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I feel the searing pain of the recent fire at the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (KJ) in an unusual number of ways (“Catastrophe, But Not A Tragedy,” July 15). The original Rabbi M. Z. Ramaz Margolies, of blessed memory, was born in the Lithuanian town of Meretz, as was one of his most prominent supporters at […]

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Regarding “Chewing On Jewish Decline” (July 8): for The Jewish Week, the real measure of Jewish life is bagels? Your July 1 front-page contained a similar example of distorted priorities — “freedom” for a Russian immigrant was gay marriage (but no comment from the rest of the Russian community). Still another example is the specialty […]

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Former Mayor Ed Koch’s suggestion that Jews should vote against Democratic candidate David Weprin in order to protest President Barack Obama’s policies on Israel is ridiculous on a number of counts (“Battle Is On To Succeed Weiner,” July 15). Like most U.S. Jews and many Israeli military and security experts, Obama recognizes that a just, […]

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