These [our Tehillim] are not just recited in solidarity, but rather as a war effort
Although I consider myself a professional writer (but clearly not of the caliber of Reb Yonoson Rosenblum!) I have to say I thoroughly appreciated his excellent article. I, too, earned money through my writing, but not merely for myself: Over the years I raised millions of dollars in funding for different projects for mosdos across the world, baruch Hashem, and I still take care of a few special clients today.
I am particularly proud of the collection of letters I wrote to various agencies on behalf of Jews facing criminal charges, including on behalf of Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin. I called them my “get out of jail free” cards. I wrote to judges, the FBI, prosecutors and defense attorneys, and often they made an impact.
One case I remember was that of a respected businessman facing years in jail after being convicted for bank fraud. Since I actually knew this man, it was easier to pen an impassioned plea to the sentencing judge, and I later found out my letter was read aloud in court. The man received a suspended sentence.
The point of my letter here is clear: As I used to tell my students in my ELA classes, if you can write your name or create a shopping list, you are a writer. And today, more than ever, we need writers to bombard universities, elected officials, corporations and media outlets with letters demanding they put an end to anti-Semitism in their hallowed halls of “education,” that they remove employees who blatantly support terrorism, and that they recant lies and biased reporting of the war in Israel.
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