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In his column, “Three Weddings And A Scuffle” (Between The Lines, Nov. 24), Gary Rosenblatt wrote: “Many Israelis are puzzled over why non-Orthodox Jews care about prayer at the Kotel. Many secular Israelis, who view the Kotel primarily as an historic site, and charedim, who believe egalitarian prayer at the holy spot is a violation […]

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Re: “Three Weddings And A Scuffle” (Between The Lines, Nov. 24): I’m not a fan of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate at all, but to characterize this [incident at the Kotel] as Reform leaders being “roughed up” during a protest is laughable. They had their ceremony in the egalitarian section and then decided to storm the […]

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Regarding “30 Years Later, ‘The Big Rally’ Is Little Remembered” (Nov. 16): I grew up in Queens, mostly in the 1970s. In Hebrew school, we learned about social justice and that meant fighting for Soviet Jewry, like writing letters to dissidents or Jewish families as pen pals, letting them know we cared. The older kids […]

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