It looks to me like Brown got ambushed by cynical Jew-haters who used an innocent-sounding idea like a vote.

If Jews want to be taken seriously when they condemn acts that smear Jews, it behooves them to speak up against acts that smear other religious groups, including Christians.

Bookstores, for me, were always the very antidote to physical isolation. Browsing with fellow humans through endless aisles of books was like a sacred ritual of the civilized life.