LETTERS TO EDITOR


November 28, 2012

Reform Is Not Secular

I got very excited when I saw the headline “Secular Women Making Strides” (Nov. 16) as part of your coverage of the 2012 General Assembly. Alas, my excitement evaporated as I began reading the article, since I quickly realized that it wasn’t about secular women at all.

The article discusses a session led by Anat Hoffman, who definitely is not secular. In the second paragraph of the article, you correctly identify Hoffman and other women like her as “religious but non-Orthodox.” … I continue to look forward to the day when I open up the Jewish Times and see a story that really is about secular Jews making strides.
Elise Saltzberg
Baltimore