Readers sound off on healing the world, the presidential transition and family support

Jewish teachings tin usher america retired of this mess

Forest Hills: The Jewish High Holy Days weighed heavy upon me. On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, my eyes fixed connected the Hebrew substance of my supplication book. The words seemed to outcry retired to me: The satellite is broken, bash thing to hole it!

So overmuch is astatine involvement successful this Jewish New Year. May God springiness america all, Jews and non-Jews, the spot of caput and tone to judge successful the inherent goodness of our assorted spiritual traditions — and enactment connected it.

I commune for Israel harder than ever, and for each the guiltless lives caught up successful the unspeakable Mideast crisis. I implore Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the bombing successful Gaza. Are much than 42,000 deaths of Palestinians not enough? Until this happens, arsenic truthful galore hostage families and the bulk of Israelis know, determination volition beryllium nary peace, nary way to a two-state solution. The Mideast volition beryllium acceptable ablaze arsenic ne'er before.

Jewish contented teaches the precept of tikkun olam (fixing the world), of pursuing bid and righteousness done our words and deeds. I accidental to my chap Jews: If immoderate hatred smolders successful your hearts, quell it. Only past volition we arsenic a radical situation to talk information to power. It is simply a achy but indispensable archetypal measurement toward pursuing peace. Carmela Ingwer

Butts connected fire

Brooklyn: Warning signs should beryllium posted: “Do not propulsion lit cigarettes oregon matches from your conveyance onto roads.” I had to stomp retired a lit cigaret butt idiosyncratic threw connected my artifact arsenic they were driving by and I was picking up leaves. Marie Walsh

Show, don’t tell

Brooklyn: We tin larn a batch from our British cousins regarding postulation information and roadworthy design. Instead of installing ever much signs connected our already confusing Long Island parkways, the New York State Department of Transportation should overgarment astatine entranceway ramps bold reflective arrows indicating the absorption that cars are intended to travel. Pictograms are quicker for the encephalon to construe than words successful the nanoseconds we person portion driving. Eric Wollman

Ups and downs

Ridgewood, N.J.: Every predetermination has winners and losers. Winners: the American nationalist — they volition acceptable the agenda; vigor accumulation volition expand. Losers: wealth — Democrats outspent Republican 2 to one; unions — favored 1 enactment implicit the other; elites — retired of touch; Barack Obama — preaching sex and contention arsenic a crushed to vote; media — overall, retired of interaction with the public; Ukraine — could beryllium forced to compromise; Iran — provocations volition beryllium matched with force; racism — capable is enough. Uncertain: NATO, tariffs, Taiwan, alliances, the environment, China. Ed Houlihan

Peaceful transfer

Peters Township, Pa.: I privation to convey President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for their graciousness successful decision and for demonstrating that they attraction much astir the state than themselves and their egos. In 2020 and to this day, Donald Trump has refused to judge that helium mislaid that election. He did not ever concede, did not invitation Biden to the White House and did not be the inauguration. Instead, helium sicced a mob connected the U.S. Capitol successful an effort to reverse the volition of the people. After a bruising and achy loss, Harris called Trump to concede and congratulate him, and Biden invited Trump to the White House to statesman what helium promises volition beryllium an orderly modulation successful which his medication afloat cooperates with the incoming team. Thank you, Biden and Harris, for accepting the volition of a constrictive bulk of the radical and for displaying people and dignity! Oren Spiegler

Picked our poison?

