OpEd

Thank you for Steve Lipman’s article about the Jewish Federation of Rockland County’s efforts to promote Rockland County, N.Y., as a place that is welcoming to young Jewish families (“Rockland Outreach Facing Demographic, Image Challenges,” June 17). The Jewish Week coverage was thorough and thoughtful, portraying our county as one with a vibrant Jewish life […]

In his article on Orthodox teenagers texting on Shabbos (“For Many Orthodox Teens, ‘Half-Shabbos’ is a Way of Life,” June 24), Steve Lipman equates this increasingly common practice with Orthodox males who don’t wear a yarmulke to work. However, there have been several halachic decisors —most notably Rabbi Moshe Feinstein — who have ruled that […]