{"id":510115,"date":"2026-06-25T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:22:11","slug":"protesters-clash-outside-anti-israel-brooklyn-coffee-shop-as-nypd-separates-opposing-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510115\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters clash outside anti-Israel Brooklyn coffee shop as NYPD separates opposing sides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of protesters descended on a hate-mongering Brooklyn coffee shop Wednesday morning after it publicly vowed to refuse service to a pro-Israel politician and its owner\u2019s social media posts comparing Israel to Nazi Germany came to light<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They chanted \u201cend Jew hatred\u201d and \u201cthis shall not stand\u201d as they were confronted by a smaller group of counter-protesters \u2014 many of them rabbis from Jews United Against Zionism \u2014 who waved Palestinian flags and loudly denounced Israel through a bullhorn.<\/p>\n

A demonstrator holds an Israeli flag as protesters gather during an \u201c#EndJewHatred\u201d rally outside Poetica Coffee. REUTERS<\/p>\n

A member of the Neturei Karta organization supporting Palestinians covers his eyes as protesters take part in an \u201c#EndJewHatred\u201d rally outside Poetica Coffee. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a Zion Nazi terrorist!\u201d one rabbi wearing a keffiyeh and holding a Palestinian flag repeatedly shouted inches from the face of a pro-Israel protester, who replied \u201cOh you have very bad breath!\u201d and backed away from him.<\/p>\n

The sides angrily clashed on the sidewalk in front of Poetica Coffee in Park Slope, at times shouting in each other\u2019s faces, until the NYPD stepped in and cordoned them off in separate areas.<\/p>\n

Approximately 50 pro-Israel supporters gathered in front of Poetica Coffee in Williamsburg. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not allow businesses or individuals to discriminate against anyone, including Jewish people, simply for supporting Israel, which is the only Jewish community in the whole world,\u201d said Daniel Rosen, president of the IMPACT organization, who just arrived in New York on a flight from Israel.<\/p>\n

The shop excoriated NY Rep. Dan Goldman<\/a> on social media for buying a cup of coffee at their location over the weekend, posting his photo and asking if their coffee tasted like \u201cgenocide juice\u201d in an unhinged rant.<\/p>\n

\u201cSee, here at Poetica, we don\u2019t serve racists, fascists, homophobes, genocide enablers, or anyone in between,\u201d the shop boasted online, demanding he never again set foot inside the shop again.<\/p>\n

Poetica Coffee\u2019s post about Goldman visiting the shop. Poetica Coffee\/facebook<\/p>\n

The incident prompted the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division to open an investigation, and warn that an enforcement action against the shop could be coming.<\/p>\n

But Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss of Jews United Against Zionism said he believes Zionism itself causes antisemitism, and applauded the coffee shop\u2019s attack on Goldman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that every step people are taking to stand up to this unjust occupation and genocide is terrific,\u201d he said, referring to Israel\u2019s war against Hamas that began after the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks.<\/p>\n

The coffee shop\u2019s management returned Congressman Dan Goldman\u2019s money because they said he supported genocide, and they didn\u2019t want his money. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the people in this coffee shop decided to say to a politician who supports bombing, sends money that they should bomb innocent people, it\u2019s perfectly justifiable, it\u2019s godly and right to stand up and say \u2018you have no place in humanity, and you shouldn\u2019t be getting coffee, what you should be getting is a bottle of urine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosen said the Jewish community was \u201cindignant\u201d about Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s refusal to denounce<\/a> the coffee shop on Tuesday, and vowed they would not hesitate to make their outrage known in response to similar acts of antisemitism.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new strategy is that, whenever and wherever these types of things occur, there\u2019s going to be an organized response and there\u2019s going to be some type of price to pay,\u201d he told The Post.<\/p>\n

Parviz Mukhamadkulov, the founder of Poetica Coffee. LinkedIn \/ Parviz Mukhamadkulov<\/p>\n

The flames of outrage against the coffee shop were further fanned after hateful LinkedIn posts made by Poetica\u2019s owner, Parviz Mukhamadkulov, were unearthed, including one particularly vile missive in which he wrote \u201cIsrael is the Nazi Germany of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jayne Zirkle, 24, director of communications for End Jew Hatred, said the community bears a \u201cresponsibility\u201d to speak out about antisemitism wherever it exists.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here today to say clearly: hatred has no place in our communities. Jew hatred has no place in our society. And no person should ever be made to feel unwelcome because of who they are,\u201d she told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe measure of a free society is not how it treats those who agree with us. It is how it treats those who we disagree with. And on that principle, we must stand together to end Jew hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michelle Ahdoot, director of End Jew Hatred, said the coffee shop\u2019s actions fly in the face of basic civil rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo New Yorkers should have to pass an Israel loyalty test to buy a cup of coffee,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t need to denounce Israel or AIPAC or Zionism in order to be served at this counter, just like everybody else. We won\u2019t stand for it. The Jewish people standing up for civil rights won\u2019t be silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesters stand divided in front of the coffee shop. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

A demonstrator speaks at the rally while holding a sign that reads \u201c#EndJewHatred Poetica Coffee Serves Up Jew-Hatred.\u201d REUTERS<\/p>\n

Pro-Israel protester Gina Friedlander, whose parents survived the Holocaust, pledged to make her voice heard despite the climate of fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not hiding and I\u2019m not being quiet \u2026 I\u2019m wearing my t-shirt on the subway. I\u2019m not gonna be intimidated, I refuse. I\u2019m too old for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another descendant of Holocaust survivors, Stephianie Benshimol, a Brooklyn native carrying a \u201cProud Jewish New Yorker\u201d sign, said her ancestors would be disgusted by what they saw.<\/p>\n

NY Rep. Daniel Goldman marches with NY City Council Speaker Julie Menin at the Israel Day on Fifth parade. Aristide Economopoulos for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIf my grandmother was alive, she\u2019s probably turning in her grave right now on the Mount of Olives in Israel. This is how it started in Nazi Germany,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I walked in there, would they refund me or throw me out if I want a coffee on a hot day? I wouldn\u2019t do that if they came into my synagogue or even to my business. I treat them the right way, I don\u2019t care what your belief is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benshimol also slammed Mamdani, who was out stumping for leftist allies seeking congressional seats instead of meaningfully weighing in on the Poetica controversy.<\/p>\n

Police stand guard at the gathering for the \u2018#EndJewHatred\u2019 rally. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t like the Jewish people. He doesn\u2019t love New York, and I am in fear for my life walking in the streets and also for my children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Chenesky, a pro-Israel protester holding a sign that said \u201cFireMamdani.com,\u201d said the mayor has \u201cabsolutely not\u201d done enough to protect Jewish New Yorkers, noting he was at Park East Synagogue last month when an anti-Israel mob wreaked havoc<\/a> at the historic house of worship, another incident Mamdani failed to condemn.<\/p>\n

He likened the incident to Kristallnacht \u2013 or the Night of Broken Glass \u2013 an attack carried out by the Nazis in which Jewish businesses, synagogues and other buildings were destroyed in 1938 throughout Germany and parts of Austria.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople didn\u2019t have problems with attacking Jewish people, insulting them and bothering them, and eventually killing them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that New York and the U.S. can survive what\u2019s happening to it, And I\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both factions of protesters outside Poetica dispersed after a few hours, the coffee shop remaining open for business throughout the duration of the demonstrations. No arrests were made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of protesters descended on a hate-mongering Brooklyn coffee shop Wednesday morning after it publicly vowed to refuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14837,85,46,44268,43,238,52,226],"class_list":["post-510115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-brooklyn","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-metro","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-protests","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}