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Dear readers,
I received numerous comments by email to my The New York Times article, “Who Are You, People of Israel?”. I am delighted that it touched so many of you and will do my best to reply to all of you. Please leave your comments and thoughts here and I will be more than happy to reply to all of them.
Warmly, Michael
I received numerous comments by email to my The New York Times articles, “Who Are You, People of Israel?” and the latest one “What We Jews Owe the World.” I am delighted that these articles touched so many of you and will do my best to reply to all of you. Please leave your comments and thoughts here and I will be more than happy to reply to all of them.
In this interview for a British newspaper, The Jewish Telegraph, Dr. Laitman talks about the positive response he received from Jews and non-Jews around the world to his Who Are You, People of Israel feature in the NY Times.