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I am sorry to say that I came away from Hannah Dreyfus’ article, “Forget Continuity, Keep Teens Happy” (Jan. 13) reeling from its flawed logic and with the desolate feeling that American Jewish education has completely lost its way. The description David Bryfman, chief innovative officer at the Jewish Education Project, offers of contemporary Jewish […]

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In his column on whether the prayer for the government should be revised considering the Trump election victory, Gary Rosenblatt gives attention to the opinions of an obscure left-wing ad hoc group (“Pray For The President? A Divine Dilemma,” Jan. 13). Your readers have probably never heard of it and its membership must be minuscule […]

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Regardless of one’s political view of President Trump, to pray that God “bless and protect, guard and help, exalt, magnify and uplift” him (“Pray for the President? A Divine Dilemma,” Jan. 13) is problematic under Jewish law. Jewish law prohibits praying for what is impossible. And it is impossible for Mr. Trump to be more […]

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