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In categorically describing the new New York Yankee Kevin Youkilis as “Jewish” without going into the specifics of his family background, you are doing your readers a disservice (“Yanks Now Eight Shy Of A Minyan,” Dec. 21). A recent article in The New York Times, in contrast, traces Youkilis’ paternal Jewish roots back several generations […]

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The opinion piece by Mark Nordlicht and Jeff Kiderman of Affordable Jewish Education (“Embracing Innovation in Yeshiva Education,” Dec. 24 online) is puzzling in that it failed to address two key points — affordability and Jewish education. In terms of the former, neither of the models highlighted (Rocketship Education or KIPP: Empower) has shown the […]

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