Ok, you have taken the position of defending Franklin Roosevelt. I’ll take the role of prosecutor.
Roosevelt favored having Jews go to Palestine? Are you kidding? It was very clear that FDR didn’t want to offend the Arabs, and you know why, as we were dependent on oil from Arab counties.
Many people, confined to isolation and even solitude during these tough times of coping with the Coronavirus, often compare themselves with Jews who spent months and years hiding from the Nazis who hunted and killed Jews in 21 countries during World War II.
One more letter
“A half-truth is a whole lie,” so states Marvin Fremerman. It would be nice if he obeyed his own precept. He states that President Trump eliminated the Global Health Security Office two years ago, thus, according to Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat of course, “unilaterally disarmed (us) against the world’s infectious diseases.” Not true. The Washington Post, definitely no friend of Trump, fact-checked, and discovered that this entity was not eliminated at all. It was simply merged into a reorganized, streamlined system that eliminated overlaps and duplications of health-related entities.
To: Alan Edelman
This is a quote from the story published in the March 19th issue of our Jewish Chronicle, which states something you learned on a trip to Israel. “When Israel became a state in 1948, the Palestinians became homeless and lost their opportunity to have their own state.” A remarkable and grossly misstated version of that historical event.
By Rabbi Mark H. Levin, DHL / Guest Columnist
American Jewry’s most popular holy day, Passover, begins at sundown, Wednesday, April 8th this year, with the seder. Approximately 90% of us host or attend a seder annually, by far the most inclusive Jewish event in any year.
“A half-truth is a whole lie.” More about Roosevelt, Hitler, Stalin, Trump, and Senator Sherrod Brown.
There’s an old Yiddish Proverb that says, “A half-truth is a whole lie.” Just because someone attacks Netanyahu and his policies does not mean he or she is anti-Israel. In my case, I’ve been to Israel twice, once for the United Jewish Appeal. I even volunteered to serve in the Israeli army during the Yom Kippur War, but was turned down because of my age. I love Israel, but I also think Netanyahu is a crook and deserves to be removed from office. I am not anti-Israel and will defend that firmly.
KC Kosher Meals on Wheels
Don’t panic over Covid-19
I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.
Coping with coronavirus anxiety
For the better part of two decades my wife, Cherie, has had traditionally hosted scores of family and friends for Pesach Seder. This year she reluctantly cancelled our traditionally large event, because of the cloud of fears and uncertainties brought about by the spread of the coronavirus.
