Letters Cutting ties with CAIR; Keeping politics out of synagogue; etc. Parsing Zionism Elliot Helman’s Dec. 22 letter to the editor (Letters, “Zionism is not Judaism”) deserves a respectful and thoughtful response. It… By J. Readers Jan 5, 2022
Letters No to ‘assimilated’ Hanukkah; Billoo isn’t antisemitic; etc. That’s not why I signed I signed the letter on discourse from the Committee of Concerned Rabbis in part because one of my teachers, Rabbi Wolpe, helped… By J. Readers Dec 22, 2021
Letters Big news about circumcision ; No sympathy for Chesa Boudin; etc. ‘Moral blindness’ The opinion piece by Rabbis Nancy H. Wiener and Lester Bronstein (“Outlawing Ben & Jerry’s boycott is a distraction that makes… By J. Readers Dec 13, 2021
Letters Unfair pay in Jewish orgs; GOP Jews and Trump; etc. Unfair pay practices I was very interested to read about the pay equity survey conducted in Bay Area Jewish nonprofits (”Local Jewish orgs don’t include… By J. Readers Nov 22, 2021
Letters No such thing as messianic 'synagogue'; We all need 'Fiddler'; etc. OU: Can I watch Porky Pig? Thank you for your thought-provoking JTA article siding with the Orthodox Union’s decision to consider Impossible Pork to be… By J. Readers Nov 9, 2021
Letters Ethnic studies 'guardrails' aren't enough; Etc. Good going, L.A. teachers A teacher’s job isn’t to indoctrinate students with a particular view, but to teach them to think critically and appreciate… By J. Readers Nov 1, 2021
Letters We're wrong on ethnic studies; How to talk about suicide; Etc. Keep ‘AI’ out of rabbi J. reporter Maya Mirsky described how the Robo-Rabbi is programmed to provide text-based responses to questions regarding Jewish… By J. Readers Oct 15, 2021
Letters We got story of Yom Rishon School wrong; Dogs and God; Etc. Yom Rishon story was wrong I was quite surprised to read your Sept. 17 article on Yom Rishon School in Los Altos. My child is in the photo used for the… By J. Readers Sep 30, 2021
Letters 'Hitler' review missed point; Recall was a joke; etc. A great summer in Israel I would like to thank you for the wonderful coverage on the TJJ Action summer program in Israel run by Akiva Naiman… By J. Readers Sep 20, 2021