Jewish man with Star of David cap kicked out of Oakland cafe
The owner repeatedly asked the patron if he was a Zionist, causing the man's 5-year-old son to cry.
A Jewish resident of Oakland, Calif., and his 5-year-old son were aggressively confronted by the owner of a local cafe on Oct. 26 and asked to leave the establishment. The incident was caught on video.
Jonathan Hirsch was wearing a baseball cap with a prominent Magen David, or Star of David—a symbol of Judaism and Jewish identity—when he was approached by Abdulrahim Harara, the owner of Jerusalem Coffee House in North Oakland.
Harara’s family is from the Gaza Strip. After Israeli forces killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar on Oct. 16 (the mastermind of the Hamas massacre of 1,200 people in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023), he updated the cafe’s menu to feature a juice called “Sweet Sinwar,” appearing to honor the terrorist, a charge he denied.
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