Letters to the Editor
Giving Trump Credit
Dear Editor,
We believe President Trump prevented another Holocaust by first obliterating the Iranian main nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in Operation Midnight Hammer from June 22 to July 4, 2025 and presently in Operation Epic Fury. Like Nazi Germany, the Ayatollahs want to take over the world. They are an Evil Empire bent on destruction. When they chant “Death to America” they mean just that. They had been developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles with the express aim of attaching a nuclear warhead to attack America. Special Envoy Steven Witkoff said that the Iranians boasted that they could make 11 Nuclear Bombs in very short order since they controlled 460 kgs of 60% Enriched Uranium. Given their actions of the past 47 years, the Iranians were not building nuclear weapons to stockpile; they fully planned to use them. They have been the chief state sponsor of terrorism since 1979.
President Trump dealt a devastating blow to Iran’s Missile Program and continues to pound away every day at their launchers and underground sites and most likely has prevented a Holocaust in both America and Israel. One day the world will give him the credit he deserves.
Joseph Frager, MD
Jonathan Burkan
Board Member
United States Holocaust
Memorial Council
Messy Doesn’t Automatically Equal Bad
Dear Editor,
I read with interest your Dating Forum column in the March 6 issue. The writer’s concerns are valid; she is dating a guy who went through a “messy divorce” and it’s a red flag. Baila’s advice was sound: “messy doesn’t automatically equal bad husband material.”
From experience, I wholeheartedly agree.
My parents went through a VERY “messy divorce.” Frankly, I can’t imagine a messier divorce—it was nasty, it involved us kids, my parents’ friends, all of the relatives, everyone forced to take a side. Not to mention the allegations (all of which are false, I believe) of affairs, financial improprieties, and other forms of bad behavior.
In the end, my mother, who is actually the one who made it messy, is still single, many years later. Bitter, single, and alone.
While my father, who was accused of being “the bad guy,” who was dragged through the mud and butchered alive, is very happily remarried, settled, stable, and an amazing dad and grandfather. And married to an amazing woman who also heard about his “mess,” but chose to judge my dad based on what she saw, not on what she heard.
So, my advice is… Don’t judge a person based on what you hear; judge a person based on your own experiences. Whether it’s because the “lashon ha’ra” is false, the stories are exaggerated, or because the person worked on himself, the past is behind you, and you shouldn’t lose out on your future because of someone else’s experiences or stories.
Even if the divorce was “messy,” so what? You are not his ex, and he is probably not who he was back then.
Live your life, not his ex’s, not your parents’ life. Live yours!
Anonymous
Covid Editorial
Dear Editor,
I disagree with the two letters to the editor criticizing your article on Covid. Dr. Anthony Fauci is anything but an honorable public servant. He was a partisan, left-wing bureaucrat, who became rich and famous working in government. Dr. Fauci and many other government officials’ responses to Covid was dictatorial, close-minded, and not based on science.
Dr. Fauci has been accused of knowing that the National Institute of Health funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of Covid, while lying to the American people and Congress. He supported closing society and the economy, but there was no criticism of large-scale protests, rioting, and looting. Decisions were not being made based on science but based on a left-wing ideology of government control. He was unconcerned about the damage of closing schools and the effects on the mental health and social skills of children who had minimal risk from COVID.
His information about the efficacy of the “vaccine” proved not reliable as it was not a vaccine but a shot. After people were still getting Covid after taking two shots then he said a booster shot was needed (and then another). He refused to acknowledge the side effects, and that some people died or became very ill from taking the shots. He and other government officials were unable to understand the valid concerns about injecting a new emergency-use shot into your body, and instead vilified people. He recommended that those who already had Covid and natural antibodies should still get a shot, which is contrary to previous understandings in science and medicine. Dr. Fauci did a lot of damage to the credibility of the medical profession and caused more skepticism about real vaccines such as MMR and polio.
Dr. Fauci should be prosecuted for his lies and incompetency, and there should be accountability for the National Institute of Health, Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the country of origin, China. Unfortunately, some would still rather criticize those who did not want to take a booster shot and then criticize the greatest friend and ally of Israel and the Jewish people, President Trump, who was rich long before entering politics.
Sincerely,
Moshe Tassalman
Antisemitic Bias
Dear Editor,
The New York Times complained that Congressman Dan Goldman’s wife (Corinne) wrote, after October 7, that Jews who support the Palestinians should be sent to Gaza. She also called the antisemitic organization Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization because a branch supported the October 7 attack.
Her criticism was justified, especially in the “heat of the moment,” right after the terrorism had taken place and the parent organization did not fully condemn its branch. In the meantime, the organization has been called a terrorist organization by many other people because of their involvement in violence in America. Hopefully the Trump administration will hold them accountable.
The New York Times who complained about the Jewish Congressman’s wife’s comment covers up for real scandals done by the left wing. For instance, the Times covered up for terrible writings by the wife of far leftist Mayor Mamdani. After October 7, she posted support for the antisemitic murder of Jews.
A friend recently told me that he canceled his subscription to the Times because everything is an opinion piece instead of objective news. Along these lines, the Times didn’t even put the State of the Union address on the front page. They were covering up for the Democrats’ misbehavior at the speech and hiding the good that the president said. More recently the Times is very much misrepresenting the Iran War. They are lying about its success and its justification.
May we see the truth come to light, b’mheirah b’yomeinu.
Bisuros Tovos,
Rabbi Eli Reit
Lakewood, NJ
Teshuvah and Geulah
Dear Editor,
On this Rosh Chodesh Nissan we’re reminded of the fact that the month is mesugal for the Final Redemption, the Geulah. However, the Geulah isn’t ushered in by bombing; it’s ushered in by teshuvah. This year, Rosh Chodesh Nissan falls on Thursday, corresponding to Chamishi, which addresses the korbanosbrought when leadership stumbles. These korbanos serve as part of the teshuvah process. Being a leader doesn’t mean perfection; it means being responsible, including rectifying mistakes and showing the way for the rest of the tzibbur.
Perhaps the coinciding of the two relates to a powerful lesson that appears to be hidden in the Ba’al HaTurim of last week’s kriya on the word “Ossonah” (them), contrasting with the same word in Yechezkel 34:21. The Ba’al HaTurim explains that just as the righteous women spinning the wool for the Mishkan brought the Divine Presence, faulty leadership repels the Divine Presence, thereby causing the “sheep” to sin.
Therein lies a powerful lesson. Those same weak sheep who needed chizuk and endured galus under faulty leadership, can grow and thrive and become the ultimate nashim tzidkaniot (righteous women) under the right leadership. This is why the volunteers of the Chomosayich organization in Eretz Yisrael have worked tirelessly to help girls from less-observant backgrounds extricate themselves from the Israeli military draft machine. With all the talk about the important role of achdus in meriting the geulah, many lose sight of what it really requires. It’s not about feel-good virtue-signaling. It’s about taking responsibility for those who need our help, particularly those who are ignored or sidelined because of their non-observant background. And when we tolerate the relegation of such neshamos to those who have wicked designs on them, we should not be surprised when Hashem sends us continuous, seemingly unbearable wake-up calls.
Perhaps the ones who need to do teshuvah the most are not the ones who never had the proper chance, but for those of us who did.
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter
Executive Director
Help Rescue Our Children
Airmont, NY
