A cafe owner in Oakland, California kicked out a man for wearing a Star of David emblazoned on his baseball hat this past weekend, arguing that the religious symbol possesses a “violent” connotation and identifies him as a “Zionist.”
In a video posted on social media, Jonathan Hirsch, who is Jewish, was angrily confronted and asked to leave the Jerusalem Coffee House on the afternoon of Oct. 26 because of his hat. Hirsch and the cafe owner, Abdulrahim Harara, engaged in a heated exchange of words, in which the Jewish man accused the venue of practicing unlawful discrimination.
That doesn’t sound very subtle. I wonder if this guy really did come to the cafe by coincidence or if it was an act of protest. Either way, the proprietor doesn’t seem to have a good legal defense…
Edit: The place has an Arabic logo but otherwise it looks like a completely normal Bay Area hipster cafe. (Although I suppose that Bay Area hipster cafes aren’t particularly welcoming to people prominently displaying a Star of David.) “Iced In Tea Fada” really is on the menu.
Yeah it’s doesn’t seem like that was an idle decision to me either
https://oaklandvoices.us/2024/10/28/jerusalem-coffee-house-oakland-palestine/
Yeah, it seems like both sides are trying to pick a fight now. I wouldn’t go to that coffee shop but I’m not sure how
are supposed to help.
Heh, in that article the proprietor claims that
However, Google has photos of an older version of the menu without that drink.