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Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" on sale at a French bookstore in 2017. (Photo/JTA-ActuaLitté-Flickr Commons)
Posted inLetters

The ‘Maus’ hole; Sexual abuse at Camp Arazim; J. archives are a treasure; etc.

by J. Readers February 18, 2022
A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inLetters

Time to end Orthodox monopoly; Whoopi is not wrong; etc.

by J. Readers February 2, 2022
In a recent episode of the 11th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Larry David feels obligated to clean a Klansman's robe. (Photo/John P. Johnson-HBO)
Posted inLetters

Stanford Jewish quota; Zoom accessibility; Larry David’s Holocaust shoes; etc.

by J. Readers January 21, 2022January 21, 2022
Zahra Billoo, executive director of the San Francisco chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, speaks outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, April 2018. (Photo/Flickr-Lorie Shaull CC BY 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Parsing Zionism; Cutting ties with CAIR; Keeping politics out of synagogue; etc.

by J. Readers January 5, 2022
Smile aside, Emma Goss was disappointed by the "Hanukkah Lights" night at Filoli House and Gardens in Woodside.
Posted inLetters

No to ‘assimilated’ Hanukkah; Billoo isn’t antisemitic; etc.

by J. Readers December 22, 2021December 23, 2021
A selection of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel. (Photo/JTA-Linda Gradstein)
Posted inLetters

‘Moral blindness’ around Israel; Big news about circumcision; No sympathy for Chesa Boudin; etc.

by J. Readers December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
Attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting hold up signs while waiting to see President Donald Trump speak, April 6, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Ethan Miller-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Unfair pay in Jewish orgs; Homelessness is not ‘unsolvable’; GOP Jews and Trump; etc.

by J. Readers November 22, 2021
Antisemitic flyers stuck to menorah
Posted inLetters

OU goes too far on Impossible Pork; No such thing as messianic ‘synagogue’; We all need ‘Fiddler’; etc.

by J. Readers November 9, 2021
Members and supporters of the United Teachers of Los Angeles union wave and cheer in a downtown Los Angeles park at the end of a strike, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Scott Heins-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Ethnic studies ‘guardrails’ aren’t enough; Circumcision, for and against; Etc.

by J. Readers November 1, 2021
Adam Mansbach, the very busy author best known for his not-for-children children's book "Go the Fuck to Sleep." (George Barahona)
Posted inLetters

No to AI rabbi; We’re wrong on ethnic studies; How to talk about suicide; Etc.

by J. Readers October 15, 2021

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