For years, Democrats and other leftists proclaiming their agenda as “antizionists” have claimed, wildly, that President Donald Trump is Adolf Hitler and his followers are Nazis.
That’s an argument that gives extremists justification for violence and hate: After all, if someone would have had a chance to take down Hitler and prevent the death and destruction he delivered, who could have opposed that?
But now, on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, that event in Germany where extremists delivered a November pogrom to the Jewish population targeted by the actual Hitler and his Nazis, a leftist protest is scheduled in Philadelphia, targeting Jews.
The New York Post explains, “Anti-Israel activists in Philadelphia are demanding that Jewish-owned businesses get out of town ahead of a Sunday protest scheduled for the eve of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Nazi night of terror.”
The report continues, “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 publication, “It’s scary. … You can't get a break, and now I have to worry about being born Jewish.”
— Mayor Cherelle L. Parker (@PhillyMayor) November 5, 2026
The day before the Kristallnacht anniversary, three anti-Israel groups are organizing a boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia.
— Canary Mission (@canarymission) November 5, 2026
The organizers: Philly Writers Against the War on Gaza, Philly Bike On Your Left, and Boycott CookNSolo.
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Update on Philly's “No business for Zionists” bike ride: Mayor Parker, Gov. Shapiro's office and Attorney General Sunday have condemned it.
— Matthew Feinberg (@thewebbie) November 5, 2026
Calling it “antizionism” doesn't excuse targeting Jewish-owned businesses.
Support the restaurants they're trying to intimidate. Philly,…
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— Lily Was Here (@LillydaEast) November 5, 2026
The Philly Bike On Your Left group, along with two other anti-Israel activist organizations, is calling for a bicycle protest targeting Jewish-owned storeshttps://t.co/yZUEhn7c3d pic.twitter.com/2WZf7KcuUX
Philadelphia’s mayor has condemned the campaign of hate: “No one should be targeted, threatened, or made to feel unwelcome because of their faith, identity, or background. … The planned November 8 boycott ride targets Jewish-owned restaurants in and around Rittenhouse Square and falls on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a date that carries prfound pain for our Jewish neighbors and for all who remember where unchecked hatred can lead.”
The mayor, Cherelle L. Parker, said she has directed police to “maintain safety.” “Singling out businesses because their owners are Jewish is unacceptable and has no place in our city.”
The actual Kristallnacht, on November 10, 1938, when Hitler’s regime was ramping up its death and destruction campaign, had German authorities watching, but doing nothing as mobs destroyed Jewish-owned stores, buildings and synagogues. The name comes from the thousands of windows smashed in that campaign of rage.
Sources confirmed, “Rioters destroyed over 1,400 synagogues and prayer rooms throughout Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. More than 7,000 Jewish businesses were damaged or destroyed, and 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps. An estimated 100 Jews were murdered, although some reports put that figure much higher.
Organizers of the new campaign claimed online it was their 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 propagandized.
The “activists,” in fact, demanded that Jewish-owned businesses get out of town.
Yehuda Sichel, 40, co-founder of Huda Burger, told the Post, “As a Jewish business owner and grandson of Holocaust survivors, boycotts of Jewish businesses are very familiar to me, and not in a good way especially on the eve of Kristallnacht.
“They said on their own flyer they want to push Zionists out of their city, but obviously we are not going to be intimidated by this kind of stuff.”
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday condemned the agenda as “unsettling.”
Various Philadelphia-based Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League Philadelphia, joined StandWithUs in condemning the blatant act of antisemitism, the Post reported.
"It is Jew-hatred, plain and simple," the groups said. "Marking 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."
Fox reported, “A flyer circulating on social media identifies several Jewish-owned businesses for a boycott ride that falls on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht. The event’s intent and timing have been widely condemned by city, state, and local religious leaders…”
The Philadelphia Council of Clergy Global stated, “Words cannot adequately express our outrage at the hatred directed toward our Jewish neighbors. We stand with Jewish communities and their leaders.”
The development is just the latest exhibition of religious bigotry that has been on exhibit publicly. Another recent situation developed when a Muslim mayor in Dearborn, Michigan, told a Christian resident he was unwelcome to live there.
The Jerusalem Post warned the event was being developed by Philly Bike On Your Left, Boycott CookNSolo and Philly Solidarity Calendar.
The promotions said, “We’ll flag as many bikes as we can and show our solidarity with the Palestinian community and oppressed folx [folks] everywhere.”
Executive Director of Stop Antisemitism, Liora Rez, said in a statement to The Jerusalem Post, "Boycotting Jewish-owned restaurants on the eve of Kristallnacht is a chilling display of antisemitism. Nearly 88 years after Nazi mobs smashed the windows of Jewish businesses simply because they were Jewish, we are witnessing calls to economically target Jewish business owners once again. Dressing up antisemitism as activism does not make it any less hateful. Targeting Jews in their livelihoods is not political; it is discrimination."
Bob Unruh
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