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Consequences: Students behind ‘F*** the Jews’ sign at Dave Portnoy’s bar to go on Auschwitz tour
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[IsraelTimes] Two waitresses fired and a Temple University student suspended as Jewish founder of Barstool Sports rages over antisemitic incident in his Philadelphia establishment
Two waitresses were fired and a Temple University student suspended on Sunday, after video emerged of a "Fuck the Jews" sign being held up, to a raucous reception among a small crowd, at a bar in downtown Philadelphia owned by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.
According to Portnoy, who is Jewish, two students requested a sign as part of the bar’s bottle service, asking that it say "Fuck the Jews." Two waitresses then fulfilled the order, he said, one enthusiastically and the other reluctantly, and neither of them consulted with the management of the bar before doing so.
In an online rant, Portnoy at first threatened "consequences," but later said that the suspended student and one other student agreed to take a tour of the Auschwitz concentration camp site in Poland. Portnoy said he hoped it would be a "learning experience," rather than strictly punitive, and urged his followers to stand down amid the online fracas.
The bar said in a statement it was "saddened, embarrassed, and frustrated by the deplorable actions of a customer and misguided staff."
Temple University president John Fry called the incident "deeply disturbing" and vowed further disciplinary action for anyone involved.
"I’ve been shaking, I’ve been so fucking mad," said a red-faced Portnoy, whose bro-culture website reaches millions each month, in a video posted to X on Sunday.
"I have just sat, and for the last two hours, I have been on the trail," he said. "You think I’m going to put up with this shit at my bar?"
Portnoy said he’d conducted his own investigation into how the sign was put up, because "I want fucking consequences for fucking actions."
In a second video, posted some two hours later, Portnoy said that two waitresses and two Temple students were involved in the incident.
He said he’d fired both the waitresses, but that he had spoken to both of the students and their families and wanted to use the situation as a "teaching moment."
"The more I thought about it, these are young fucking morons who did this. They were drunk. It’s like, do you really want to ruin someone’s life?" he said. "Let’s try to turn a hideous incident into maybe a learning experience."
"We’re going to send these kids to Auschwitz, and they’re going to do a tour of the concentration camps in Germany and hopefully learn something, and maybe their lives aren’t ruined, and most people see it’s not just words you’re throwing around — so to me, that’s a fair outcome of this event."
The Barstool founder’s insistence on consequences was applauded online — though some who praised Portnoy’s righteous indignation at first said they were disappointed by his decision to take a reparative approach.
Shlomo Litvin, a prominent Chabad rabbi based in Kentucky, said on X, "Touring a Nazi Polish death camp, controlled by the Polish government alone, does little to combat antisemitism.
"Don’t take them to Poland. Bring them to a Nova exhibit. Have them sit through the Israeli government footage. Have them speak to a survivor of both the Holocaust and Nova, then bring them to a Chabad House for a class and to a Friendship circle to volunteer for a few dozen hours," he said.
"I can do both," Portnoy responded.
He also received plaudits from some elected officials. US Rep. Elise Stefanik, a conservative firebrand
...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments...
from New York who’s made antisemitism a focus, called Portnoy "an American icon."
US Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania commended Portnoy "for not only immediately working to address the horrific display of hate... but also using it as an opportunity to educate on the tragic history of anti-Jewish hatred and violence."
Jason Holtzman of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia condemned the incident at the bar and told CBS news, "Ever since [October 7, 2023] we’ve really seen an uptick of hate against Jewish people, vandalism of Jewish institutions, it’s really a disturbing sign of the times."
Anti-Jewish hate crimes have surged worldwide in the year and a half since the Hamas
 ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
terror group attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
| Update from the Times of Israel af 2:30 a.m. ET: |
Dave Portnoy retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in ‘F*** the Jews’ sign incident
Barstool Sports founder says customer ‘did a 180’ by denying he engaged in antisemitic conduct: ‘Whatever ramifications come his way he 100% earned’
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened.
Portnoy said in posts on social media that in an initial conversation Sunday the customer took 100% responsibility for his actions with his friend and agreed to take a learning trip to Auschwitz in Poland. But on Monday, Portnoy posted that the customer “did a 180” and told him he had nothing to do with the antisemitic behavior and that he was just being a citizen journalist by sharing video of what happened.
“His trip to Poland has been revoked,” Portnoy said in the post. “Whatever ramifications come his way he 100% earned.”
It wasn’t clear if the trip had been revoked for the other customer.
In a video posted on social media Saturday night, a woman at the bar who appears to be a server holds a sign with an anti-Jewish message on it while a man repeats the message multiple times.
The bar said in a statement posted to social media that several employees, against their training and organization’s written discrimination policies, complied with a customer’s request for the sign in connection with ordering bottle service.
“We are saddened, embarrassed, and frustrated by the deplorable actions of a customer and misguided staff,” Barstool Samson Street said in the post.
Philadelphia police said they were investigating. No charges were immediately filed.
Temple University said one of the customers is believed to be one of their students. The student was put on interim suspension while an investigation continues, President John Fry said in a statement posted on the university’s website.
Kappa Delta Rho said in a post on its website that it is also investigating because the customer involved was allegedly a member of their fraternity at Temple.
“To be clear, our organization firmly opposes all forms of hate, which have no place in our fraternity,” said Xavier Romano, executive director of the national fraternity.
Portnoy, who is Jewish, had said he hoped to turn the event into a teachable moment. He did not initially identify the culprits, but identified one of them on Monday when saying he would not be sending them to Auschwitz. The customer didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Portnoy said he has experienced increased antisemitism, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
He founded Barstool Sports in 2003, a digital platform covering sports, lifestyle and entertainment, in the Boston area. He also owns several Barstool bars in locations around the country.
Anti-Israel singer Kehlani has Central Park concert nixed after pressure from NYC mayor’s office
[IsraelTimes] A concert in Central Park for the anti-Israel singer Kehlani is canceled after pressure from the New York City mayor’s office.
Kehlani was supposed to perform next month at a show called “Pride with Kehlani,” during the city’s LGBTQ Pride month. The show was hosted by the City Parks Foundation, a nonprofit that partners with the city’s department of parks and recreation and receives public funding.
Kehlani has said, “Fuck Israel,” “Fuck Zionism,” “Dismantle Israel,” and shared other calls for Israel’s destruction on social media. Last year, she put out a music video that flashed the message, “Long live the intifada.”
The office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams pressured the foundation to cancel the show, citing security concerns, The New York Post reports.
The foundation canceled the show following a letter from the mayor’s office, the report says.
Adams’ press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, says on X, “We are grateful to the City Parks Foundation for responding to our concerns and canceling the Kehlani concert in Central Park.”
New York Rep. Ritchie Torres also pushed for the show’s cancellation.
“Antisemitism becomes unacceptable only when we, as a society, have the courage to reject it,” Torres says after the show’s cancellation.
Cornell University in upstate New York canceled a Kehlani performance last month, due to her anti-Israel rhetoric.
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