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July 10, 2009

Blaming the Victims Of the Mullahs’ Hate: Leonard Fein’s attempts to rationalize the hatred of the Islamic Republic of Iran toward Israel in “After the Uprising, Whither Iran?” is perplexing (July 3).Read More


July 3, 2009

Nonprofit Salaries, and ‘Sharing the Pain’: I wish to congratulate you for your June 19 article “As Layoffs Mount, which Jewish Executives Shared the Pain?” and the corresponding editorial “CEOs Should Lead.” You have brought to the attention of the public the huge sums of money being paid to the chief executives of too many Jewish philanthropic organizations.Read More


June 26, 2009

‘Triumphalists’ Don’t Have ‘Heavy Hearts’: Predicting the future of the Jewish community can be a dangerous exercise, as historian Jonathan Sarna correctly points out (“Saying Kaddish Too Soon,” June 5).Read More


June 19, 2009

Settlement Growth Is Legitimate, Natural: Your June 12 editorial “Unnatural Growth” contends that there’s “nothing natural, or acceptable, about ‘natural growth’” of Jewish communities in the West Bank, and that, in focusing on this issue, President Obama isn’t being unreasonable, whereas Prime Minister Netanyahu is.Read More


June 12, 2009

On Judaism, Israelis Are Pro-Choice: There are a couple of points worth noting with regard to your important article about the fight for religious pluralism in Israel and for fair treatment for the Masorti (or Conservative) and Reform movements (“Conservative Jews Decry Bias in IDF,” May 29).Read More


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