Your Say • Readers Write

Dear Editor:

The news industry is a sensationalist one. Catchy headlines and clickbait are all the rage and bring in big business. But can we at least get some respite from the hyperbolic outrage while reading the Queens Jewish Link? A few weeks ago, a fellow letter writer compared Floral Park to Nazi Germany. Really?! I’m still unsure whether I was more outraged at the sheer ignorance of the comment or the fact that the editors allowed that into this otherwise wonderful publication. Then this past week, Warren Hecht compared Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy to a potential presidential run of open anti-Semite Rashida Tlaib.

Dear Editor:

 I disagree with Moshe Hill on many things, but I think he’s smart and a mentch. Last week, I agreed with him. Except for one thing.

Dear Editor:

 During a recent visit to the Kew Gardens Hills Branch of the New York Public Library, I overheard a man asking the librarian for any books by Rabbi Meir Kahane zt”l.

A Suggestion for Pro-Palestinians

Dear Editor:

Pro-Palestinians, please boycott products invented or created by Jews. Here are just a few ideas for you. Adamantly refuse to use Google and Facebook, both started by Jews. Refuse to use a ballpoint pen, word processor, or computer – invented by Jews. Boycott Oracle and Dell – started by Jews – and turn off your firewall. Throw away your mobile phone, your instant camera, and your camera phone. You get it; they were invented by Jews.

Yeshivah Week

Dear Editor: 

It’s “Yeshivah Week,” the annual vacation that involves going to Aruba, Panama, or Florida (so yesteryear). Half of the places people go to I couldn’t even locate on a map. Yet, here I am, your trusty letter writer, composing this letter from sunny Arctic, New York. Not that I’m jealous (a terrible midah). At least in the comfort of my house, I can check my pipes every five minutes.

Fetterman’s Recovery

Dear Editor:

In 2022, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman suffered a severe stroke while campaigning for his seat in the Senate. He was rushed back to the campaign trail long before he was physically ready. His brain was severely injured, which prevented him from speaking clearly, presenting cogent ideas or even finishing many of his sentences. At the time, his political positions were left of communist Senator Bernie Sanders, and included some truly insane ideas such as freeing all second-degree murderers from Pennsylvania prisons.