Volume 67, Issue 2

Letters To the Editor

An Open Letter to Zack Streit
By Professor Gabriel Cwilich

I read your column in the last issue of The Commentator, and it has worried me deeply.

Let me begin by saying that, because I have been living for the last four months outside the United States, I am unfamiliar with the exact nature and characteristics of the note that Professor Schrecker and her colleagues at Stern signed in the New York Times beyond what you mention about it in your column, but that I consider that point irrelevant to the nature of my concerns...

Rosh Hashanah Letter

In recalling last years horrifying events, which ravaged America, sometimes it is difficult to palpably relive our true emotions.  Our thought, deeds, and even emotions might simultaneously be contradictory at various points throughout the long trauma.  In writing a Rosh Hashanah letter and email to friends last year, I tried to blend the true essence of what was transpiring around humanity at that moment and somehow engage a positive yet struggling inspiration from the horrendous events...

Housing Issue

I am writing this letter, not as a "letter to the editor", rather as an idea for a front-page article for the first issue in next year's publication. This is a pressing issue and deserves the press to let the public know about it. Here it is. Many students - including YC, SSSB, and especially RIETS students desire to live "on campus". Why commute from Queens or Teaneck when you can live across the street? This phenomenon is only a few years old and B"H there are roughly 75 couples living here in the heights. But, there is a problem. There is a shortage of apartments in the area (or at least a shortage of safe and clean apartments in the area) and many students are unfortunately being turned away by the university and have to look somewhere else to live, what a shame. I know from my experiences as a student, spending shabbos on campus was always more enjoyable when I was invited for a meal at a couples’ apartment. I have been told by guests that visiting my apartment is relaxing and a nice change of atmosphere...

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