I want to take this opportunity to advise our loyal readers of an important addition to our “Editorial Submissions Policy and Deadlines” which appears each month in The Jewish Observer.
Effective with the February 2025 edition of The Jewish Observer, Letters to the Editor will be limited to 250 words or less. Additionally, each letter that is submitted will be limited to not more than two signatories and will be subject to review by The Jewish Observer Editorial Board. Submitted letters must contain the email addresses of the authors that will be printed along with the letter. As is our current policy, submitted letters will be published at the discretion of The Jewish Observer which reserves the right to edit submissions.
In order to preserve the limited space we have for Letters to the Editor, rebuttals or comments to previously published letters will only be considered for publication in the month immediately following the original Letter to the Editor that is the subject of the rebuttal or comment. In order to allow for the greatest range of letters to be published, no further rebuttal or comment letters will be published in connection with the original letter or rebuttal letters.
I also want to advise you of a clarification to Opinion (Op-Ed) submissions. Op-Eds will be limited to 650 words or less and, as with Letters to the Editor, will be limited to two authors. Op-Ed submissions are subject to review by the Editorial Board and will be published at the discretion of The Jewish Observer which reserves the right to edit submissions.
I want to also remind our readers and those who submit letters and op-eds that The Jewish Observer maintains a commitment to principles of civility that is reflected in a statement adopted by the Jewish Federation of Great Nashville and most of its member agencies and congregations in June of 2011; “Even when we disagree, we listen to each other without threats of reprisal, and we treat all with decency, honor and mutual respect.”
Finally, I want to take this opportunity to thank our Editor, Barbara Dab and the members of The Jewish Observer Editorial Board, Chair Dr. Frank Boehm, Teena Cohen and Scott Rosenberg for all the time and effort they invest every month to maintain the quality and integrity of The Jewish Observer. It is largely due to all of them that The Jewish Observer has become a highly valued and award-winning publication.
Mark S. Freedman, Publisher
The Jewish Observer
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