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Letters to the editor May 2
Volunteers lauded At Jewish Family & Children’s Service, volunteers are vital to our mission to provide services for individuals and families throughout our community. As a nonprofit social serv...
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor April 25
Pride in our senators Pennsylvanians should be proud that our senator, the Honorable Patrick Toomey, is one of the two leaders who brokered a bipartisan compromise that would expand background ch...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor April 18
Register to vote In 1984, a letter from Rav Moshe Feinstein (z’’l) urged the community to register and vote. Interestingly, I was 18 at the time. The letter said that we who live in the United S...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor April 4
Remember the Struma As we read about the “apology” the Turkish prime minister demanded and was delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the pressure of President Obama, it is ...
Apr 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor March 28
Statement assailed In the 21 March edition of The Jewish Chronicle, Rabbi Alvin Berkun stated, “Frankly, I believe if they had chosen a cardinal from Africa the Jewish community would have probl...
Mar 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor March 21
A major fallacy I read Lee Chottiner’s column entitled “Israelis, Palestinians can learn lessons from Africa,” in the March 7 edition. Outgoing U.S. special envoy, Princeton Lyman, while discussi...
Mar 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor March 7
Fair trade coffee touted Last year, in the JFilm Festival’s Short Film [lineup], there was a movie about fair trade coffee. There seems to be various definitions for “fair trade.” My general und...
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor January 31
Community ‘repels’ interfaith couples Abby Schachter’s recent article offered a simple solution to the Jewish “demographic crisis.” To preserve the Jewish community, your children cannot date a g...
Feb 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor January 3
Schechter to president, Congress: ‘Erect meaningful fences’ around weapons (Editor’s note: The following is taken from a Dec. 20 open letter to President Obama and the Members of Congress. It wa...
Jan 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor December 27
URA supports startups I read with great interest Abby W. Schachter's Dec. 20 column, “A Jew runs for city council.” I share Dan Gilman's desire to retain and attract youth and diversity to our ci...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor December 20
Jews and gambling [Regarding the recent event in which] local Jewish college students on the verge of finals took a break and had a casino night at the Hillel-JUC: The winners were not the studen...
Dec 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letters to the editor August 16
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
A great debate, please As a strong supporter of President Obama, it may come as a surprise that I welcome the recent steps taken by the Romney campaign to compete for support in our community.  N...
Letters to the editor July 19
Jul 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Work for peace Last week’s editorial titled “Watershed Moment” was indeed that.  The discourse about the Presbyterian Church (USA), their General Assembly and the commissioners who voted in it re...
Letters to the editor July 12
Jul 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Mission Atidim remembered Your great description and imagery of the recent Centennial Mission (“From family tree to Tel Aviv kitchen, mission made lasting impact,” July 5) brought back fond memor...
Letters to the editor June 28
Jun 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Where was the review? It is with disappointment and frustration that I note that The Jewish Chronicle, the acknowledged newspaper of record for the Jewish community in western Pennsylvania, faile...
Letters to the editor June 21
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Kotel equality Tel Aviv is a city known for its beautiful beaches. Our beaches might look like many other Mediterranean countries, but there is something very unique about the beaches in Tel Aviv...
Letters to the editor June 14
Jun 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Synagogue remembrance On a beautiful Sunday in May, a full bus load of people from the community enjoyed a six-hour, organized trip from New Light Synagogue to the East End, Squirrel Hill and Hom...
Letters to the editor June 7
Jun 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Omissions & clarifications We appreciated Andrew Goldstein’s article on this year’s wonderful Tikkun Leil Shavuot program. I wanted to bring to your attention some omissions and clarifications. ...
Letters to the Editor May 31
Jun 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
'What is the Holocaust?' I am a sophomore at Canon McMillan High School in Canonsburg. I had the privilege of listening to [Moshe Baran] speak of his experiences during the Holocaust. I just want...
Letters to the editor May 17
May 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Center debunks rumors There are rumors circulating about the future of the Holocaust Center, especially as we have recently announced our intention to move back to our previous location in Oaklan...
Letters to the editor May 10
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Focus changed The Chronicle editorial staff wrote an interesting article about two alleged incidents of Neighborhood Watch members gone bad (“Respect Neighborhood Watch,” May 3), the most widely ...