No Laundry For 40 Years

Dear Editor,

I just read Anessa Cohen’s beautiful article about the Jews leaving Egypt (“The Pyramids They Left Behind,” April 22). May I make one factual correction. One of the miracles in the desert which came about via the holy clouds was that the clothing lasted for the entire 40 years; it grew along with the children and never got dirty. Hence her wonder at doing laundry is misguided. There was, in fact, no laundry to wash in the desert.

Samuels

City In The Jew?

Your article about Jew in the City’s recent awards event (Page 73 of the April 8 issue) highlights well this organization’s goal of sharing the success of Orthodox Jews in the mainstream fabric of American life. Allison Josephs, Jew in the City’s director, is to be congratulated for her ability to explain Orthodoxy to those outside its sphere and to emphasize that one can be religiously observant while simultaneously participating in the warp and woof of society.

There is, however, a limit, and Jew in the City abrogated that limit by honoring Ilana Wernick for her work as an executive producer of the sitcom Modern Family. The premise of this show includes two men who are married, and the insidious goal of Modern Family is to inculcate within its viewership the notion that this coupling is somehow normal. How destructive this is for our community and for American society as a whole. It is safe to say that Modern Family is among the most immoral programs ever to air on television.

I find it perplexing and ironic that Jew in the City chose to honor Ilana Wernick for work that undermines our core values.

Avi Goldstein

Far Rockaway

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