For a number of years in the last century I was a faculty member at a university in Kentucky. The secretary of my department was a daughter of Alvin York, one of the most decorated soldiers of World War I.Growing up in a home where her father was constantly honored never removed the sense of ...

We read with concern the letter to the editor titled “Jewish mother stranded with no help.”Being familiar with the good work and stellar reputation the Chabad Lubavitch of Utah has, and having known Rabbi Benny Zippel for well over a decade, what we read confused us.We know the Chabad ...

As a person with Jewish relatives living in Israel, I was appalled to read about how the Jewish Family Services didn't take care of a 77 year old woman who had come here for surgery after meeting an LDS physician at the BYU Jerusalem Center and had her purse stolen at the Greyhound bus station ...

Regarding your "IN OUR OPINION" editorial of Sunday, July 6, 2014.Orem City conducted a partial City Survey on many subjects, and there was a 90 percent NO vote on the question "Should the City Council continue with the Macquarie proposal."Mayor Brunst reported at the City Council meeting that ...

I live in Israel. I serve in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) as an officer. We are currently fighting a war.My mother who is 77 years old was lucky to meet an LDS family physician at the BYU center in Jerusalem. He promised to treat her condition at no cost.Her treatment was successful and she ...

In light of recent college shootings, as BYU students and employees, we will naturally wonder, "What if that happened here?"A completely one-sided July 15 article on the cover of The Universe addressed some of the fears and concerns around allowing guns on campus and provided one view of what ...