On the topic of battery storage in New York, readers respond to a recent op-ed by former FDNY Commissioner Tom Von Essen who claimed that the city was safe for battery storage, but overlooked any evidence contrary to his reliable methodology of reviewing data and talking to firefighters on the ground. He also overlooked the bribery scandal of 2023 that infected FDNY inspectors, which infected them with corruption and often leads to life-or-death consequences for the agency. The author also notes that there is no evidence that Israeli Holocaust and genocide scholars have identified Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide, yet no evidence these scholars have been invited to testify before Congress. Some readers question the growing anti-Semitism against Jews, with some questioning whether they know that Jesus was Jewish and identified as a devout Jew at the time. They also question the legitimacy of the claim by Voicer Nick Smith's claim that the IDF are "rapists" and the Simon Wiesenthal Center has a "colonial agenda"