An anti-Semitic mob was targeted by Pennsylvania's governor for shouting threats at a Jewish-owned falafel shop in Philadelphia.
The group marched to the Goldie location in Center City and chanted, “Goldie, Goldie, you can't hide, we accuse you of genocide.”
The Philadelphia chain is owned by Mike Solomonov, an Israeli-born, Pittsburgh-raised chef who has won the James Beard Award in the past.
The chants were denounced across the political spectrum, including in a post on X by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
“Tonight in Philly we saw a blatant act of anti-Semitism — not a peaceful protest,” said Shapiro, the state's third-ever Jewish governor.
“A restaurant was attacked and harassed because the owner is Jewish and Israeli. This hatred and intolerance is reminiscent of a dark time in history.”
Shapiro added that he has reached out to Solomonov “to share our support and Lori and I look forward to breaking bread there again soon.”
Sunday's crowd threats came at the same time as students at the nearby University of Pennsylvania – who called for an “intifada” – a violent uprising against Israel.
A mob called anti-Semitic by Pennsylvania's Democratic governor protested a Jewish-owned falafel restaurant in Philadelphia on Sunday night, claiming it was complicit in genocide
The protests were led by the Philly Palestine Coalition, which also tried to distract fans watching the Philadelphia Eagles game at local bars by chanting, “While you're watching, bombs are falling.”
Police said a driver threw a plastic bottle at protesters Philadelphia researcheralthough others cheered the demonstrations.
Meanwhile, a video showed a group of students from the nearby University of Pennsylvania chanting in favor of the “Intifada Revolution.”
The original Intifada is the name given to the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which began in 1987.
The clip was seen by more than 829,000 people after it was posted by LibsOfTikTok on X.
A group marched to the Goldie location in Center City and chanted, “Goldie, Goldie, you can't hide, we're accusing you of genocide.”
The chants were denounced across the political spectrum, including in a post on X by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
At the same time, a group of students at the University of Pennsylvania – where anti-Semitic threats were recently projected onto school buildings – went viral for calling for an “intifada.”
The Ivy League institution has come under regular fire for anti-Semitism since the October 7 attacks on its campus, after anti-Jewish slogans were projected onto three of the school buildings.
The school is now facing a civil rights complaint as it is accused of being a “magnet for anti-Semites.”
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” read a message that splashed across the John M Huntsman Hall in mid-November. The slogan claims the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, meaning the end of the State of Israel.
Slogans projected on Penn Commons read: “Zionism is racism” and demanded that UPenn President Liz Magill call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Another message read: “Penn is funding the Palestinian genocide.”
It comes after the prestigious school increased security and contacted the FBI following a series of reports of threats against Jewish students.
The Brandeis Center said it will file a complaint against the school, claiming it “has allowed the campus to become a hostile environment for its Jewish students, as well as a magnet for anti-Semites.”
The complaints “seek immediate and specific action to address increasing discrimination and harassment against Jews in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
The University of Pennsylvania is again under fire for anti-Semitism on campus after anti-Jewish slogans were projected onto three of the school buildings.
The above slogan demands the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, meaning the end of the State of Israel
UPenn said several of its staff members received “despicable, disturbing anti-Semitic emails” threatening violence against Jews on campus, specifically at Penn Hillel, a Jewish organization on campus, and Lauder College House.
University President Liz Magill wrote: “These messages also contain hate speech, targeting the personal identities of the recipients. Penn's Division of Public Safety was immediately notified and responded. Penn Police has also notified the FBI of this potential hate crime and a joint investigation is underway.
Magill also acknowledged “swastikas and hateful graffiti” and “chants at rallies, captured on video and widely distributed, that glorify Hamas's terrorist atrocities, celebrate and praise the slaughter and kidnapping of innocent people, and to question its existence.'
The school is working with the FBI to “identify the person or persons responsible for these hateful, threatening emails and to ensure that they are apprehended and punished to the fullest extent of the law,” Magill said.
Earlier in November, a video surfaced in which a UPenn student praised Hamas' “glorious October 7 raid” on southern Israel.
The clip, shared by Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, apparently shows a student addressing a crowd, urging them to remember the scenes in Israel from a month ago today.
She described the “joyful and powerful images that emerged from the glorious October 7th,” adding that she felt “so powerful and so happy.”
The speaker concluded her speech by saying: “Keep that feeling in your heart… channel it through every action you take… take to the streets every day and never let them feel that you are silently accepting this genocide .'
A slogan projected on Penn Commons read: 'Zionism is racism'
In one of the messages, UPenn President Liz Magill called for a ceasefire in Gaza
Late last week, Israel said it would continue its military operation in Gaza after a ceasefire that lasted several days, while some of the approximately 240 Israeli hostages were exchanged for three times the number of Palestinian terrorists.
Hamas eventually broke the ceasefire and decided not to pause the fighting to release more hostages at this time.
Over the weekend, Israeli forces continued to bomb parts of Gaza territory, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
For weeks, Israel has warned civilians in Gaza against moving south into the enclave as their battle against Hamas raged in the north, and it was still billed as a safer option despite continued Israeli bombing of Khan Younis and other areas.
Now the IDF has declared that they are fighting “strongly and thoroughly” in the south, with warnings to displaced civilians to evacuate even further south, away from the fighting.
Chief of the General Staff Herzi Halevi said on Sunday: “Yesterday and today we eliminated brigade commanders, company commanders and many officers, and yesterday morning we started the same process in the southern Gaza Strip,” he said.
On Sunday evening, Israel also announced that it had eliminated a key Hamas figure who organized the October 7 attacks. A statement said an IDF aircraft shot down and killed Commander Haitham Khuwajari, head of Hamas' Shati Battalion.
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the October 7 attack in which 1,200 Israelis were barbarically murdered. The Iranian-backed group has vowed the destruction of Israel