January 17, 2025

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Letters

Thank You, President Trump

The defining feature of the term Yehudi (Jew) is the principle of hakarat hatov (gratitude). One is free to disagree with former President Donald J.

Acceptance for All

I’m writing to commend columnist Michael Feldstein for his article entitled “Creating Safe Spaces” (January 28, 2021). It’s not easy to admit former bias—especially publicly—and

The Simple Explanation Of Chamushim

I enjoy and look forward to Mitchell First’s articles in The Jewish Link each week. In this past week’s edition (“The Meaning of ‘Chamushim’ (Ex.

Jews Should Be United

As a Conservative Jew, I fully endorse Rabbi Billet’s proposition of fostering communication and dialogue among different streams of Judaism (“Orthodox Rabbis Should Speak to

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees

While reading the letter to the editor by Tamar Belote in which she responds to Dr. Wisotsky’s feedback on Sipporah Tracer’s article regarding tethered oral

On Davening and Its Improvement

I would like to wholeheartedly thank Ira Buckman for his article in the January 21 issue (“A Proposal to Improve Our Davening”), in which he

Mistaking Opinion for Fact

Maurice Appelbaum claims in his January 21 article “Thoughts on the Capitol Insurrection and the BLM Movement,” that it is “disingenuous and misleading” to highlight

Acknowledging an Error

I am grateful to the Link readers who reached out and respectfully pointed out an error in my article last week (“Thoughts on the Capitol

On the Need for LGBTQ+ Inclusion

In a letter in The Jewish Link titled “Objections to Two LGBT Bills” (January 14, 2021), Rabbi Leiter spoke against a bill promoting diversity and

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