It's remarkable. A normal person reading the piece and then the comments can only come to one of three conclusions. One, many don't read but jump to comment. Two, many are illiterate. Or, three, some find any reason to bash Jews.
It is very likely that appealing to such as the airport authority requires the help of a lawyer. This dragged on for years. It is possible in the heat of an discussion the lawyer threatened a suit about the lack of Menorah (there is nothing on the record to indicate, and this comment states, that he ever threatened a suit about the trees)
Then the airport authority when bananas and removed the trees.
The Rabbi is apologetic for whatever part he played in the airport authority losing its mind. Which reasonable person would contemplate the authority acting this way?
There is an identical issue in my home town. It continues to be argued and the Menorah is still missing and the Christmas tree is still present year after year. Mayor is Jewish.
Whatever happened, in this article, Medved is writing of the Rabbi's contrition for any pain caused even inadvertently by his actions.
But yet, in many of the responses we somehow fail to see the Christian forgiveness and charity that is so pronounced and celebrated around such trees. Why is that? I'll be charitable in the spirit of the season, I'll blame illiteracy.
Medved is writing of the Rabbi's contrition for any pain caused even inadvertently by his actions.
I have checked the news and I have failed to see where the ?Rabbi has apologized to the Christian community. I have read where the Rabbi threatened a Federal lawsuit if one of two his demands were not met: Either put up a menorah and let us perform a religious ceremony or tear down the Christmas trees.
Now, instead of publicly apologizing for threatening a lawsuit (Medved says the rabbi "may" apologize on his show) the Rabbi has demanded the Port Authority apologize to him for taking down the Christmas trees.
I think it is about time this Rabbi thinks about all the pain he has caused and quit making so many demands.
The problem has come from the ACLU lawsuits that demand more than charity and forgiveness, but rather silence and punishment for such "offenses" as red and green napkins at school, Bibles carried in school, even the Jewish decalogue posted in public places as a cultural recognition where our legal system came from. Christians, too, can be persecuted, and many Christians feel that their children have been subjected to persecution, and that the belief system of the vast majority of Americans has been branded as "bigotry."
So, the apology should be accepted and the subject dropped?
It's too bad you don't see Christian charity and forgiveness around you.
BTW your screen name is Sabramerican. Why not AmericanSabra? Or American?