Opinion

My Trip To Israel In May

Dear Editor:

I would like to share some thoughts about my recent trip to Eretz Yisrael. Although I did not take El Al, on the plane I was surrounded by many Jews in various attire, both religious and secular. Some men walked around with tzitzis, and I saw one Jewish man helping another put on t’filin. I saw this in Israel as well. Many of the stewardesses spoke Hebrew.

Dear Editor:

Life was much simpler when Warren Hecht stuck to bike riding and hockey columns. This past week, he attempted to make hay over a guilty verdict rendered against Donald Trump by a Manhattan jury in the E. Jean Carrol trial.

Dear Editor:

In last week’s QJL, Goldy Krantz’s article was entitled “The Truth Will Set You Free.” Perhaps unbeknownst to her, that phrase is verbatim a passage from the Christian Bible (John 8:32), specifically a quote from Yeishu. While a verse from the Christian Bible alone would be bad enough as a QJL article title, the verse itself implies a message completely anathema to everything we believe as Jews - namely, that knowledge of and faith in Yeishu as messiah and son of god (kivyachol, Rachmana L’tzlan) creates a firm basis for one’s life.  Her apparent innocuous intentions notwithstanding, Ms. Krantz should be much more careful with which phrases and expressions she chooses to employ for her articles.

Dear Editor:

As avid weekly readers of the “Dating Today” column in the QJL, we were disheartened to read the antagonistic letter directed at Goldy Krantz two weeks ago. We want to express our support for Goldy and her invaluable contributions to our community.

Dear Editor:

About 15 years before Donald Trump uprooted the status quo by calling out all the fake news in the mainstream media, Bernie Goldberg, the longtime executive producer for CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, authored a book titled, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News. One of his main contentions in the book was how the mainstream media curates the news by including stories that fit the desired narrative, while excluding stories that challenge or run contrary to the narrative.

Dear Editor:

I read the opinions here about proper dress for davening, and I want to offer my own take, both as a proud Torah Jew and as a wardrobe stylist.