Paper Takes a Good Turn in Time for the New Year What an auspicious way to celebrate the Jewish New Year! Two items in Lisa Hostein's article (The Editor's Desk: "Inclusion: It's the Primary Goal Behind Paper's New Policy," Oct. 1) made me take notice. First, the resolution to publish gay and lesbian unions in the paper's life-cycles section. This...
Begin, the Son: Can He Be Right About Obama? I would never ascribe to Benny Begin the qualities of a typical leftist dove, i.e., gullibility and naivété. However, reading the Sept. 17 issue of the Jewish Exponent, I came across the following sentence in the article describing Mr. Begin's recent visit to Philadelphia (City & Suburb: "Begin, the Son, Sees...
Report on the Gaza War Rightly Outrages Israelis Israelis are rightly outraged at the content of the recently issued Goldstone Commission Report on Israel's war in Gaza (Cover story: "Report on Israel's War in Gaza Sparks Debate and Much Protest," Sept. 24). A few days after the report was published, Richard Goldstone's daughter wrote in The Jerusalem Post that her...
Disservice Done to the Best-Kept Secret in Bucks Regarding the recent cover story by Bryan Schwartzman ("The Writing's on the Wall," Aug. 27), we are now absolutely certain that our congregation is the best-kept secret in Lower Bucks County. In focusing only on a few synagogues, the story did a disservice to those of us who for years have been...
Need to End Hunger: It's Even More Crucial Now Before Rosh Hashanah, when we examine our deeds over the past year, there is one more thing we can do that will make a difference in the lives of poor and hungry Americans. Under the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, every five years, certain federal nutrition programs expire...