The Anti-Defamation League’s report released last week of an increase in U.S. anti-Semitic incidents for the year, from 779 to 1,299, is truly disturbing. Unmentioned in the report is the fact that although some of these incidents derive from the “usual...

Yiddish phrase evokes fond memories Your Yiddish phrase in the Oct. 18 edition of the Jewish Light (Yiddish Word of the Week, Jewish Lite page), “Hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik” that was interpreted as “stop annoying me, don’t bother me,” does...

Modern Orthodoxy isn’t one size fits allI’d like to thank the Jewish Light for printing the article entitled “Five Takeaways from new survey about Modern Orthodox Jews” (Oct. 4). The final takeaway on the educational level of those labeled as...

Look to Israel for sensible gun policiesI read with great interest the Op-Eds in the Oct. 11 issue of the Light regarding guns. As a former paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Battalion 890, who served with honor in the first Lebanon War,...

Presidential debateI read Professor Marty Rochester’s commentary on “Charlottesville and healing the racial divide” (Sept. 27) and stopped what I was reading to make sure I understood the professor’s point.  According to Rochester, Donald Trump...

(JTA) — For nearly 50 years, my father had a best friend named Al. They grew up in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn, and after returning from the service in World War II, they each married and moved to the same Long Island town and opened related...

Reactions to Parkway graduation date decisionAs a former teacher at Parkway Central High School and as the parent of two past graduates, I am truly appalled by the insensitive and hypocritical decision to hold graduation ceremonies on a Saturday next...

White House career calling?    Readers who had any doubt about Prof. J. Martin Rochester’s scholarly views of White House policies and direction should read his current column in the Jewish Light (Aug. 16, 2017). It should qualify him to be appointed...

Oppose concealed carry reciprocityWhile Congress is in recess this month, members of the Jewish community should be aware of a terrible federal bill with the misleading title of Concealed Carry Reciprocity (CCR).  This bill would gut state gun safety...

A Sad RealityIt’s not about Jews and Muslims, it’s not about Israelis and Arabs. It’s about those who support terrorism and those who stand up to it. Terrorists killed two police officers on Temple Mount. Those who stand against terror install...

Court ruling and the church-state divideEvery argument before the Supreme Court — winning and losing alike — defines a potential slippery slope. Perhaps we can draw some comfort regarding the worrisome playground decision by considering the slippery...

Editorial off-base I am appalled at your June 28 editorial headline, “Bibi’s Biggest Blunder,” about the Israeli prime minister’s cancellation of plans for a pluralistic prayer site at the Western Wall. Women in Judaism are far from being considered...