Reply To: Boy lost intl. chemistry competition for refusing to compete on Shabbos

This is a surprise only to those who believe that anti-Jewish bigotry died out some time in the ancient past. Outside of Eretz Yisrael (where only Hareidim have to deal with discrimination), any non-assimilated (defining assimilation has one who has given up observance of Shabbos and Kashrus) Jew faces substantial discrimination.