My friend was invited to a Jewish wedding in an affluent suburb recently. [View all]

He isn't Jewish. He's German.

He went to the synagogue on time. When he got out of the car, police rushed at him with guns out. Naturally this was upsetting.

He didn't know that police had been dispatched to guard the synagogue for the wedding. (BTW, he was at the wrong synagogue.)

This guy is nice but oblivious to what's gone on as far as the rise of antisemitism, Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Massacre, etc.

I tried to explain to him that things are different now and it was a shame, but I wasn't surprised.