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Throughout the brouhaha over “The Death of Klinghoffer,” Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera’s general manager, has sought to deflect criticism that the work is anti-Semitic by pointing out that he is himself Jewish (“‘Klinghoffer’ Protest Moves Beyond Right Wing,” Sept. 26). Now, it seems, Gelb has ratcheted it up a notch by presenting himself not […]

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In his Sept. 26 column, “An Inconvenient Truth,” Gary Rosenblatt mentions the
horns of the marchers at the Climate March but fails to note the large
numbers of Jews who attended with shofarot to proclaim their commitment to
protecting the planet. Of course many young Jews are aware of the Torah’s
insistence that humans care for the earth. To […]

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Gary Rosenblatt’s column, “An Inconvenient Truth” (Sept. 26), arguing that Jews should be concerned about Israel and terrorism threats as well as climate change, is reinforced by the following considerations: The Israeli Union for Environmental Defense projects that climate change will cause Israel to experience a temperature increase of 2 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit, a […]

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