OpEd

When the power went out in our house Sunday afternoon, I was able to e-mail a friend and neighbor (thanks to my trusty BlackBerry) to ask if he’d lost power, too. He wrote back to say yes, adding: “But Jews were powerless for 2,000 years, and we’re still here.” A sense of humor can be […]

Congregation Beth Simchat Torah member Michael Levine was quoted as saying that he becomes overwhelmed with emotion when he carries one of the synagogue’s five Torah scrolls (“CBST Purchases First Home,” July 29). The Torah does not call eating “treif” an abomination. The Torah does not call the desecration of Shabbat an abomination. The Torah […]