Skirball Center

I was quoted out of context by your reporter in “3 Perspectives on the Holocaust,” Metro, June 12. My remark about our civilization “suffering from an edifice complex” related to the proliferation of Holocaust museums and memorials in Los Angeles and the United States, as well as to the duplication of facilities in both the Jewish and the general community. It did not specifically refer to the Skirball Cultural Center. In fact, I specifically emphasized the uniqueness of the Skirball Center as a witness to the living experience of America’s Jewish community.

RABBI ALFRED WOLF, Director, Skirball Institute, Los Angeles