NYC blasted for tapping anti-Israel performer Kehlani for taxpayer-funded Central Park Pride concert

Jew-bashing performer Kehlani is set to take stage at a taxpayer-funded Pride event in Central Park this summer — a week after her show at Cornell University was canceled following a massive uproar.The City Park’s Foundation — a taxpayer-funded organization — invited the controversial singer to perform at the city’s Summer Stage series in June for a benefit concert advertised as “PRIDE WITH KEHLANI.”The singer notoriously posted a music video last spring that begins with “Long live the Intifada,” a phrase that is widely criticized as implying violence toward the Jewish community.“America’s largest city has no business subsidizing or sanitizing antisemitism at taxpayer expense,” Democratic U.S.Representative Ritchie Torres of the South Bronx posted on X.

“Stop mainstreaming the extremes and inviting those who invite violence.”The announcement also immediately drew backlash from the Jewish community:“An individual who refers to Jews as the `f–king scum of the earth’ and calls for their annihilation has no business performing in the heart of New York City, which happens to be home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.Period,” said Mark Treyger, CEO of Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.The parks department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Post.After Cornell nixed her invitation to headline the school’s Slope Day celebration, Kehlani claimed she wasn’t an antisemite on Instagram.“I am anti-genocide,” she said.

“I am anti the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti an extermination of an entire people, I am anti the bombing of innocent children, men, women — that’s what I’m anti.”...