Letters

• Beheaded journalist Steven Sotloff held Israeli citizenship

  September 3, 2014 7:06am

  Journalist Steven Sotloff, who was beheaded by the Islamic State, was a dual American-Israeli citizen and studied in Israel, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. More ▸

• Rabbis respond: What about us?

  By Uriel HeilmanMarch 18, 2014 4:47pm

  A few rabbis ordained by online programs took issue with JTA’s characterization of their schools in our story, “So you’ve decided to become a rabbi…” More ▸

• Kirk owed Franklin apology, too

  June 20, 2013 10:58am

  Shai Franklin has apologized to Irwin Cotler, but he also owes an apology to Sen. Mark Kirk and to the Iranian political prisoners he carelessly smeared in his ill-informed Op-Ed titled “Stop pretending to care about Iranians’ rights.” More ▸

• Baseless accusations against Cotler

  By JTA MailmanJune 19, 2013 10:52am

  To the Editors: More ▸

• Apology to Cotler

  June 19, 2013 10:52am

  To the Editors: More ▸

• Dispatch from the front lines of Women of the Wall

  May 10, 2013 11:43am

  To the Editor: I would like to add my two cents to what people have and will be talking about today, because I was at the Women of the Wall’s service this morning. I don’t get to the service very often, as I work during the week and am only free on Fridays. Over the… More ▸

• Irish teachers’ loss

  By JTA MailmanApril 10, 2013 5:10pm

  To the Editor: The Irish teachers who voted to boycott Israel will lose a lot if there is no interchange with Israeli scientists, students and academics. I’m sure Israel will survive without the Irish teachers. Francisco Neulaender Montevideo, Uruguay More ▸

• Touching story of survivor

  By JTA MailmanApril 10, 2013 5:04pm

  To the Editor: My most sincere appreciation for the story titled "For one Holocaust survivor, Siemens held the key to unlocking his past." It touched my heart, and I am filled with love and awe for the late Mr. Michlin. You rendered his personality, his tortured past, and his kindness and desire to spread knowledge… More ▸

• Jews and fossil fuels

  By JTA MailmanApril 3, 2013 4:54pm

  To the Editor: As a Jew and a member of a funding company that promotes commercial green energy development and production, I wholly concur with the Op-Ed titled "Jews should work to reduce fossil fuels, not ally with gas and oil companies." Israel for a long time has been at the forefront of development of… More ▸

• On visiting Dome of the Rock

  By JTA MailmanMarch 4, 2013 8:21pm

  To the Editor: In 1979, on a three-week American Jewish Congress tour of Israel, we visited both the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aksa Mosque. How times have changed — but not for the better. Karl Kaplan East Brunswick, N.J. More ▸