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Two children walk through rubble near a beach in the Gaza Strip in 2017. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Letters

Lehmann at GTU, for and against; UAE deal, for and against; etc.

Hurrah, Kamala! The announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as the vice presidential nominee left many across the country excited, but as a former youth…
By J. Readers Sep 4, 2020
a bald man with a short bear leans on a bookcase

Letters

Call Jew-hatred what it is; GTU controversy, for and against; etc.

It’s about hate, not a hyphen Your Aug. 6 editorial (“Dropping the hyphen: Why this publication is changing its spelling of antisemitism”) did not explain…
By J. Readers Aug 21, 2020
Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, March 12, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-Echoes Wire-Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Letters

Biden's 'career of lying'; Stop saying 'Jewish privilege'; An 'anti-Israel rag'

Showing schools our heart I was disappointed by your article “Schools scramble as Covid wreaks havoc on reopening plans.” The gist, as I read it, was that…
By J. Readers Aug 7, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Letters

J. is fake news; Kushner is no celebrity; BLM is bad for the Jews; etc.

Wrong! Jews are not safe in Hungary This is a response to the letter in J. from Ildiko Pataki (“Jews are safe in Hungary,” July 10). I am a Holocaust…
By J. Readers Jul 28, 2020
Satya Zamudio, 15, is urging Oakland's school board to eliminate its police force. (Photo/Rucha Chitnis)

Letters

Inequality in the burbs; JCCs need new funding model; etc.

Redress the inequities Hannah Lebovits’ opinion piece on white Jews moving to the suburbs (“White Jews fled to the suburbs. Black Americans could not.…
By J. Readers Jul 10, 2020
Protestors raise their fists during a moment of silence to remember black lives lost to police violence during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Woburn, Mass., June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jessica Rinaldi-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Letters

Annexation is bad; welcome Jews of color; don't support BLM; etc.

How could UCSF do it? I worked at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for close to 20 years, and also worked on “The Jewish Wedding” Zakheim…
By J. Readers Jun 26, 2020
The Neve Menachem settlement in the West Bank. (Photo/JTA-Gili Yaari-Flash 90)

Letters

West Bank annexation is reckless; ethnic studies is bad for the Jews; etc.

‘God bless those counselors’ A couple of issues ago, I was flipping through the pages of J. and my roaming eye came upon an article headlined “Crip Camp:…
By J. Readers Jun 11, 2020
Medical personnel in protective suits await the arrival of possible COVID-19 infections at the Molinette Hospital in Turin, Italy, March 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stefano Guidi/Getty)

Letters

Open the economy; oppose ethnic studies; respect your rabbi; etc.

Opening economy also saves lives J. has done well to emphasize the importance of protecting human life in “Staying at home means saving lives, our highest…
By J. Readers Jun 1, 2020
Disability rights activists Denise Sherer Jacobson and Neil Jacobson, subjects of "Crip Camp," in their early 20s. (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)

Letters

Mazel tov to us; Orthodoxy is not irrelevant; etc.

Facts about Federation The article “SF-based Jewish Federation announces first wave of emergency grants” (April 29) stated some inaccurate information…
By J. Readers May 12, 2020
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