Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: February 20th, 2008
InDepth → Letters To The EditorLivni’s ‘Balance’ Israel has rejected the statement of UN representative John Holmes who, upon visiting Sderot, decried the “cycle of violence,” as if to equate Israel’s reactions to Hamas’s acts. Such balancing is not new, however, and has unfortunately been voiced by some of Israel’s leaders. When Shas minister and MK Eli Yishai urged [...]
Posted on: May 9th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorIn Praise Of Marc Shapiro (I) I thoroughly enjoyed Elliot Resnick’s interview with Professor Marc Shapiro (“Things Once Taken For Granted Are Now Considered Unacceptable,” April 27). It’s a real credit to The Jewish Press that the article ran at all, which is a sad commentary on the state of Orthodoxy today and the fearful, [...]
Posted on: May 2nd, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorCorrect Distinctions Kenneth Levin’s April 20 front-page essay (“The Empty Rage of Jewish ‘Progressives‘“) makes precisely the correct distinctions between Alvin Rosenfeld’s monograph and the responses of his detractors. If they don’t want to be lumped together with self-styled progressives who delegitimize Israel, they should watch the company they keep. Richard Sherwin(Via E-Mail) No Debate Lately there [...]
Posted on: April 25th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorIndependence Day The celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut is a declaration that the Nazis failed to obliterate four millennia of Jewish life. But while we’ve earned the right to rejoice, let there be no illusions. Once again, the very nations that stood idly by while millions of innocent Jews were slaughtered are jeopardizing Israel’s survival. The [...]
Posted on: April 18th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorImus’s Bosses Equally At Fault What Don Imus said is well beyond the bounds of what is acceptable (“The Mindless Mr. Imus,” editorial, April 13). However, unless somebody has been in the shoes of a radio talk host, it is impossible to know the pressure that is placed on the host by management. There is [...]
Posted on: April 12th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorDon’t Give Up Golan I hope Joseph Farah’s article on the Golan (“Whose Golan Heights?” op-ed, March 30) is widely read. The myth of Arab entitlement to the Golan is akin to the fables underlying Arab claims to the rest of biblical Israel. Farah should expand on what he wrote and The Jewish Press and [...]
Posted on: April 2nd, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorHurray For Hagee (I) I had tears in my eyes as I read Pastor John Hagee’s speech to AIPAC (front-page essay, March 30). Why is it that Bible-believing Christians seem to shine with such faith and certainty while even Orthodox rabbis (forget about Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist) tend to speak in muted tones, full of [...]
Posted on: March 28th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorNote to Readers: A letter appeared in last week’s issue purporting to be from a “Rabbi Rick Probstein.” We have since learned that the letter was not from someone named Rick Probstein. Though we make every effort to verify the identity of readers who submit letters for publication, the system obviously failed in this instance. [...]
Posted on: March 21st, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorDog In The Fight (I) Reader Yaakov Fromer writes (letters, March 16): “Whether Turkey did or did not commit genocide nearly a hundred years ago is no concern of ours – we have no dog in that fight.” I would respond that as Jews – a people who have suffered tremendously at the brutal [...]
Posted on: March 14th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The Editor‘Provocation’ So Bishop Mixa from Germany expressed his concern over Palestinians facing “ghettoization with almost racist characteristics” (front-page news story, March 9). When asked to confirm that statement, Mixa said, “I wanted to say that building the wall between Israel and the Palestinians amounts to provocation from the point of view of the Palestinian population.” [...]
Posted on: February 28th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorSeidenfeld Yahrzeit March 1, Taanis Esther, marks the second yahrzeit for the four Seidenfeld children of Teaneck, New Jersey, who perished in a fire. Philyss Seidenfeld, the mother of the children, has requested that individuals, communities, and shuls learn on that day in memory of the children and as an aliyah for their neshomos. The [...]
Posted on: February 21st, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorAbout That Blood-Libel Book In light of the false and distorted interpretation given to my recently published book, I have requested the Italian publishing house El Molino to immediately stop further distribution of the book [news story, page 3] in order that I may re-edit those passages which comprised the basis of the distortions and [...]
Posted on: February 14th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorInfluence Of The Press It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years since the passing of Rabbi Sholom Klass, zt”l, thanks to whom a good friend of mine got started on the road to Torah. Back in 1964, this friend was serving time in a California penitentiary for armed robbery. With so many empty [...]
Posted on: February 7th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorOutstanding Community Re “Memphis, Tennessee: The Jerusalem of the South” (Contemporary Jewish Kehilla, Jan. 26): My family and I moved to Memphis after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. We came with literally two days’ worth of clothing after evacuating New Orleans. The community here welcomed us, fed, and treated us like long-lost family. Our children [...]
Posted on: January 31st, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorDreamer Vs. Realist It is clear that Eli Chomsky (“For Israeli-Syrian Talks,” op-ed, Jan. 26) lives in America and Steven Plaut (“Israel Should Offer Syria Nothing,” op-ed, Jan. 26) in Israel. Like so many in America, Mr. Chomsky fails to understand the Arab mentality, and therefore he dreams. Professor Plaut may also dream, but living [...]
Posted on: January 24th, 2007
InDepth → Letters To The EditorMany Thanks We must take this opportunity to express our tremendous hakoras hatov to Hakodesh Baruch Hu for performing an open miracle during the terrible car accident that occurred on November 27, 2006, when a city bus collided with our family van carrying two children. We also appreciate all the tefilos and Tehillim that were [...]
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