[metmom]

Please show me where the rabbi demanded to "tear the Christmas trees down."

From the article, second paragraph:

A rabbi wanted to install an eight-foot menorah and have a public lighting ceremony. He threatened to sue if the menorah wasn’t put up and gave a two day deadline to remove the trees.”

While it doesn't really say *tear* the trees down, I read it the same way about them being removed.

[Alouette]

He threatened to sue if the menorah wasn’t put up and gave a two day deadline to remove the trees.”

That is not a direct quote, and he claims he made no such demand.