I just received an anti-Semitic email attacking Zygi Wilf, the owner of the Minnesota Vikings football team.
The Vikings play in an old stadium and are trying to seek funds from Minnesota to build a new stadium. Mr. Wilf as an owner would prefer public funds be used while taxpayers usually prefer private funds be used. This is a normal sports dispute that should not have anything to do with religion.
(Full disclosure: I often blog about the National Football League. I have never met Mr. Wilf, have no business association with him in any way, and have never taken a position on the stadium financing issue. I am neutral on the issue.)
Mr. Wilf is also the son of Holocaust Survivors.
I received an email thanking me for voting “yes” on a stadium petition issue. I never signed any petition related to this issue. Yet the first line of the email attacked Mr. Wilf personally.
Here is the email:
“Dear JewBoy Ziggy StealsFrom Goyim,
Thank you for signing the “Say “Yes” to Vikings Stadium” petition at iPetitions.com.
Your signature is valuable and makes a real difference. Please encourage others to sign the petition as well. Forward the text below to everyone who might be interested:
——- FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS ——-
Hi,
I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed:
“Say “Yes” to Vikings Stadium”
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sayyestostadium/
I really think this is an important cause, and I’d like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It’s free and takes just a few seconds of your time.
Thanks!
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p.s. If you would like to start your own free petition, you can do so at
http://www.ipetitions.com/start-petition”
I have contacted the Vikings and left a message with the Wilf family. I also contacted the Minnesota chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition and spoke with a guy in the sports department of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
They have copies of the email and are investigating.
I will be investigating this and updating this story as events warrant.
eric