Chilling Philly protest on Nazi terror anniversary demands Jewish-owned shops leave the city

Anti-Israel activists in Philadelphia are demanding that Jewish-owned businesses get out of town ahead of a Sunday protest scheduled for the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Nazi night of terror.The Philly Bike On Your Left group, along with two other anti-Israel activist organizations, is calling for a bicycle protest targeting Jewish-owned stores in Philly’s ritzy Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.Marti Lieberman, 37, co-owner of Mac Mart, told The Post she was stunned to learn that her business was among those being targeted — along with K’Far Cafe, Huda Burger, Goldie, Dizengoff, and Schlesinger’s.“It’s scary,” the American said about the antisemitic messaging.“You can’t get a break, and now I have to worry about being born Jewish.”Lieberman pointed out that business has nothing to do with Israel or Judaism.She suspects that the protesters just assumed she was pro-Israel because she openly wears a Star of David necklace.“These people think I’m [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.

I literally am just a Jewish girl from the suburbs who started a business,” she added.The organizers of the boycott described it on Instagram as a way to “show these zio business owners that we see them for the disgusting humans they are.”“No business for zionists! These zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!” promotion material for the protest read.

Lieberman said that it was especially hurtful to learn that the boycott was scheduled on eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht — the 1938 Nazi-led riots that sacked Jewish communities in Germany and Austria.Kristallnacht — “crystal night,” a reference to the broken windows in Jewish-owned storefronts — resulted in the murders of at least 91 Jews on Nov.9 and 10.Yehuda Sichel, 40, co-founder of Huda Burger echoed the anger, saying such a protest and boycott only brings to mind the horrors that his Jewish grandparents went through.“As a Jewish business owner and grandson of H...