EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn ‘magician’, 41, seen tearing down posters of Israeli child hostages is suspended from his day job by his Jewish FATHER
The Brooklyn ‘magician’ who took posters of Israeli children hostage this weekend has now been suspended by his Jewish father.
Noah Schaffer, 41, was filmed laughing in the face of a distraught Jewish woman who confronted him and his wife Kelly in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The pair had torn up posters of Israel’s missing and murdered children after the October 7 Hamas attack.
His father, Dr. Eric Schaffer, sent an email to the staff at Human Factors, the UX company he founded on Sunday, telling the staff that Noah had been placed on immediate unpaid leave for four months.
Noah worked as an executive strategist for HFI, having previously worked as a magician on the dinner show A Taste of Magic.
Noah previously worked as a ‘magician’ for A Taste of Magic, a dinner show in Manhattan. He worked at Human Factors, a UX company, but was put on leave by his father
“As noted, Noah is my son. He is not an anti-Semite and not a Hamas supporter. I can confirm that he has never behaved like this in his entire life.
“He now understands that his actions were reprehensible and he is deeply remorseful and remorseful for them,” Eric Schaffer told the staff.
Noah’s father, Dr. Eric Schaffer, told Human Factors staff that he had been given a four-month unpaid suspension
The time off will give him a chance to “learn about his Jewish family history, think deeply and make amends,” he added.
It is unclear whether Kelly, Noah’s wife who previously worked for the city school program, still holds her job.
The pair were mentioned yesterday by DailyMail.com, along with Upper East Side financier Marc Louvet.
He was also filmed this weekend taking photos of hostages and defended himself when confronted.
‘Where are the Palestinians? What about the Palestinians?’ he fired back when asked why he removed the Israeli children’s signs.
VanEck, the investment management fund he works for, has since announced that he has been placed on leave and will likely be fired.
“We have just been made aware of a video confronting an employee who has just put up posters of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
‘VanEck does not endorse such actions or statements in any way, nor do we support the actions of terrorists in any way. Such insinuations are offensive and harmful to the company and to us
‘Israeli colleagues, family and friends. “We are investigating the facts surrounding the incident and our legal options regarding the employee we have placed on immediate leave and expect to terminate,” the company said in a statement.
Louvet did not respond to DailyMail.com’s questions.
This statement was issued to Human Factors staff on Sunday, informing them that Noah was “neither an anti-Semite nor a supporter of Hamas.”
Noah’s wife Kelly is listed among protesters on the website “antifa watch” after she was arrested in New Jersey during a protest outside the Bergen County Jail where she and others were demonstrating against ICE. It is unclear what the status of that case is
His now-deleted social media pages were devoid of any political posts, mostly filled with photos of romantic beach trips with his girlfriend.
Noah previously worked for A Taste of Magic, a magic and dinner show on the Upper West Side.
A producer for the show confirmed to DailyMail.com that it was Noah in the video. He added that Noah had not worked with the group in a year.
‘A Taste of Magic has no connection to him or his recent actions. He hasn’t worked here in over a year,” said the producer, who declined to comment further on his actions.
Kelly, his wife, previously worked as a social worker at Urban Dove, an urban school program in New York.
Marc Louvet, 45, is a French financier living on the Upper East Side. He was filmed as he was confronted about removing posters from Israeli children’s hostels
Louvuet worked for asset manager Van Eck. He is now on leave and the company says it expects to fire him soon
Louvet with his girlfriend. The pair have now deleted their social media pages
She is listed among protesters on the website “antifa watch” after being arrested in New Jersey during a protest outside the Bergen County Jail where she and others were demonstrating against ICE.
It is unclear what Noah does for work now. Urban Dove, the school program Kelly worked for, did not respond to DailyMail.com’s queries.
The pair have also deleted their social media and LinkedIn accounts.
They join a growing list of students and pro-Palestinian protesters who have been filmed removing posters of Jewish hostages in the city.
New York Mayor Eric Adams has been steadfast in his support of the Jewish community since the start of the conflict.
There have been a number of large, pro-Palestinian protests in New York City since violence erupted in the Middle East, but none have become particularly violent or unruly.
Among the demonstrations this weekend was one attended by non-binary And Just Like That star Sara Ramirez, who waved a transgender flag at the protest, despite the fact that Palestine and Hamas follow Sharia law that makes homosexuality illegal .