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Pro-Israel demonstrators converged on Poetica Coffee in Brooklyn on Wednesday, accusing the café of antisemitism after it publicly ejected Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., over his views on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The protest came days after Poetica posted a now-deleted social media message calling Goldman a "genocide enabler" and refunding his purchase — a move that drew a Department of Justice civil rights inquiry.
Goldman, who lost his Democratic primary the day before, said the barista who served him had been "especially kind." Dueling Demonstrations on Lorimer Street On Wednesday morning, protesters lined both sides of Lorimer Street outside the café: pro-Israel demonstrators carrying Israeli and American flags, and anti-Israel protesters responding with slogans of their own.
Jayne Zirkle, Director of Communications and Outreach for The Lawfare Project and a lead organizer of the pro-Israel contingent, drew a sharp line around the nature of the incident.
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