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I hope Naomi Klein’s words spur calls for a Gaza ceasefire and justice for Palestinians

Naomi Klein speaks to Jewish protesters calling for the US to stop arming Israel at a demonstration in Brooklyn, New York, on 23 April.
Naomi Klein speaks to Jewish protesters calling for the US to stop arming Israel at a demonstration in Brooklyn, New York, on 23 April. The transcript of Klein’s speech was published as an article by the Guardian. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

As an American Jew, I found Naomi Klein’s article deeply inspiring (We need an exodus from Zionism, 24 April). At a time when my faith feels mangled from the ongoing genocide that a nation is committing against an oppressed population, and my religion is levied as a weapon against my peace activism, Naomi reminds me that there is a path forward through Judaism. I hope conflicted Jews read her words and call for ceasefire and justice.
Laura Kandle
Astoria, New York, US

• In October 2023, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez and Scotland’s Humza Yousaf, who have both been under attack recently, were the only European leaders to unequivocally call for a Gaza ceasefire. Shame on the others, including Keir Starmer.
Alastair McLeish
Edinburgh

• Virginia Orrey (Letters, 29 April) intruded on my morning enjoying the sunshine and birdsong by awakening long-buried memories of pilchards in tomato sauce and the revolting smell of the washing-up water that followed eating them.
Elizabeth Atkinson
Highgate, London

• It’s not just librarians who are stereotyped (Letters, 25 and 28 April). I was a museum curator, and in the mid-70s I had a lot of hair. One day I was called to deal with an inquiry to find some young people rolling about with laughter: “We thought you’d be a little old man with white hair.”
Derek Janes
Duns, Scottish Borders

• The Roman dodecahedron is obviously a spaghetti measure (Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in Lincoln, 29 April).
David Upton
Kingston upon Thames, London

• Do you have a photograph you’d like to share with Guardian readers? If so, please click here to upload it. A selection will be published in our Readers’ best photographs galleries and in the print edition on Saturdays.

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