Philly anti-Israel groups plan boycott of Jewish businesses before Kristallnacht anniversary

Anti-Israel activists in Philadelphia have scheduled a bicycle boycott ride targeting Jewish-owned and Israeli-associated businesses on November 8, the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary. The flyer singles out six dining locations. Community leaders and advocacy groups condemn the event as antisemitism.

Anti-Israel activists in Philadelphia have scheduled a bicycle boycott ride targeting Jewish-owned and Israeli-associated local businesses, deliberately set for November 8, the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 Nazi pogrom. Organized by Philly Bike On Your Left, Boycott CookNSolo, and Philly Solidarity Calendar, the promotional flyer posted on social media features crossed-out warning icons over six dining locations: Mac Mart, K'Far Cafe, Huda, Goldie, Dizengoff, and Schlesinger's. The organizers' post calls the business owners 'disgusting humans' and demands 'No business for zionists!' The scheduling has drawn condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League Philadelphia, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and StandWithUs, which issued a joint statement calling the campaign antisemitism and urging Mayor Cherelle Parker, Governor Josh Shapiro, and District Attorney Larry Krasner to condemn it. Stop Antisemitism also denounced the boycott as 'grotesque.' The article does not include comment from the organizers or the targeted businesses.