Dear Mr. Kahn and Ms. Jacquetter:

Reading Patrick Kingsley's news analysis "Netanyahu Scores Another Victory, but at What Price?," I couldn't help wonder when the Western Wall replaced the Temple Mount as, in Kingley's words, "the holiest site in Judaism." Since the Temple Mount had been the holiest site in Judaism since the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago, I would have thought such an earth shattering change would have merited extensive coverage in the media, especially The New York Times, which - apparently inaccurately these days - bills itself as publishing "All The News That's Fit to Print."

Since I have seen no articles about this anywhere, I suspect Kingsley's reference was just another piece of false information published in The New York Times, which, judging from the fact that I've been told the error was pointed out but The Times refused to issue a correctly, apparently doesn't care much about accuracy either, these days.

This reminds me of the story of an apparently pious old man who would come to pray at The Wall in Jerusalem every day. An observer noticed this and asked what it was like, to which the old man responded, "it's like talking to a wall."

Sadly, it seems that when readers ask The New York Times to correct factual errors, particularly when it comes to Judaism, Jews or Israel, it's like talking to a wall.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein