"Forgive and forget" is not their approach when it comes to Spinoza (UPDATED: the Synagogue apologizes)

MOVING TO FRONT FROM NOVEMBER 28--UPDATED

Professor Yitzhak Melamed, the distinguished Spinoza scholar at Johns Hopkins University, kindly gave permission to share this correspondence (click to enlarge):

UPATE:  Regarding "Epicouros," a reader points me to this.

DECEMBER 2 UPDATE:   It looks like Rabbi Serfaty acted without authority to do so.  All's well that ends well (below the fold, click to enlarge):