Thursday, June 20, 2013 Tammuz 12, 5773
Do We Really Represent a Dilution of Traditions? My family and I were featured in the Dec. 17 cover story, "A Merry Little Chanukah?" as an interfaith family raising Jewish children that also happens to participate in Christmas celebrations. I can't say that I am surprised or horrified by the responses from other Jews over our choices. Unfortunately, I've experienced...
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Far From a Celebration; In Fact, It's a Tragedy! Upon receipt of my Dec. 17 issue of the Jewish Exponent, I noted the photo on the cover: a family playing dreidel in front of their Christmas tree. I have no qualms with describing the dilemma faced by the Jewish people today: that a large proportion of Jews are part of...
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It's a Moment of Pride for the Entire Community The announcement of the Staub-Spitko wedding in your Dec. 3 issue -- the first ever in the Jewish Exponent to acknowledge a same-sex marriage -- represents a proud moment for the Jewish community and for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. I applaud the paper's change in policy, which now includes gay and...
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U.S. Must Make Certain Iran Doesn't Get Bomb Your editorial in the paper of Nov. 25, titled "Time to Enforce Deadline," rightly describes the danger posed to Israel by the looming Iranian nuclear threat and the need for the United States to take action. One important addition to your argument would be the often neglected fact that there are huge...
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A Perfect Example That Health Care Does Work In "A Tough Way to Learn the Truth About U.S. Health Care" (Op-Ed, Nov. 25), Ira Forman describes his recent brush with mortality. After sustaining an apparent heart attack in a washroom at a fundraiser, he was transported to his choice of hospitals, where, as he recounts, within 70 minutes of arrival...
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