April 15, 2025

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Letters

A Letter to Mordechai Schmutter

For too long has our community paper been plagued with over-discussed topics like the tuition crisis, COVID-19, new Teaneck restaurants and the tuition crisis. This

Pay It Forward

I saw something similar to this for a different industry and decided I would try to pay it forward. It is becoming increasingly apparent that

Tallit Protocol

I often get comments on my articles from fellow congregants. This past Shabbat I received a wonderful validation about my position that one should not

Learning Happens Everywhere

As chair of the Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University Educator Preparation Program, I found this past week’s comic strip @JEWISHCARTOON by Jordan B. Gorfinkel

Ner Shel Chanukah

I read Rabbi Gil Student’s illuminating article (“The Mixed-Up Blessing on Chanukah Lights,’’ December 10, 2020) about how commentators explain Rav Yosef Karo’s deviation of

The Mi Sheberach Debate

Rabbi Daniel Alter’s article (“The Future of Our Shuls Post-Pandemic,” December 3, 2020) brought to light many issues and opportunities that shuls will have to

The History of Harlem I Never Knew

Thank you for that informational and enlightening article on the evolvement and development of Jewish Harlem by the “Two Sues” (“The Jewish History of Harlem:

Thank You to Rabbi Kenny Schiowitz

We find ourselves sandwiched between two events that focus on expressing our gratitude and thanks. On the secular calendar, Thanksgiving has recently passed. On the

We Are All in This Together

We are all in this together! Really?!? I think that’s one of the most overused slogans, and probably one of the most untrue. We may

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