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Letters to the editor May 3
No need to import In the April 26 edition of the Chronicle, an editorial entitled “Business opportunity” was presented suggesting that American natural gas could be shipped to Israel. This propo...
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Letters to the editor April 26
Unite for Pollard As one of many concerned citizens of Israel, we feel that the American Jewish community can help in being the decisive weight needed to end Jonathan Pollard’s outdated prison s...
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Letters to the editor April 19
Secular groups support Jewish needs I apologize that I am late in responding to your recent piece in The Jewish Chronicle (“The future of … philanthropy, April 5).  As one who used to head one o...
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Letters to the editor April 12
A step backward Many years ago, the board of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, with the support of the Holocaust Survivors Organization, worked very hard on a plan to get the center out of Oak...
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Letters to the editor April 5
JFilm’s bold decision Our community is one measure stronger and better equipped to protect our children and heal our living victims of child sexual abuse. The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, ...
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Letters to the editor March 29
No life sentence this time Particularly since the French constitution unwisely precludes the imposition of capital punishment even for the worst of the worst, it is gratifying to note that the b...
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Letters to the editor March 22
Happy 50th! Mazel Tov to The Jewish Chronicle on its 50th Anniversary!!! Pittsburgh is so blessed to have Jewish media covering news from the community locally, regionally, nationally and around...
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Letters to the editor March 15
Better to apologize Regarding the March 8 letter by Iris Samson and Sally Kalson, “Controversial cover explained”: When my children were 3 or 4 years old, they took delight in saying, what seem...
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Letters to the editor March 8
Column, paper rapped While we appreciate the Jewish love of Israel and our need to defend its legitimacy, we do not support the occupation of the West Bank, the expansion of settlements, the blo...
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Letters to the editor March 1
JFilm cover a disgrace I felt compelled to write to you after receiving a JFilm brochure in the mail. Growing up in a household where we spoke Yiddish, I found the cover of this JFilm brochure ...
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Letters to the editor February 23
Festival opens March 15 Thank you so much to Toby Tabachnick for the wonderful article (“JFilm releases 2012 festival lineup,” Feb. 16) about the upcoming JFilm Festival. We want to make sure yo...
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Letters to the editor February 16
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Bible resolution was controversial I want to thank Oren Spiegler for his letter on H.R. 535, the “Year of the Bible” resolution (“Bible resolution hypocritical,” Feb. 9). While I can’t explain t...
Letters to the editor February 9
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Bible resolution hypocritical I have to believe that members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly attempt to outdo each other for outrageousness and the extent to which a thumb is jammed into t...
Letters to the editor February 2
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No laments, please I am writing in response to the “Slings and arrows” column in the Jan. 26 edition. Rather than lament Mr. Lieberfeld’s essay, the paper could have published an open letter p...
Letters to the editor January 26
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Presidential politics rapped Let me see:  Republican candidate for president, Rick Santorum, is proposing that if he is elected president he will push to give tax credits to parents to have more...
Letters to the editor January 19
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Unfair tax system I cannot imagine a more poignant and moving letter than Jeffrey Lewin’s (“Food, meds, or taxes,” Jan. 5), a man who is a longtime disability retiree who left the labor market a...
Letters to the editor January 12
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Appeal for Gross I am hoping you have heard about the plight of my friend, Alan Gross. Alan is from the Washington, D.C., area and his situation has received a lot of coverage in our local news....
Letters to the editor January 5
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Food, meds or taxes? My grandparents lost everything they had to the Nazis, including their home. Am I going to lose my home to Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh? I was employed at th...
Letters to the editor December 29
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Oral histories a vital resource I want to wish Joy Braunstein well as she takes on the task to continue the work of the Holocaust Center to educate teachers, students and the public about the hi...
Letters to the editor December 22
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Bombastic attack As I perused my “Jewish” Chronicle, on Dec. 7, a time during which the Jewish community was preparing for Chanuka, I noticed one op-ed in that Chronicle’s edition. I naturally e...
Letters to the editor December 15
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Column omitted facts Thank you for Abby Wisse Schachter’s Dec. 8 piece, “Obama and the do-something Congress.” The current Congress earned a 9 percent approval rating (lower than porn, polygamy,...