Readers who take the time to send their questions praise and even criticism to our Inbox perform a great service to the editorial board and our staff of talented writers.
While readers can and do get upset if they don’t see their letters published sometimes we just don’t have the space. On other occasions the letters are so incisive they require the writer or editor to go back to the drawing board and either question some of their original assumptions or do further research.
That’s exactly what happened to me on Sunday when I received a letter from a reader Michael Hoffman who grew up in Sweden and questioned the propriety of my recent interview — A Few Minutes With…Kent Ekeroth a member of a far-right political party in Sweden. Mr. Hoffman wrote as follows:
“The Swedish Democrats is a far-right racist party which is becoming more popular lately due to its opposition to Sweden’s liberal immigration policies and the fight against Islamization of Swedish society. The party he represents is a racist party with anti-Semitic undertones. The party is anti-schechitah and has on its agenda (under the guise of animal welfare) the total ban of imports of shechted kosher meat and also the party wants to outlaw circumcision of boys that are under-age meaning that circumcision would be allowed only for men above the age of 18 who have chosen to have the procedure done. Is this the kind of person that should be given a platform in Mishpacha?
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