Kudos to Charles Bakst for his illuminating, insightful article re Fall River’s Temple Beth El (February 2024) in its glorious days of yore. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the …
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3/1/24
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A letter to the editor by Alex Cutler (“Our Community Must Stay United,” Jan. 2024) objects to Jewish RI even publishing an interview with Professor Ruth Ben-Artzi, calling it …
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2/2/24
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I thought your editorial was excellent and right on the button for 2024 [January 2024]. It reminded me of the anecdote about the Knesset or even a minyan. If you get 10 Jews …
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2/2/24
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Full humanitarian aid and medical for the residents of Gaza [January 2024]? Why do you not demand it for the raped and beaten hostages? Where is your outrage at the systematic Jew hatred …
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2/2/24
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I arrived in Israel in August 2005 to begin medical school at Tel Aviv University, coinciding with Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. It was a tense period with strong opposition to the withdrawal. …
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1/7/24
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For years , most Jews have focused on neo-Nazi and similar groups as the greatest threat in the Diaspora. It has become clear that we now have a coalition of antisemitic and anti-Israel …
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12/3/23
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Thanks so much for your coverage of the current, horrible situation in Israel and Gaza and of the local response in our Jewish community.
As I write this note I am brokenhearted, as so many of …
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12/3/23
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In regard to the eviction of Congregation Jeshuat Israel from Touro Synagogue headed up by Louis Solomon of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City, I have one question, “why”?
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10/5/23
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In anticipation of the University of California Regents’ upcoming board meeting, a coalition letter signed by 99 organizations was submitted to the UC Regents on Sept. 18, 2023, urging …
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10/5/23
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I found Aaron Ginsburg’s recent article about Rabbi Soloveichik’s presentation at the Newport Historical Society (September 2023) pretty interesting, especially the quotes from John …
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10/5/23
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