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In his defense of the National Council of Young Israel, Abe Krieger (Letters, Nov. 18) feels it necessary to take two low blows towards his fellow Jews. He says anyone unhappy with his or her local Young Israel should “walk or drive down the block to the Conservative Temple.” I attended an Orthodox shul for […]

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In his letter (Nov.15) on Pope Pius XII, Eric Fettmann cites Leon Poliakov’s article, published in Commentary (November 1950), as an early criticism of Pope Pius XII. It is true that Poliakov was troubled that the pope did not go further in his wartime public statements. However, Fettmann ignores the fact that Poliakov conceded the […]

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Gary Rosenblatt, in his column, “A Unity Pledge That Backfired (Proving Its Point),” Nov. 18, contends that the ADL-AJC Unity Pledge did not seek to limit criticism of President Barack Obama’s policy towards Israel and that “it behooves the American Jewish community to be on good terms with him rather than burn its bridges in […]

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