Somehow, when we were experiences BLM’s “peaceful protests” last year, the corporate media neglected to mention how Jewish businesses in Fairfax, California were damaged and vandalized. From the Times of Israel:
Graffiti on the walls of a synagogue read “Free Palestine” and “f*** Israel.” A statue of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis, was smeared with anti-Semitic slogans.
Along with the synagogues, Jewish-owned buildings and stores were defaced, in several cases also with anti-Semitic graffiti. The businesses were looted, too.
This city’s Fairfax district, a heavily Jewish area that has been continuously represented by a Jewish city councilman since 1953, was hit particularly hard by the kind of vandalism that has struck major cities following the killing of George Floyd in police custody.
“The attack on our community last night was vicious and criminal,” Paul Koretz, the district’s current city councilman, said in a statement Sunday. “As we watched the fires and looting, what we didn’t get covered were the anti-Semitic hate crimes and incidents. Under the guise of protests, some advanced their anti-Semitic agenda.”
But one Jewish business managed to escape unscathed: Canter’s deli, which I actually patronized once. The article continues:
Untouched in the mayhem was Canter’s deli, a hardy cultural landmark that has survived since 1931. The 24-hour eatery, famed for its prize-winning waffles and Jewish deli sandwiches, was spared any damage thanks to a strategy honed by owner Marc Canter and his staff during the 1992 Rodney King riots. Advertisement
In an interview with the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, Canter explained that he and his employees posted a sign expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Perhaps even more persuasive, the deli offered free bottles of water to both protesters and police, to the tune of 25 cases. In addition, the deli allowed the protesters to use its restrooms and order food.
“We support free speech and anything that’s peaceful,” Canter said. “There are people coming out of the woodwork that are trying to blend in with the real protesters that are just troublemakers looking to take advantage of the situation and not very interested in what is being protested.”
“Nice business you have there… it would be a shame if anything happened to it. Show your support for BLM, and we can arrange protection.”
I suppose one could describe caving to the demands of hoodlums, and giving lip-service to their perverse cause as a “strategy.” I think a better strategy would be to defend their businesses the way Rooftop Koreans did in 1992.
What’s this about Ben & Jerry’s ice cream boycotting Israel?
If Adolph Hitler himself had the Democratic “D” before his name, Jews would
vote for him, and eagerly board the cattle cars that would take them to the camps.
Yes, I read about this. I’ve been boycotting Ben and Jerry’s for a long time anyway, for other reasons. It’s one of those ultra Woke companies.
I get out to L.A. now and then. No more Canter’s for me. He is no better than a groveling beggar.
He will soon find his restaurant burnt to the ground. He must not know about, or remember, the “Soul Brother” signs in the windows of burning businesses in Watts.