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Dear Editor:

Back in August, I wrote a letter urging our community to contact local elected officials about the dangerous e-scooter rentals littering our neighborhood and putting safety at risk. I also led a group encouraging people to report every safety issue they encountered with these devices. Two weeks after that letter, our Councilmember, James Gennaro, came out publicly opposing the e-scooters, a reversal from an earlier position on the issue. Shortly afterward, Assemblyman Sam Berger also came out against them. This shows that community pressure is starting to yield results, but we still have a lot further to go.

Biden and Harris Own Their Failures, Not Trump!

Dear Editor:

 Fellow letter writer Yaakov Ribner wrote another interminably long letter last week criticizing columnist Moshe Hill while attempting to tie Donald Trump to the worst foreign policy decision this country has ever made: the Afghanistan withdrawal. Ribner predicates his thesis on the fact that Trump, while President, presided over the Doha Agreement, which was supposed to facilitate the evacuation, and Biden ostensibly had his hands tied and was compelled to evacuate from Afghanistan. I have a few issues with Ribner’s thesis.

We Must Dance Again

Dear Editor:

I agree with Rabbi Schonfeld that we should at least commemorate October 7 in some way. However, I feel that there’s a way to honor our k’doshim of that day that would be not only appropriate but poetically just.

Summer Camp Tips

Dear Editor:

My son was a day camp junior counselor to 30 kids this year, most of whom were from the Queens area. He had a really enjoyable summer that ended last week on a somewhat sour note.

Dear Editor:

With the days of S’lichos rapidly approaching, the Yamim Nora’im a short time away, our shuls throughout the world are filled with more people than usual. Certain t’filos require our voices to be recited together at one time.

An Open Response To Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld’s Article

Dear Editor:

I read Rabbi Schonfeld’s article in the August 22 edition of the Queens Jewish