You're Letting a Piece of Jewish History Die I believe your cover story on the closing of the Stiffel Center ("Changes in the City Landscape," April 28) would have been better if it had pointed out that a piece of living Jewish history is going to end without anyone, including the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, discussing alternatives in a...
'Liberty' Plaque Actually Contains Modern Hebrew Kudos to Joel Wolowelsky, Ph.D., my fellow Yeshivah of Flatbush High School classmate, for his role in securing the Liberty Bell Hebrew-language plaque (Cover story: "Liberty Bell Rings Out With a Whole New Timbre," April 21). When I read the famous quotation in Hebrew on the plaque pictured in the Exponent , I read...
If There's a Scarcity, It's Not in New Jersey In response to the letter by Janna Walsh ("Why Is There a Scarcity of Truly Inspiring Rabbis?" April 17), I realize she was referring to the Reform movement, so I cannot comment on what she said directly. However, I can say that my shul, Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, N.J.,...
Letter-Writer's Assertions Were a Little Skewed Although I appreciated someone reading and responding to my March 24 opinion piece, "Jews Have a Right to Live in Israel, Anywhere They Choose," it is unfortunate that the gentleman who wrote is not entirely accurate in his assertions. First, the Ramban (Nachmanides) does not say that the mitzvot are required to be observed...