 Shapiro stated that to "deny them the simple courtesy of mentioning their names ... is in my opinion simply disgraceful".Gordimer responded in an article in Cross Currents.Ysoscher Katz, Chair, Department of Talmud, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, has also threatened legal action against Cross Currents despite claims on Facebook that he was open to these debates, if they "continue to publish Avrohom Gordimer’s libelous and unfounded accusations against me."