1. Seth said:

Here in SF a couple of years ago, at a co-op market called Rainbow Grocery, a woman of Arab background who was a department head/ buyer started her own boycott of Israeli products, of which the store carried many.

We responded by boycotting Rainbow Grocery, fellow Jews coming out of the wood work and the problem got itself solved PDQ.

There is a significantly large Jewish population in south Florida, one would think they could do the same kind of thing. I thoroughly support freedom of speech, but there are lines that can be crossed into the realm of irresponsibility and incitement, and that sounds about where Alex Seredin has arrived. Maybe a reduction in income would tell him something about keeping his extremist opinions to himself.

2. Yaakov said:

We have been fighting this sort of thing for a good many years and it just won't go away. I would love to see the Jews boycott the son-of-a-bitch . Hopefully there will be a follow-up to this story.

3. Mediacrity said:

I really just skimmed the surface of this guy's rants. Go into the newgroups and you can see what I mean. Google says he has 11,000 posts under one email address alone.

4. Bill Levinson said:

He posts to soc.culture.israel under PeterPan, Strider, Amigocabal, and several other names. I finally killfiled him because all he does is post incoherent anti-Jewish rants. He idolizes Adolf Hitler, by the way.

5. Fred Shorts said:

If any of you [expletive deleted by moderator] jews go into his shop and start kvetching, you're likely to get shot. Enjoy already!

[Moderator's note: Any threat of violence, even conveyed anonymously by a third party, needs to be taken seriously. Thus Jewish residents and visitors to South Florida need to avoid at all costs patronizing the Peter Pan Gift Shop in Delray Beach, Florida.]

6. Bill Levinson said:

Fred Shorts, posting from Tiscali.co.uk, is doubtlessly the "Reverend" Terence Fformby-Smythe, soc.culture.israel's co-village idiot (with Seredin being the other). The "start kvetchng" line, along with it coming from Tiscali, makes his identity obvious. soc.culture.israel either killfiles him or makes fun of him as the mood suits the regular participants. It was once fun to stick him and Seredin (verbally) and listen to them squeal anti-Jewish epithets like stuck pigs but there's a limit to the entertainment that can be had in that manner and now they're pretty much ignored. Mr. Fformby-Smythe is also into "animal husbandry" as shown by this famous quote of his. (Just do a Google search for "Fformby" and a phrase from the following.)

> Why do you think it constitutes animal abuse? If you or I tried to f**k a cow, do you think the cow would even notice? It should not only be legal but acceptable as a legitimate alternative lifestyle.

Or, "Moo, moo, I love ewe." I am sure the "70 virgins" shown on this page would appeal to him as well: http://www.stentorian.com/politics/terror/virgins.jpg.

7. Randy Metullah said:

Your readers are entitled to the full coordinates for this monster:

Alex Seredin -- serrwad@bellsouth.net -- has his shop at Peter Pan Gifts
1731 North Federal Highway
Delray Beach, FL 33483
561-276-6558

His home address is 2107 13th Street Southwest, Delray Beach, Florida 33445. His wife's name is Mona A. Wadoud.

8. Randy Metullah said:

Correction -- it is serwad@bellsouth.net

9. Joe Cohen said:

Here's the contact info for the ADL office in Palm Beach County:

E-mail: palm-beach-county@adl.org

Phone: (561) 832-7144
From Boca-Delray (561) 265-0515

Fax : (561) 832-3071

10. Alan said:

Do you think that the ADL might want to contact the Sun Sentinel? The Sentinel just might want to do a follow up of some of the "trinkets" Alex might have stashed away.

11. Fred Shorts said:

Does anyone have a picture of him? I'll put it up on my web site.

12. Leonard said:

Fred - Have you sought psychiatric help ?

13. Mediacrity said:

Alan--
Anyone can contact the Sun Sentinel. Here are the particulars:

Jeanne Jordan, executive news editor
jjordan@sun-sentinel.com

Palm Beach County
Cyndi Metzger, Palm Beach news editor
cmetzger@sun-sentinel.com

Incidentally, this item was posted on my website too --
http://mediacrity.blogspot.com/2005/11/seashells-plastic-mermaids-and.html

14. Michael Ejercito said:

I wonder if anyone has a picture of this fellow. Everyone in his town should know aout his hate.

15. Susan Cohen said:

Re: Alan's rather prescient comment about the "trinkets" Seredin might have tucked away: Seredin *did* post that he had a Glock the he re-bored to accept larger/heavier ammo. This is, of course, illegal. The only reason I would suggest *not* reporting him to authorities is that he is a colossal, proven liar, and it's not like the police/FBI/ATF people aren't incredibly overworked as it is.

16. Mediacrity said:

To answer fredshorts@tiscali.co.uk's now-deleted query as to the kind of blog this is: It is the one that just banned you. This is not Usenet, bub.

"Fred" then went ahead and borrowed a computer after he was banned, and proceeded to post rubbish. Gives you an idea of the kind of creatures who populate Usenet. Definitely worth a follow-up.

17. Ted said:

The kook "Fred Shorts" (the Re'ev)is a lonely loser who hangs out at Jewish Internet boards, posting stuff with gross factual mistakes who he can strike up a conversation with Jews. Pathetic.

18. The Re'ev said:

Yes, that is true. By posting on Usenet newsgroups, I have an opportunity to interact with Jews and spread anti-Semitism. I am a pathetic loser, and I have no life.