But Criticism OKI agree with Assemblyman Dov Hikind that George W. Bush seems the best choice for the Jewish community (“No Choice But Bush, op-ed, Jan. 23). I do think, however, that Hikind presents a rather simplistic critique of the Democratic candidates’ campaign statements. After all, while it’s true that we are at [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: February 20th, 2004

Case StudyMemo to reader Joan Borenstein, whose anti-Bush rant was an amazing case study in liberal denial (‘Jail to the Chief?’ Letters, Jan. 16):The governments of Germany, Russia, France, England, Israel and China were in agreement with the U.S. that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction. The Clinton administration was convinced Iraq not only had [...]

Letters to the Editor

Posted on: February 13th, 2004

Hail To The ChiefI enjoyed reading William Rapfogel’s account of receiving a personal check from President Bush for the work of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (‘An Envelope From Texas,’ op-ed, Jan. 9).I?ve always had a warm feeling for President Bush. He seems very down to earth, sincere, and he sure makes the right [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: February 4th, 2004

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Letters To The Editor

Posted on: January 30th, 2004

Out Of The AshesA firefighter found a sefer Tehillim at ground zero. The name inside is Avraham Binyamin Shapiro (it may be Spira). If anyone knows whom this may belong to, please contact meby either sending a letter to 9 Dorset Road, Spring Valley, NY 10977; by calling me at work (908-582-5384); or by e-mailing [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: January 25th, 2004

’Activist’ Doesn’tMean LiberalI really enjoyed reading “Fighting Carter: Memories Of 1980″ (op-ed, Dec. 19). As a college activist, I particularly appreciated how it demonstrated that not everyone of my age group – and this was as true in 1980 as it is in 2003 - is necessarily a liberal.We often picture in our minds young people [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: January 16th, 2004

Adelson Will Be MissedWith a deep sense of sorrow and loss, I must express my sadness to the family and friends of Professor Howard Adelson, a”h, and to all the staff of The Jewish Press.This reader regularly enjoyed and appreciated his insightful analysis, his sharp efficient writing style, and his mince-no-words approach to the issues [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: January 9th, 2004

Jimmy’s ‘Final Solution’Your Dec. 5 front page article on Jimmy Carter’s speech in Geneva neglected to mention his most chilling sentence.‘Had I been elected to a second term,’ said Carter, ‘with the prestige and authority and influence and reputation I had in the region, we could have moved to a final solution.’His choice of words [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: January 2nd, 2004

Remove Settlements NowI agree with those people who say that settlements should be uprooted. I also agree that Arabs and Jews cannot live together and that the settlements are a provocation and a source of friction. However, I differ with them on just which “settlements” we are talking about. The settlements that should be removed [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: December 24th, 2003

Where’s The Outrage?Kudos to Rabbi Yehuda Levin for his on-target op-ed article regarding the silence of Orthodox organizations as the homosexuals prepare to take over Jerusalem for ten days (“Defiling the Courtyard of the King,” Nov. 21).At what point will the Agudah, the OU and Young Israel at least issue a statement of protest? Are [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: December 19th, 2003

A Vote For BushGeorge Rubin’s letter last week (“Second Term For W?”) responding to Craig Bergman (“Don’t Prove Baker Right,” Letters, October 31) was way off the mark. I was taken with the Bergman letter’s reasoned appeal to Jewish voters to abandon their blind obeisance to the Democratic Party. He did not, as Rubin charged, [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: December 12th, 2003

Lopsided ExchangeOnce again the government of Israel has demonstrated that, contrary to the oft-repeated mantra about not making deals with terrorists, it in fact deals with terrorists all the time – and on lopsided terms in favor of the bad guys.I really do feel for the families who would like the return of their loved [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: December 5th, 2003

Arab-Americans’ Growing InfluenceIt’s interesting that so many Arab-Americans, already viciously anti-Israel, now attack the Israeli security fence and excoriate Israel for being so audacious as to defend itself. AndArabs loudly object to America’s self-defense via the Patriot Act – how dare a nation try to weed out potential perpetrators of more 9/11s? Also outrageous to [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: November 26th, 2003

Don’t Prove Baker RightA number of years ago it was alleged that James Baker, at the time the U.S. secretary of state under the first president Bush, made a derogatory remark about Jews, dismissing them because “they don’t vote for [Republicans].”Whether or not he actually said such a thing, I’m sure that Baker, as well [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: November 21st, 2003

Better Use For F-15sThe Sharon government was justifiably praised by Jewish commentators for the symbolic flyover by three IAF F-15s over Auschwitz recently.Yet, these same commentators do not censure the same government for not utilizing these aircraft in the war against Arab terrorists. Instead of using these planes to pulverize manned terrorist strongholds and hiding [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: November 14th, 2003

Flickering LightAs a former fundamentalist Protestant I extend kudos to Ben Noach Roy Neal Grissom, who touched on many significant issues in his Oct. 3 letter to the editor.Here’s a news flash – Torah isn’t politically correct. What is this insanity of Orthodox Jews who are registered Democrats? The Democratic party - that left-leaning tower of [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: November 7th, 2003

Bush Deserves BetterWith his refusal to follow the lead of the so-called international community and his supportof Israel’s right to strike at terrorists in Syria, President Bush has once again demonstratedthat he is indeed the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House. Meanwhile, I find it ironic and deeply troubling that Jews [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: October 31st, 2003

A Sister’s DespairI am the younger sister of Dr. David Applebaum and his surviving relative here in Israel. David and I had a very close relationship and both of us were committed to living in Israel.Upon learning that David was killed in a terror attack along with his daughter, I went into total shock. I’ve [...]

Letters To The Editor

Posted on: October 24th, 2003

Legitimizing The IllegitimateI wish to congratulate The Jewish Press for its courage in confronting the problem of misguided left-wing Orthodox rabbis who join with those of the deviant streams in Lishma. Such theological dialogues not only serve to legitimize these movements, they confuse the unlearned and further divide our people. Our sages’ condemnation of such [...]