News: "NYC Coffee Shop Bans Pro-Israel Politician in Nasty Post Despite Promise to Treat All Customers with 'Unconditional Dignity'"
Jun 22
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"Hospitality for everyone — except supporters of Israel.
A crunchy coffee shop flamed pro-Israel Rep. Dan Goldman for buying a cup of java at its Brooklyn location and issued him a refund, declaring it doesn’t serve “genocide enablers.”
Poetica Coffee revealed the unasked-for $9.82 refund in a bitter Facebook post Sunday, with a pic of a hapless Goldman – who faces a tough Democratic primary challenge from former city Comptroller Brad Lander – in the Park Slope shop..."
“They put a huge amount of Jewish people on notice that they are not welcome,” Goldfeder said. “It’s not just about Dan Goldman. It puts a lot of Jews on edge.”
Mark Goldfeder, director of the National Advocacy Jewish Center, said Poetica’s mentioning of AIPAC “gave the game away” as to the owners’ conspiratorial leanings, per the New York Post. “They put a huge amount of Jewish people on notice that they are not welcome,” Goldfeder said. “It’s not just about Dan Goldman. It puts a lot of Jews on edge.”
Mark Goldfeder, director of the National Advocacy Jewish Center, argued the post put a large number of Jewish people on notice that they are unwelcome — and that the reference to AIPAC extended the hostility far beyond Goldman himself.
