Letters to the Editor 4-6-23
Changing the future Dear ER: My children’s book, “New Year at the Pier,” winner of the Sydney Taylor Gold Medal for best Jewish picture book of the year, takes place on the Manhattan Beach Pier. It’s about tashlich, a Jewish new year’s ritual in which we admit wrongs and apologize for them. At the pier, the rabbi says, “Tashlich is the time we apologize for things we wish we hadn’t done…Tashlish is like cleaning your heart’s closet. A new year, a clean heart.” As Manhattan Beach Mayor Steve Napolitano said at the Bruce’s Beach Plaque unveiling, “We have acknowledged and condemned, but we haven’t apologized. It’s a simple difference but with a much deeper meaning” (“The Apology,” ER March 23, 2023). Manhattan Beach City Council: do the right thing. Our community deserves it; our country needs it. As author Kevin Hancock said, “Apologies aren’t meant to change the past, they are meant to change the future.” April Halprin Wayland Manhattan Beach Business costs Dear ER: I can’t believe how greedy our Pier Ave bars are (“$10 per sq. ft. too rich for outdoor dining decks, Hermosa restaurant owners say,” ER March 30, 2023). The going rate should be at least $10 per square foot, or more…
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