Letters to Editor
Comments (1)Off Hours
October 16, 2009I love Phil Jacobs’s description of people who use Shabbos morning as a time to harass teachers, doctors and other professionals (“Not In Shul,” Oct. 9).
One of my friends of many years is an Orthodox medical doctor who suffers from this sort of “out of hours” abuse. One Shabbos morning walking home from shul with his wife in the drizzle, he was approached by a woman complaining of mild symptoms who felt she couldn’t wait until Sunday morning to see the doctor. Standing in the rain on Golders Green Road [London’s equivalent of Upper Park Heights Avenue] she proceeded to describe her symptoms, after which the doctor asked if she would mind undressing so he can examine her! She decided she could wait until Sunday after all.
Joe Feld
London