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<\/a>\u2018Unconscionable\u2019: City, State Leaders Slam Philly Bike Ride Boycott Targeting Jewish Businesses<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nShiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Several Philadelphia and Pennsylvania leaders have criticized local anti-Israel activists who are trying to push pro-Zionist, Jewish, and Israeli-owned restaurants out of town and have organized a bicycle protest against the establishments on Sunday, which is the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous Nazi pogrom.<\/span><\/p>\n The anti-Zionist bike ride is being called \u201cBoycott Ride\u201d and will target half a dozen restaurants in Rittenhouse Square, in Philadelphia\u2019s Center City. The businesses being targeted include the Jewish deli Schlesinger\u2019s, Huda Burger, Mac Mart, Goldie\u2019s, K\u2019far Caf\u00e9, and Dizengoff. Several of them are owned by American-Israeli chef-restaurateur Michael Solomonov.<\/span><\/p>\n Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said the planned protest is \u201cdeeply unsettling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBy explicitly targeting businesses because their owners are Jewish, the organizers are engaging in a form of discrimination that falls back on some of the oldest antisemitic tropes and tactics in history,\u201d Sunday said in a released statement.<\/a> \u201cThis is not simply a protest directed at the policies of Israel; rather it singles out our fellow Pennsylvanians based on their Jewish identity, targeting them for policies they have nothing to do with and no ability to affect because of their faith. That is unconscionable in our Commonwealth, which was founded on religious tolerance, and unacceptable in a city that prides itself on brotherly love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker also castigated the planned protest.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone has the right to peacefully protest and express their political views. But singling out businesses because their owners are Jewish is unacceptable and has no place in our city,\u201d Parker said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cNo one should be targeted, threatened, or made to feel unwelcome because of their faith, identity, or background. Every person deserves to feel safe and respected in the city they call home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Parker has directed the police commissioner to work with local agencies ahead of Sunday\u2019s protest, and the Philadelphia Police will maintain safety and order throughout the demonstration while also protecting nearby residents, businesses, and houses of worship.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnyone who engages in threats, intimidation, or unlawful conduct will be held accountable,\u201d Parker said.<\/span><\/p>\n A flyer<\/a> for the bike protest says \u201cNo business for Zionists! These Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The language is similar to the propaganda used by the Nazis to promote Kristallnacht, also known as the \u201cNight of Broken Glass,\u201d their state-sponsored, anti-Jewish riot and destruction of thousands of Jewish-owned businesses throughout Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938. During the night of terror, Nazis burned down synagogues, vandalized Jewish-owned businesses, broke into Jewish people\u2019s homes, murdered Jews, and deported 26,000 Jewish men to concentration camps, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The onslaught left at least 91 Jews dead, and over 7,000 Jewish-owned stores were looted.<\/span><\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s \u201cBoycott Ride\u201d is taking place on the eve of the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht.<\/span><\/p>\n The main organizer for the bike protest is Philly Bike On Your Left, which describes itself as an \u201canti-fascist, anti-Zionist\u201d social cycling group.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRide around Rittenhouse with us as we show these zionist [sic] business owners that we see them for the disgusting humans they are,\u201d they wrote on Instagram. The groups Philly Solidarity Calendar, Boycott CookNSolo, and No Appetite for Apartheid of Philly DSA are listed as collaborators for Sunday\u2019s protest. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Philly Bike On Your Left also shared a statement on social media that claims \u201cpogroms\u201d are taking place in the West Bank and says: \u201cAs the political ideology of Zionism dies a long deserved death these businesses will die with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Anti-Defamation League Philadelphia, American Jewish Committee Philadelphia\/Southern NJ, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and StandWithUs said in a joint statement<\/a> they \u201cstrongly condemn\u201d the rally. They urged all Philadelphians to support the targeted restaurants and counter the discriminatory boycott with \u201cincreased business and visible solidarity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s be clear: This is antisemitism. It is Jew-hatred, plain and simple,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMarking businesses for removal from Philadelphia is an attempt to intimidate, marginalize, and exclude members of the Jewish community from the economic and civic life of our city \u2026 The public targeting of Jewish businesses should alarm every person of conscience,\u201d it went on. \u201cThere is a profound difference between criticizing a government and targeting businesses because their owners are Jewish or perceived to be connected to Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) executive director Renee Chenault-Fattah said in a statement that the commission \u201creaffirms its 75-year commitment to fighting racism, antisemitism and, in recent years, Islamophobia. Acts of bigotry, violence, and hate cannot be tolerated, and we will never stand by and allow businesses, individuals, or jobs to be run out of our city, full stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro condemned the planned bike ride protest and said Pennsylvania State Police are working with local partners \u201cto ensure the safety and wellbeing of our neighbors in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis bike ride, masquerading as a protest to advance the cause of justice, is nothing more than blatant antisemitism designed to intimidate and drive Jewish businesses out of our communities, and there is no place for that in our Commonwealth,\u201d said spokesperson Rosie Lapowsky. <\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> \u2018Unconscionable\u2019: City, State Leaders Slam Philly Bike Ride Boycott Targeting Jewish Businesses Shiryn Ghermezian People spend time at K\u2019Far cafe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 20, 2026. 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