Reply To: Can following a Chumra become a Chilul Hashem

I don’t think that there is anything wrong with the Eida holding to their standards. That being said, there seems to be a couple things that they/the mashgiah did bad.
1. According to the article, he smashed the bottle in front of the Ethiopian. There is no need to get violent nor embarrass some one.
2. It seems that the owner (from what was said above) was careful to use only those who went through conversion for processes that involve open containers of wine. It seems as though the Eida mashgiah just said “No Ethiopians” without looking into the status of the individual.