January 19, 2025

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Letters

A Different Take on Mishloach Manot

I appreciated the letter by Michelle Kohn,”Bring Back the Spirit of Purim” (February 27, 2020). She wrote that Purim has become an extravagant and unnecessary

Kol HaKavod, Dad!

Editors’ note: The following letter was sent to the Daf Yomi Commission by the author, expressing hakarat hatov to his father, Highland Park’s own Max

Five Slates for Orthodoxy

This past week a letter to the editor (“The Importance of World Zionist Elections on March 11,” by Odelya Jacobs) indicated, in error, that there

Meaningful ‘In Memoriam’ Article

I read with sincere sadness the memoriam letter submitted by Gershon Distenfeld. (“A Mother’s Message to Her Sons,” February 20, 2020) Thank you to The

Shabbos Scooters

We were recently struck by the tragedy of two of our friends being struck by a car. Let us remember Shelly Mermelstein A”H  and continue

Active Shooter Protocol

It’s important to know what to do during an active shooter attack and I was pleased to read about the recent seminar at St. Mary’s

Combating Anti-Semitism

On Monday evening, February 10, Mark Weitzman of the Simon Wiesenthal Center addressed the Highland Park community on “Anti-Semitism: The Evil in Our Midst.” Mark

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