The article seems written by a self centered,sell pitying Jew.
IIRC, [ne is commanded to go into ones tent and srudy the Law (Torah) and to do so quietly. What other, non-Jews did was not the business of the Jew.
But, being a compassionate conservative, and this being Christmas as well as Hanukkah, I attempted to call the Wa a ambulance for the article author.
Operator said they were too busy.
This is an amusing article. I got a kick out of it. BTW, Jewish immigrants to Gold Rush era San Francisco were so grateful to be in a place which gave them the freedom and safety to flourish that Christmas trees became standard decorations in their homes. The oldest synagogue in town has a magnificent stained glass window showing Moses descending from....get this....Yosemite!