[Editor’s note: Reader MaryAnn Gernegliaro wrote a letter to the editor, in which she opposed the suggestion in the Aug. 22 Relocations column of asking the Ashland Food Co-op to stop stocking Israeli products. The following letter responds to her Aug. 27 letter.]

It is most certainly a comfort to connect with family traditions. I would never deny that. I myself yearn for connection with my Polish roots.

I would ask MaryAnn Gernegliaro how we as ordinary citizens might have recourse to address the horrific forced starvation and murder of tens of thousands of Palestinian children, women and men indigenous to Gaza and the West Bank.

Institution after institution all over the world are divesting themselves of any financial connection with Israel in protest.

What are we doing, what can we do to stop this horror?

Please tell me.

I heartily invite your answer.

With all respect and good care.

Karen Maleski

Ashland