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The JC Letters Page, 9th November 2018

Norma Neville, Professor Tony Kushner, David Lawson, Martin D. Stern, Stan Labovitch, Laurence Kingsley, Ceila Dignana, Miriam Levin, Gordon Kay, Alan Schneider and Malcolm Gerber share their views with JC readers

November 8, 2018 16:11
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Should ‘callous’ Jews define ‘synagogue’?

According to my dictionary, the definition of a synagogue is a congregation of Jews who assemble for worship (Rabbis avoid calling Tree of Life a synagogue, JC November 2)


Rabbis Lau and Yosef evidently don’t consider any other brand of davening than their own to be kosher. The perpetrator of this terrible massacre was only interested that this was a gathering of Jews and not how they prayed.  Nor were the Jews slaughtered in the Shoah asked for their affiliation. 


Norma Neville 
Hendon, London

Re-Rabbis Lau and Yosef and their callous inability to recognise the Tree of Life as a synagogue: ‘You Ain’t No Jews, bruvs’.