You may be interested in some history of South Florida, particularly Miami-Dade County. When North Miami Beach Senior High School opened, I was hired to teach Hebrew. At that time, there were about four or five high schools that had Hebrew programs along with Spanish, Italian, Latin and French.…

I am very concerned that the Ben Gamla Charter School was established.  I believe the use of taxpayers money is an insult to the community.  Tax money is public money to be used for the public good.  While the founders are concerned about education, they have been selfish and…

Letters to the Editor from our 08/10/07 issue.

JTA Brief draws criticism

It is with regret that I notice in one of your JTA World Briefs (Aug. 3 issue) the heading "Polish Nazi labor camp unearthed"; please do not refer to the German camps in Poland as being actually…

Letters to the Editor from our 08/03/07 issue.

JNF Land Sales Controversy

Over the past century, those Jews faithful to a Biblical charter to return to and inhabit the Holy Land, licensed the Jewish National Fund to invest exclusively in the real estate of the Jewish homeland.

This faithful…

Letters to the Editor from our 07/27/07 issue.

Comments on "The Truth About Milk & Cookies"

One night last week my daughter came running into my bedroom in tears. She had just eaten an Oreo cookie by accident. You see she had a hamburger for…

Letters to the Editor from our 07/13/07 issue

Reaction to art exhibition ‘Thy Brother’s Keeper’

Several weeks ago my wife, Susan and I went to an art opening at the Boca Raton Art Museum in Mizner Park to support a good friend who’s photographic work…

With the substantial misinformation being disseminated recently on the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archive, it is important to set the record straight. The issue is of vital importance to Holocaust survivors, and they deserve better. Located in Bad Arolsen, Germany, the ITS, the largest closed Holocaust…

At 10:30 this morning (April 20, 2007) I entered the Kfar Nachman cemetery in Ra’anana to attend the funeral of Professor Liviu Librescu. He was murdered while saving the lives of his 20 students who escaped his classroom through a window, while he barred the door from a…

Letters to the Editor from our 05/04/07 issue

Who does a Ten Commandments display hurt? Everyone!

What is wrong with a lovely display of the Ten Commandments at an out-of-the-way courthouse? Some would say nothing. Some would say that it…

Letters to the Editor from our 04/27/07 issue.

Response to ‘Etched in Stone’

In regard to last week’s editorial "Etched In Stone" perhaps Daniel Pearl’s name should not have been etched in the Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial Wall next to…

Various Letters to the Editor from our 04/20/07 issue.

Daniel Pearl ceremony

My thoughts and prayers go out to the parents of Daniel Pearl. His untimely death proves once again that anti-Semitism is still as dangerous as ever.
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Various Letters to the Editor from our 04/13/07 issue.

Hillel’s Firing of 14 Teachers

My kids attended Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy during the early years of Dr. Adam Holden’s rein. My wife was a member of the Board. She resigned…

Various Letters to the Editor from our 03/23/07 issue.

Mind your own business!

I applaud the writer of the well-written op-ed about people saying insensitive things to others ("If I May Be So Rude, Mind Your Own Business!", March 16,…

Letters to the Editor from our 03/16/07 issue.

Get our kids’ faces off Facebook

I want to congratulate you on your March 9th column, "Do We Really Know Where our Children Are?" Not only was it well written, but also…

Various letters to the editor from our 03/09/07 issue.

Adopt the Tzedek Hechsher

Thank you for the piece on the Conservative movement’s work in trying to create the "Tsedek Hekhsher" (Avi’s Corner, Feb. 16th). Your analysis is so thorough, it…

Letters to the Editor from our 02/16/07 issue.

Condo Commandos

It is absurd that Ms. Richter has been told to take off the mezuzah affixed to her doorway! It has not been nailed or screwed on - as is usually…

Letter to the Editor from our 02/09/07 issue.

Responses To Teen Suicide

How irresponsible it is of you to publicize the death as a suicide when the family has tried so hard to keep this a private matter. Perhaps it…

Letters to the Editor from out 02/02/07 issue.

Memories of Rabbi Glixman

Thank you so much for running the beautiful article by Shari Glixman remembering Rabbi Glixman. I have known him since I was five years old and attended Temple…

Letters to the editor from our 01/26/07 issue.

Remembering Rabbi Glixman

How do you determine a person’s worth? Do you measure it by the material things he has acquired; by the friends he has made; or the…

Letters to the editor from our 01/19/07 issue.

The Medication Boomerang

According to Dr. Deb, "...in the case of depression, t’shuva is necessary. Depression is a tool of the yetzer hara...." This information is indicative of a failure to understand…