Tag Archives: Letters

Letter: Tale of Two Refugee Populations

Letter: As George Put It: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Consider the fates of two refugee populations created in the 1940's when Arab countries went to war instead of helping the Arabs of Palestine prepare for the autonomy offered them by the 1947 UN Proposal for the Partition of Palestine.

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Letter: J Street/NJN Statement

Letter: As George Put It: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

The letter critiques J Street and NJN’s stance on diplomacy with Iran, highlighting past U.S. military actions and Iran’s defiance against nuclear regulations as serious concerns.

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Letter: Trump and Gov. Hochul

Letter: As George Put It: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

The author critiques Bruce Ticker's surprise at Trump's dismissal of Emhoff, questioning progress against antisemitism and advocating for secular education in Haredi schools.

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Letter: Are Holy Places the Key to a Deal?

Letter: As George Put It: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Dear editor: In the 1940’s, Arab aggression failed to prevent the emergence of the modern State of Israel in the Jews’ ancestral homeland. But Egypt did succeed in grabbing Gaza and Transjordan also succeeded in grabbing eastern Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, dubbing these areas “The West Bank” and dropping the …

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Letter: The Modern Blood Libel: From Der Yassin to the Pagers

Letter: As George Put It: “It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Since 1948 the medieval blood libel has morphed into the Islamic blood libel in which legitimate Jewish self defense is called "massacres" and "ethnic cleansing" and legitimate targets of Jewish self defense -- like Hamas and Hezbollah, who proudly proclaim that like the Nazis their raison d'etre is jew killing -- are just "people."

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