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Rabbi Jim Rosenberg (March 2025) flashed me back to my own reactions to David Brooks’s opinion pieces. I learned about Christianity’s inherent antisemitism in the 1950’s … more

Letters to the editor | 4/4/25

Rabbi Rosenberg and David Brooks

Denial is great… until it isn’t. Rabbi Jim Rosenberg flashed me back to my own reactions to David Brooks’s opinion pieces. I learned about Christianity’s inherent antisemitism in the … more

Letters to the editor | 3/30/25

About Rabbi Aaron Samuel Tamares

I was glad to see Rabbi Aaron Samuel Tamares (1869-1931) mentioned in Rabbi James Rosenberg’s February 2025 “It Seems To Me” column. Tamares studied at the Kolel ha-Perushim in … more

Letters to the editor | 3/6/25

More on petition

In the December 2024, David Middlemiss wrote a letter about a petition written by teachers and authors who participated in the 2024 NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) convention in … more

Letters to the editor | 1/21/25

NCTE issues petition

Recently , teachers and authors who are participating at the 2024 NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English) convention in Boston issued a petition to prevent CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in … more

Letters to the editor | 12/8/24

Yiskor can wait

At my schul’s Yom Kippur services, our fantastic Rabbi Avi Perets cautioned those with living parents to NOT leave before the traditional Yiskor commemoration. Recognizing the Oct. 7 massacre … more

Letters to the editor | 11/3/24

I’m standing up

If not now , then when? I cannot stand by any longer hoping someone else will stand up for Israel. At recent rallies I have attended, Pro-Israel groups are always outnumbered by Pro-Palestinian … more

Letters to the editor | 9/6/24

Remember your values

All of us have been rightly shaken by what has happened on college campuses and by the way that some in progressive circles who we have faithfully supported have embraced a false and hateful … more

Letters to the editor | 9/6/24

Significance of Chevra Kadisha

In response to the article in last month’s edition, I would like to offer some insights from my participation in the RI Chevra Kadisha (the “Chevra”), of which I have been a member … more

Letters to the editor | 8/2/24