Opinion

Dear Editor:

 Last week, klal Yisrael was thrust into mourning after the p’tirah of the Sar HaTorah, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. He was the undisputed Gadol HaDor, whose word was final on any sh’eilos in halachah or hashkafah. It is impossible to even come close to understanding the breadth and depth of his vast Torah knowledge.

Dear Editor:

 I was surprised to read Sergey Kadinsky’s column, “Neighbors Wary of Vleigh Development,” in the February 17 edition of this paper. I was surprised that Kadinsky would compose a column of neighbor reactions to the building project and unanimously quote neighbors who are opposed to the project, and none who, like me, had read the article in the previous edition about the proposed project and cheered.

Dear Editor:

 I don’t quite understand Izzo Zwiren’s report card of Joe Biden. He gave President Biden a thumbs down on everything except foreign affairs, which he gave him both a thumbs up and a thumbs down!

Dear Editor:

 I am writing in response, about redistricting in Queens vs. redistricting in Brooklyn. The reason we got a better map in Queens than Brooklyn did is because many people stood up and stepped up to the plate in Queens.

Dear Editor:

 To all the people who persistently criticize and vilify former President Trump, perhaps some serious soul searching is now in order. As the bloody war in Ukraine escalates, is it not improbable that the Russian invasion may have been aborted if Donald Trump was President? Mr. Trump, a mercurial, dynamic, and volatile leader, who once threatened to nuke the Taliban, may have caused Mr. Putin sufficient uncertainty as to the American response to an invasion as to force its cancellation.

Dear Editor:

 Between a response from fellow reader Shalom Markowitz and two editorials by columnist Moshe Hill in your January 27 edition, I could spend hours correcting their misstatements, untruths, and projectionist rhetoric.  But permit me a few moments.