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Shirlee Taylor Haizlip (Opinion, Feb. 21) is in need of some serious lightening up! When I was 11 or 12 my family moved from New York City to Mayfield Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. After I’d been attending school for a few weeks one of my new classmates approached and politely asked if he could feel my head. When I asked him why, he responded that he wanted to find out whether or not it was true that Jews had horns. Since he was acting in the best tradition of scientific inquiry, I had no problem letting him ascertain the truth for himself.

Today, 50 years later, I am as amused when I recall the incident as I was when it happened. And hats off (no pun intended) to my old classmate and to the little old lady who had the courage to check things out for themselves. They meant no insult, no disrespect.

MICHAEL LAURENCE

Sherman Oaks

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