OpEd

Your coverage of The Jewish Standard’s about-face on its decision to publish same-sex wedding announcements incorrectly reported the controversy as one pitting “Gays Against Orthodox” (“N.J. Newspaper Controversy Pits Gays Against Orthodox,” Oct. 8).  I am not a reader of the Jewish Standard, but I suppose if they publish wedding announcements for other non-halachic couples […]

Rabbi Richard Rubenstein may be an intelligent man deserving of honor and respect, but like the Jews in the desert, he will not be the one to “cross over” and engage the Muslim community in dialogue (“No Islamic Mea Culpas” Oct. 8).   He comes with too much “baggage” to be a bridge to the Muslim […]