Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Chesed...The Gift That Keeps Giving Dear Editor: After many years of spending summers in day camp, my...
Dear Editor:
Susie Garber’s article (“You’re Going Where??”) on her North Dakota encounter brought back memories of a visit there four years ago by my late colleague Henry Gerber of Bayside and me. Why? Because my wife Lenore’s paternal grandfather, Rabbi Abraham Wolfson, was a traveling rabbi there 95 years ago.
Dear Editor:
Reading Warren Hecht’s recent article entitled “Standards” leaves me scratching my head and wondering, Does Warren Hecht read what he himself is writing?
Dear Editor:
This past Friday afternoon, about one hour before candle-lighting, I was flipping channels on the TV and I happened upon channel 219, which is the Jewish Broadcast Service (JBS). The Friday Night Service from Central Synagogue in Manhattan (Reform) was being telecast. I was very curious, as I had never seen a Reform service before, and I watched for a few minutes. (I sincerely hope I did not violate any halachah by watching Reform services for a few minutes.)
Dear Editor:
In his article on the special election for the 27th Assembly District, Sergey Kandinsky, in contrasting this upcoming election with that in District 20 in the Five Towns, identifies the Republican Party as “the party of Donald Trump,” in contrast to the Democratic Party, which he characterizes as “more pragmatic,” as if Republicans in the Assembly cannot or would not advocate for Israel, anti-Semitism, yeshivah curricula, and resources for non-profits.
The Inevitable
Dear Editor:
There aren’t many things you can depend on in life besides taxes and you know what. However, I always believed that mail deliveries were as dependable as their slogan: “Neither rain nor snow...” (I can’t recall the entire line.) Therefore, it came as a complete shock to me when I noticed that I haven’t been getting my mail on Tuesdays or Wednesdays (take your pick) despite the lovely weather. True, no mail has postponed the bills, but it’s also prevented my receiving “The check is in the mail.” Instead, on the following day, my mailbox is stuffed with two AARP magazines, an L.L. Bean catalogue and voting information about elections I never heard of. All of these delays made me think about what one can expect in life, and what one can’t expect.
Dear Editor:
I share Jason Stark’s disappointment with the audible silence and lack of accountability taken by our communal leadership, for their bizarre and harmful public stances relating to Covid.
