Leave them alone
From: (name withheld)
Subject: Leave them alone
Date: December 14, 2021 at 1:01:55 PM MST
I am Jewish and I’m offended by your constant attacks on anything religious. Shut up and sit your ass down. My grandfather fought with the Allied forces in Europe and I appreciate that wreath placed on his grave every year.
(name withheld)
Response from MRFF Supporter Rabbi Joel Schwartzman
On Dec 15, 2021, at 5:59 AM, Rabbi Joel Schwartzman wrote:
Dear (name withheld): First of all, IF you are Jewish, and that’s big “if”…because your tone and your language don’t reflect anything I know as Jewish, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. However, as a retired military rabbi, I would be highly incensed to know that anyone would be putting a wreath on my grave. It isn’t anything that I as a Jew would recognize as an appropriate symbol. It may be meant as a good deed, but it would offend my family and MY heritage. I suggest that you might wish to alter your tone and clean up your language. Then, maybe your arguments might get somewhere. But, for now, you speak for yourself and certainly not for myriad non-Christians about this whole wreath business. Rabbi Joel R. SchwartzmanCh, Col, (Ret), USAF