Bronx: For the emotion of God, I anticipation I’m wrong. But if we are to justice President-elect Trump’s intentions based connected his past behaviour and the obnoxious code of his unbelievably and inexplicably palmy statesmanlike campaign, our federation is successful superior trouble. Weren’t immoderate of those millions who voted for him acrophobic oregon adjacent alert of the agelong database of lies helium told during the campaign? Did they besides hide astir the mayhem and decease helium fostered connected Jan. 6, 2021? Well, present helium returns, lone this clip with the astir unlimited powers of a bonafide dictator. He present owns the tools by which to impact lasting and impactful changes upon our state arsenic elaborate successful Project 2025. I person nary regrets, for I did not ballot for him. But for those who did, volition they someday soon travel to regret it? For our nation’s sake, I sincerely anticipation not. Carlos Martinez

Group discount

Briarwood: Of course, the president-elect volition supply a broad pardon to each Jan. 6 defendants astatine his archetypal opportunity. By doing so, helium volition beryllium pardoning himself without having to pardon himself by name. Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Citing Scripture

Queens Village: To Voicer Melanie Noonan: God forgives lone repentant sinners, which is what King David was aft his misdeed with Bath-Sheba. When the prophet Nathan made him alert of his sedate sins, David not lone instantly and humbly repented, helium did not imprison oregon termination Nathan, arsenic is stated astatine 2 Samuel 12:7-14. His heartfelt repentance and cognition is beautifully recorded successful Psalm 51. Trump, dissimilar David, is sorely lacking successful humility. Can anyone sanction 1 clip helium admitted to oregon adjacent apologized for a mistake, oregon not attempted to destruct the livelihood oregon quality of the Nathans who had the courageousness to face him — thing helium said helium volition present bash successful earnest? He has ne'er apologized for Jan. 6 and wishes to pardon those who attacked the Capitol and instrumentality enforcement, nor has helium conceded that helium mislaid successful 2020. For these and galore different reasons, helium is nary modern-day David. Tom Aydinian

Talk amusement debased blow

Brooklyn: Jimmy Kimmel teared up connected his amusement a time aft Trump won the election. The reason, I believe, is due to the fact that helium realized each his bull against Trump not lone had nary detrimental effect connected the election, but Trump did adjacent amended than expected. Then helium went connected to database everything nether the prima that volition spell incorrect nether Trump. Where was Kimmel during Trump’s archetypal term? Everything was amended than it is now. Does Kimmel truly judge his ain falsehoods? Millions of voters evidently disagreed with everything helium said. How retired of interaction is this guy? David Balsam

Just going with it?

Whitestone: Where is the outrage and shock? Nobody is calling for manual counts of the ballots. Nobody is questioning the information of the voting machines. The Republi-cons made definite that this predetermination ran similar a well-oiled machine. When thing is excessively bully to beryllium true, it’s due to the fact that it isn’t true. I hatred to accidental it, but I conjecture we are conscionable a clump of dim, dumb Dems. Something is precise incorrect here. Robin Mazzia

Overwhelming support

North Massapequa, L.I.: The mode the state was going successful the past 4 years had a batch of radical scared. I ever felt that Trump would triumph it. I adjacent thought it would beryllium a expanse á la the Ronald Reagan predetermination (49-state sweep). Imagine my astonishment erstwhile it wasn’t. Seventy-five percent accidental the state is going successful the incorrect direction; 69% oregon amended said inflation, the borderline and migration were their 3 apical concerns. And yet, the ballot was beauteous adjacent to 50-50. I recognize that Dems ballot for Dems and Repubs ballot for Repubs. But I person to say, if I was a Dem, I would person voted Republican due to the fact that the state comes first, not politics. Steven Malichek

Family matters

Glendale: Voicers are starting to remark connected the Daniel Penny trial. Until now, I person not seen 1 missive putting a large portion of the blasted wherever it belongs: connected Jordan Neely’s family. In galore interviews, members of his household person acknowledged that helium had intelligence issues. As such, you tin not trust connected an idiosyncratic to question the assistance they need. Family members should person intervened and got him the assistance helium needed. However, they didn’t. I cognize personally astir the stigma that intelligence wellness issues present, however, radical with these issues indispensable get help. If they don’t, determination are often dire consequences. The household failed to prosecute assistance for him and they allowed him to locomotion the streets for years untreated. Thomas Murawski