Letter to Trader Joe's
May 7, 2021
Dear Trader Joe's Corporate Office,
I am a long-time customer of Trader Joe's stores for many years. At present, I usually shop at your store In Shrewsbury, MA, but have shopped at many others nationwide, and even remember one of your very first stores in Sherman Oaks, CA in the 1970s. I am a pretty decent customer, spending hundreds of dollars in groceries each week. In addition, some of your employees are close personal friends of mine.
This past week, I was shocked to hear allegations that an employee of one of your stores in Washington State was fired because he declined the experimental covid injection.
Please confirm whether this story is accurate, and whether this move met with the approval of your corporate office.
This is extremely important information for me to know. You see, if Trader Joe's corporate policy allows branch managers to pressure employees into submitting to any medical procedure without informed consent, let alone an experimental one, I will no longer feel comfortable to patronize any Trader Joe's stores anywhere.
As much as I may have enjoyed the Trader Joe's shopping experience in the past, the Nuremburg Code is FAR more important to me. Bodily autonomy is sacrosanct, an essential human right. Every human being is entitled to decline any vaccine. Furthermore, the First Amendment protects our cherished religious freedoms. Terminating an employee due to his or her deeply-held personal convictions – for any moral, ethical, or philosophical reason – is a grave violation of the Constitution. Even if corrupt state officials overlook it, such a policy is inherently unjust and morally detestable.
It is simply unconscionable for me shop at a store whose corporate policy endorses medical tyranny and apartheid.
Moreover, if this is indeed the case, I will publicize this letter widely and ask everyone I know to demand an explanation. We cannot tolerate such blatant discrimination and egregious violation of individual rights.
Sadly, I will have no choice but to ask others to join me in calling for a nationwide boycott of your chain.
This is no small matter, but one of grave concern that we cannot afford to ignore. The very fate of our nation hangs in the balance.
While I have been delighted in recent years to see Trader Joe's growing list of kosher products, I must sadly inform you that such a policy is inherently unkosher. I cannot possibly shop with good conscience at such a morally-compromised establishment that has such utter disregard for human rights.
Once we’re on the subject, kindly clarify your plans with regards to “vaccination passports.” Do you foresee – at any time in the future – only allowing fully-vaccinated customers into your stores?
Please spell out your position with regards to your store policies looking forward.
If Trader Joe's will possibly become a “vaccinated-only” store in the future, all your customers deserve to know about it now. Full disclosure and honesty are always the best policy.
I have no interest in shopping at a store that is planning to ban me from entry at some point in the future. My coreligionists (and some other 'genetically-inferior' minorities) already experienced that in Germany of the 1930s and it didn’t turn out very well for them. If Trader Joe's would consider adopting a discriminatory policy that bans people who simply declined a medical procedure, this is a serious matter that the public deserves to know about NOW.
We deserve to know whether Trader Joe's stands for cherished American values such as freedom, individual liberties, tolerance, and informed consent, or whether it will cast its lot with authoritarianism, intolerance, and medical Marxism.
Please respond as soon as possible. Time is of essence. My next move – as well as my next shopping trip – is pending your kind response.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Michoel Green
Westborough, Massachusetts