OpEd

  Baruch Shub’s letter to the editor (“Claims Conference Goals,” Oct. 8) misses the points we were trying to make: All Holocaust survivors want Holocaust education and commemoration to continue. Our members are giving lectures and classes all over the U.S., and in Europe. Holocaust-history instructions are obligatory in many states and countries. Commemorations — […]

 Ivan Ciment is correct in proposing more defined extra-organizational opportunities to train and prepare leaders of Jewish communal services (“Filling The Leadership Void: A Proposal,” Oct. 8). While there exist a multitude of excellent managers, great leaders have a different personality and skill set. Clearly some are inbred, yet many transform from managers to leaders. […]