Discussion of Israel's actions deserves context - The Berkshire Edge

Discussion of Israel's actions deserves context - The Berkshire Edge

To the editor: I write to respond to the infuriating Letter to the Editor addressed to the Jewish community published July 21, 2025. It is always always dangerous to reduce Jewish ethics to single concepts. Loving the stranger? Who doesn’t support that? Universal ethics rather than tribal ones? Who doesn’t like that sound bite? But the true facts are that we are a religion and a tribe/family. We take care of ourselves first. Halacha requires tha…

LTE: Response To Myers/Abata Letter

BY REBECCA CHAMBERLINLos Alamos I wish to respond to the July 22 letter from Kelly Myers and Emma Abata (https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/07/22/response-to-lte-free-palestine-summer-series-not-as-benign-as-it-sounds/).  I share their moral concern for the pain that the Palestinian people have experienced in the past 77 years, and I share their grief for the thousands of Gazans who are reported to have been killed, injured, or malnourished in t…