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group. So much hatred that they wanted this group of Jews killed before they entered the camps. While on the tracks leading to the gas chambers and work camps, the Nazis dreaded the arrival of these Jews. Why? These Jews wore kippahs made of steel. Their prayer shawls around their shoulders contained hundreds of bullets. The tracks they were on were not train tracks but tank tracks. They were the Jews with the Army of the United States.
This being an American Jewish paper, why the lack of writing about American Jewish Veterans? Many of the Holocaust survivors were younger than those who liberated them. There will be Holocaust survivors long after the American Jewish liberators are gone. It is now the time to honor and thank those who crossed an ocean to free those oppressed. Now is the time to hear their stories and thank them before they are gone. Veterans Day and Memorial Day should be included in the thoughts of the American Jewish community
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and Jewish press every year. Without the liberators succeeding, this paper probably would not exist. Sincerely, The Son of a Jewish Veteran and also a Veteran Larry Klass Freeport, NY Dear Editor, What a wonderful country the U.S.A. is. Simply by voting we ousted a con-man and demagogue. If only, if only, in other times and other places, people would have been able to do rid themselves of demagogues similarly. Let us heave a collective sigh of relief, and enjoy the moment. Yours, Charles Tal Fresh Meadows, NY Dear Editor, I could not disagree more with letter-writer Jay Brick, who wrote in this week’s paper in response to the editor’s letter to readers. Our freedoms are definitely at stake. We have – or should have – freedom of assembly in the United States. We have – or should have –
freedom of religion. We have – or should have – freedom of the press. I could go on, but I don’t think it’s necessary. Are we freely allow to assemble at this point in time? No. Even if we agree to assemble in a “safe” manner, our shuls and closed had been closed. Did you see what went on in Times Square last week? Truthfully, I don’t have any problem with those types of events. I believe that we should be allowed to assemble. But to allow events like the one in Times Square but then to not allow shuls to open and people to daven six feet apart is hypocrisy at its best and dictatorship at its worse. I could go on, but my point to just to speak up. The United States was formed because we didn’t want to be under the thumb of the King of England. When “King Cuomo” gets to decide who gets to open their businesses, send their kids to schools, go to camp, eat in restaurants, spend time with friends, travel to other states…well, it’s beginning to feel a bit more like a dictatorship and not like the democracy we all thought we were living in. Sincerely, Gary Wadler
