Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Sivan 13, 5773
Why All the Vitriol When J Street's Brought Up? I don't understand the personal vitriol so abundant in the critiques of J-Street (Cover Story: "A New Street in Town, and So Far, It's a Little Bumpy," Jan. 28). The politics in Israel are far more robust and testy than anything put out by J Street or AIPAC, so why all...
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On This Particular Street, Lots of Potholes to Avoid Concerning the cover story "A New Street in Town, and So Far, It's a Little Bumpy" (Jan. 28), J Street claims to be completely pro-Israel. Its aim is to establish peace between Israel and the Palestinians, since only with such an agreement in place, it argues, can Israel continue to exist...
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There Are Losses That Go Beyond Just Numbers "Philadelphia by the Numbers" (Cover story, Jan. 14), which dealt with the recently released population study, omitted another devastating phenomenon: the transfer of Jewish wealth to non-Jews. In the past, throughout the Diaspora communities, this transfer often occurred through violent expropriation from Jews by hostile governments; now it is happening every day...
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Speaking Up When an Old Hatred Rears Its Head I read with interest Michael Elkin's piece titled "And a Happy New Year -- With Old Biases?" (City & Suburb, Dec. 31). He is indeed to be commended for speaking up when individuals resort to anti-Semitism. I have found myself in this situation numerous times, but have always been reluctant to...
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Why Should We Thank Him for Ditching Judaism? I was saddened after reading Alex Cohen's letter regarding intermarriage in the Jan. 7 issue. Most troubling is Mr. Cohen's rationalization that he's actually doing the Jewish community a favor by not marrying a Jewish woman. He says that we should be both "celebrating" and "thanking" him. Thanking him for what? For...
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