Monday, May 20, 2013 Sivan 11, 5773
Being Vegan Answers So Many Moral Issues Thank you for your cover story on the "ethical dilemma" faced by many Jews concerned about the origins of animal-derived foods ("What's Cooking, Kosher-Wise?" Jan. 6). Raising and killing animals is a topic that should receive more coverage in your paper as it encompasses serious moral questions that we Jews must contemplate. In...
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Tragic Shootings Provide a Needed Wake-Up Call I hope that the recent shootings in Arizona will serve as a wake-up call for our country. The violent discourse that has become all too common cannot be legislated away. Beyond discourse, there are some basic steps we could make to improve our country. Specifically, we could cut our military budget in half...
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Facts and Myths About the Wall: A Corrective It is disappointing to discover major historical errors in Rabbis Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Alderstein's attempt to refute Palestinian propaganda and present the "facts" about the Western Wall (Editorial & Opinion: "Who's Wall Is It, Anyway? Well, Here Are Some Facts," Dec. 30). The Palestinian Authority has distorted some issues, but it...
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Revisiting the Connection Between Jews, Baseball Andrew Sherman's opinion piece, "The Man Who Saved Baseball (for Philly Fans, Anyway)," published in the Dec. 23 Jewish Exponent , was one of the more bizarre articles I've ever read about one of my favorite subjects, the Jewish connection with baseball. It's also filled with faulty assertions. Cliff Lee is an outstanding pitcher...
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Getting Students to Stay Is Win-Win for Everybody As the president of Campus Philly and a board member of Mekor Habracha/Center City Synagogue, I read the Dec. 16 editorial, "Grasping the Future," with particular interest. I thank you for shining a spotlight on a terrific opportunity for our local religious communities, Jewish and otherwise. Campus Philly's study, "From Student to...
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