letters to the editor
RAC blasts Robertson on remark (Editor’s note: The following is an open letter from Mark Pelavin, associate director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, to Rev. Pat Robertson expr...
Letters to the editor November 12
Veterans prone to ALS Veterans Day is an often over-looked holiday on the U.S. calendar. However, it’s a day to take pause and remember those individuals who have dedicated their lives to prot...
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Veterans prone to ALS Veterans Day is an often over-looked holiday on the U.S. calendar. However, it’s a day to take pause and remember those individuals who have dedicated their lives to prot...
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Letters to the editor November 5
A positive portrayal It is rare to see Jews portrayed by the mass media without the usual negative stereotypes. In light of that, it has been refreshing to see how the new television series, “G...
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A positive portrayal It is rare to see Jews portrayed by the mass media without the usual negative stereotypes. In light of that, it has been refreshing to see how the new television series, “G...
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Letters to the editor October 29
Let inmates foot corrections costs I was pleased to read the 22 October article, “Costa cites prison reform as possible cost-cutting measure for State,” which notes State Sen. Jay Costa’s effort...
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Let inmates foot corrections costs I was pleased to read the 22 October article, “Costa cites prison reform as possible cost-cutting measure for State,” which notes State Sen. Jay Costa’s effort...
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Letters to the editor October 22
Goldstone lauded for report I have read several articles in The Jewish Chronicle seeking to discredit the U.N. Human Rights Council report (known as the Goldstone report), which found Israel gui...
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Goldstone lauded for report I have read several articles in The Jewish Chronicle seeking to discredit the U.N. Human Rights Council report (known as the Goldstone report), which found Israel gui...
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Letters to the editor October 15
Dunkin’ Donuts a sign of change When I was growing up in Pittsburgh in the ’70s, it was always great fun to visit our cousins in Queens, New York. I realized I could enjoy more in New York — res...
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Dunkin’ Donuts a sign of change When I was growing up in Pittsburgh in the ’70s, it was always great fun to visit our cousins in Queens, New York. I realized I could enjoy more in New York — res...
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Letters to the editor October 8
Women at risk Thank you for publishing an article on the Siegel family and the ovarian cancer risk for Ashkenazi women, (“Gene mutation is clue about cancer risks among Ashkenazi women,” Sept. 2...
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Women at risk Thank you for publishing an article on the Siegel family and the ovarian cancer risk for Ashkenazi women, (“Gene mutation is clue about cancer risks among Ashkenazi women,” Sept. 2...
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Letters to the editor September 24
Auxiliary closing (Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the members of the Weinberg Village Ladies Auxiliary.) At a meeting held May 13, 2009, at the Weinberg Village, the Ladies A...
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Auxiliary closing (Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the members of the Weinberg Village Ladies Auxiliary.) At a meeting held May 13, 2009, at the Weinberg Village, the Ladies A...
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Letters to the editor September 17
Kennedy served the disadvantaged Judah Samet is correct in the condemnation he hurls at the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy in his Sept. 10 letter, “Columnist blasted on Kennedy.” Much of Kennedy...
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Kennedy served the disadvantaged Judah Samet is correct in the condemnation he hurls at the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy in his Sept. 10 letter, “Columnist blasted on Kennedy.” Much of Kennedy...
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Letters to the editor September 10
Columnist blasted on Kennedy In reference to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield’s Sept 3 column, “The biblical and rabbinic roots of Ted Kennedy’s politics,” the title of the article seems to imply the auth...
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Columnist blasted on Kennedy In reference to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield’s Sept 3 column, “The biblical and rabbinic roots of Ted Kennedy’s politics,” the title of the article seems to imply the auth...
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Letters to the editor September 3
Build it and they will come This is the first time I have felt compelled to respond to an editorial, in this case, the one entitled, “Who are the Downtown Jews?” (Aug. 20). The history of a smal...
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Build it and they will come This is the first time I have felt compelled to respond to an editorial, in this case, the one entitled, “Who are the Downtown Jews?” (Aug. 20). The history of a smal...
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Letters to the editor August 27
‘Energizing’ response The response after Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon called Peace Now a “virus” has been energizing. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Ya’alon’s comments were “n...
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‘Energizing’ response The response after Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon called Peace Now a “virus” has been energizing. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Ya’alon’s comments were “n...
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