Letters to the Editor: Gun control, Israel, kosher food at Jewish day schools
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2012
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Wilshire Boulevard Temple, world hunger and editorial cartoons
Jewish Journal
August 8, 2012
Bet Tzedek sends its lawyers every day into the diverse communities of our city, representing all who are in need. Jewish Family Services and Jewish Vocational Services do the same. A group at Stephen S. Wise Temple has launched a summer Freedom School branch that gives low-income young people from nearby communities a unique educational opportunity. The Breed Street Shul is turning a historic Boyle Heights temple building into a monument to our past and our future as well as an invaluable community center for a largely Spanish-speaking neighborhood in the Shul’s home community.
Letters to the Editor: David Mamet, Dennis Prager, USC Hillel
Jewish Journal
August 1, 2012
In “At What Cost?” (July 27), David Mamet asserts that the national debt has doubled under President Barack Obama and that government has increased massively in size.
Letters to the Editor: Aaron Brock, religion and second-hand smoke
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2012
The story of Aaron Brock is enormously moving (“A Hunger That Cannot Be Fed,” July 20). I was especially happy to see how the Brock family’s synagogue community gathered to support them, from the rabbi and cantor to the congregants, once they learned of Aaron’s condition and the family’s needs.
Letters to the Editor: Berman v. Sherman and Woody Allen
Jewish Journal
July 19, 2012
As a legislator and a Jewish Journal subscriber, I was deeply disappointed in “Berman vs. Sherman: Evaluating Their Congressional Records” (June 29), Bill Boyarsky’s effort to measure each member’s legislative effectiveness through an Internet search engine.
Letters to the Editor: Israel, health care, education
Jewish Journal
July 11, 2012
David Suissa compellingly observes that the principal motivator of anti-Israel sentiment is the charge of “occupier”…
Letters to the Editor: Pamela Geller, orthodoxy, kashrut
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2012
As Jews, Christians and Muslims united together to find paths to peace, we the participants and friends who are part of the Abrahamic Faiths Peacemaking Initiative, are grateful for The Jewish Federation’s decision to cancel the speaking engagement of Pamela Geller.
Letters to the Editor: Milk, languages, kindergarten, breakfast, philanthropy
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2012
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is restirring a tempest in a glass of milk (“How Kosher Is Your Milk,” June 22). This issue was addressed in great detail in the fall 2007 issue of the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society in the article “The Kashrut of Commercially Sold Milk” by Rabbi Michoel Zylberman.
Letters to the Editor: Foie Gras ban, JCC closures, being a mensch
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2012
In the June 8 Graduation section, I read about an 18-year-old young lady who helps rehabilitate abused horses and is moving into a nursing program with the goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon (“Healing Others, and Herself”). I am so proud of our community and its compassionate heritage.
Letter to the Editor: The Curious Case of Rabbi Alan Abrams
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2012
As the volunteer and professional leaders of The Board of Rabbis of Southern California, we were profoundly disturbed to read “The Curious Case of Rabbi Alan Abrams.” We thank Jonah Lowenfeld and the Jewish Journal for your thorough and incisive investigative reporting.
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