Recent developments in Israel policy have been troubling. The suspension of the Cabinet resolution to support “one Wall for one people” and the new conversion bill that was approved by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation that changes the status quo of conversion for Israel are disconcerting and saddening for many Diaspora Jews. It creates a rift between our people that can have devastating consequences.
I am a pediatrician. In that role, I take care of many children with special health needs. That means that they have a chronic disease, a health problem that won’t go away. They live with a disease every day of their lives. Overall in the United States, there are about 15 million children with special health needs. (https://mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa14/population-characteristics/children-special-health-care-needs.html ) That is nearly 20 percent of all children.
Stop humiliating American rabbis
Diaspora needs to continue to support Israel
Last week the Israeli government went back on its word about a new egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall.
Gross misrepresentation of facts
As a former resident of Dearborn, Michigan, I find Lee Levin’s letter published in the June 15, 2017, issue of The Chronicle inconsistent with reality, and a gross misrepresentation of life in Dearborn, and the Detroit area.
Condoning the hate it condemns
The letter from officers of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (GKCIC), charitably speaking, can only be interpreted as the result of ideological blindness.
Most parents’ reactions to their teenagers when they’ve “messed up big-time” is that of anger.
GKCIC takes a stand against rally
We call upon the Kansas City community to join with us, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, in rejecting any agenda that furthers hate, violence and discrimination.
