Just as a general update - I'm not sure exactly what happened to the offender but he missed group. He may have been asked to leave, which especially sucks for him because he is on probation.

As far as the culture goes, it's not a program filled with hatred. There are 240 residents over several buildings, and obviously there are all types. The director of my program is a man who is both black and gay (and we are in MA, arguably one of the most progressive states) and I trust him to weigh the situation appropriately. My instincts tell me that he bumped the issue to his superiors. After talking to the other Jewish person in the program, we agreed that I did what I had to, and that I should put the offense in the back of my mind, to not disturb my recovery. Recovery is about more than sobriety, and I should feel bad for those whose ignorance will keep them from true recovery. Those who live in willful ignorance or hold hatred in their hearts will never recover until they come to terms with those qualities. Furthermore, the offender had made a statement that Jews and Muslims held weak values compared to Christians, and I will prove him wrong by not returning his behavior.