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How can the Mamzerani’s goons throw someone out from a private property without consent of the property owner???!!! It is OBVIOUS that the BP Eichlers ownership/management was on the Mamzerani side. Therefore, we should BOYCOTT the BP Eichlers — for allowing Mamzerani in and this peaceful protester out — until the responsible party is fired or disowned.
You can’t wiggle your way out of this with your used-car salesman video, you little judenrat moiser.
All I know is that it looks like people are very angry and even people out of nyc in Long Island are very angry. To kick out the Jewish woman and allow a serious jew hater is a chillul H. Who is this self appointed council. The Judenrat were also a council back in the holocaust.
The video online shows Traube asking Mrs. Benshimon to leave. Traube should have politely told the Mamdani propagandists that his store is not a political PR stage.. He did not.
The Flatbush Eichler owned store is a well stocked customer friendly Judaica store.
The owner of the Borough Park Judaica store visited by Mayor Zohran Mamdani ahead of Rosh Hashanah issued a video clarification Thursday night following backlash over the mayor’s appearance and the events surrounding the visit.
Hirsch Meir Traube, owner of 1800 Eichler’s on 13th Avenue, said the store did not invite Mamdani and that its employees were not involved in handing out gifts during the visit.
“We did not invite Mayor Mamdani,” Traube said. “None of our staff were involved in any of the gift giving. It was all from independent influencers.”
Traube also addressed reports that people were removed from the store during the mayor’s visit.
“We weren’t involved in kicking anyone out of the store,” he said.
The clarification came after video of Mamdani’s Wednesday visit circulated widely online. The mayor was seen meeting Jewish community leaders and learning about Rosh Hashanah, which begins next Friday.
Among those present were Avi Greenstein, CEO of the Borough Park Jewish Community Council; Rabbi Yaakov Landau; and Traube himself. Mamdani was also greeted by members of the community.
The mayor’s director of special projects, Uri Fraenkel, blew the shofar during the visit, while Mamdani was presented with honey, a traditional Rosh Hashanah symbol representing the hope for a sweet New Year.
Mamdani wished those present a “Shana Tovah,” the traditional Jewish greeting for the holiday.
The visit, however, was interrupted when a woman identifying herself as Jewish advocate Stephanie Benshimol confronted the mayor.
“Stop the antisemitism! You have all the power to stop the antisemitism. I’m begging you to do it,” Benshimol shouted.
She also accused Mamdani of focusing too heavily on Israel and said his positions were contributing to hostility toward Jews.
Menachem Gindi, an Eichler’s employee who was present during the visit, told CBS New York that the confrontation was uncomfortable but said he believed Benshimol had a point.
The mayor’s visit comes as New York City officials continue to grapple with rising antisemitism. The NYPD has said anti-Jewish hate crimes increased 8% year to date compared with the previous year and account for more than half of the city’s reported hate crimes.
Mamdani has faced criticism from Jewish organizations over his statements regarding Israel, including his description of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war criminal” in a video released in July.
Mamdani has said that while he criticizes the policies of a nation-state, those criticisms should not be directed at Jewish people or Judaism.
“When we make criticisms of a nation-state or policies, we have to remember that those are criticisms of exactly that — never of a people, never of a faith,” Mamdani told CBS New York following an earlier discussion about antisemitism.
The Borough Park visit was part of the mayor’s outreach to Jewish leaders ahead of the High Holidays. Mamdani also held a private meeting with rabbis in August to discuss antisemitism and the increase in antisemitic incidents.
His administration said it is committed to ensuring Jewish New Yorkers can “live openly, proudly and safely,” and has pledged increased investments in hate-crime prevention as well as an expanded mayor’s office focused on combating antisemitism.
The NYPD is also preparing for the High Holidays, with a citywide security briefing for Jewish community leaders scheduled for next week. Brooklyn South police leaders met with Jewish leaders Monday to discuss security preparations.
Traube ended his Thursday night clarification by reaffirming the store’s position.
“We do support Israel,” he said. “Am Yisroel Chai.”
It should also be noted that there are two separate Eichler’s Judaica stores in Brooklyn, which are frequently confused.
The store featured in the Mamdani video is 1800 Eichler’s, also known as 1-800 Eichler’s and formerly The New Eichler’s, at 5004 13th Avenue in Borough Park. The store is independently owned by Traube, who acquired it around 2024.
The other business is Eichler’s of Flatbush, at 1401 Coney Island Avenue. It remains under Eichler family ownership and has operated since 1977.
The two stores are separate businesses and should not be conflated in connection with Mamdani’s visit.
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