Thursday, September 05, 2024
Jewish CUNY students berated by masked anti-Israel protesters who blocked entrance of kosher deli, hurled racist remarks at them
A group of Jewish students from CUNY's City College were berated and told to "go back to Brooklyn" by anti-Israel protesters outside a kosher deli in Midtown South.
Moti Zilber, the owner of the Mr. Broadway Deli on West 38th Street, said the Jewish students were enjoying their meal Tuesday morning when the protesters descended upon the restaurant, blocking the entrance and shouting vulgarities at them.
"It was very scary," Zilber told The Post. "It feels like we're in Germany over here."
Clips of the protest, uploaded by the Safe Campus Jewish advocacy group, show the masked demonstrators marching up and down in front of the restaurant as they chanted antisemitic slogans at the students.
"Back to Brooklyn, out the Middle East," the protesters could be heard yelling, stereotyping the students while referencing the war in Gaza.
Zilber said the protesters also shouted other antisemitic phrases at the students, including "From the river to the sea."
"They yelled all kinds of racist things at the students," Zilber said. "These were young, violent kids who you can't even talk to."
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