Manny Yekutiel hosts an event in San Francisco. (YouTube screenshot)
Posted on 01/09/2019 5:16:53 AM PST by SJackson
Manny Yekutiel opened his restaurant as a ‘civic social gathering space,’ but weekly protests accuse him of racism for supporting Israel
Manny Yekutiel opened his eponymous Manny’s in November, calling the Middle Eastern cafe and restaurant in downtown San Francisco a “civic social gathering space.” His goal for the Mission District eatery was “to create a central, accessible and affordable place to go to become a better informed and more involved citizen,” he told the San Francisco Examiner.
Manny’s has earned praise for hosting talks with speakers on issues ranging from Black Lives Matter to urban sustainability.
But Yekutiel, who is Jewish, is being protested weekly, accused of espousing “racist, Zionist, pro-Israel ideals.” His cafe has been vandalized and painted with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel slogans, according to reports.
The Lucy Parsons Project, a self-described “radical black queer direct action group fighting anti-blackness in the Bay Area,” in December called on the public to “boycott Manny’s and its ‘woke-washing’ of the Mission.”
In a letter to the media, the project said “the proprietor of Manny’s, Emmanuel Yekutiel, has unequivocally espoused racist, Zionist, pro-Israel ideals that we will not tolerate or accept in our community. …We will not tolerate gentrifiers and Zionists attempts at invading and destroying our community through ‘woke-washing’!!”
Other groups that have participated in the anti-Manny’s protests include the Black and Brown Social Club, Gay Shame and the Brown Berets.
Yekutiel reportedly has met nearly all the requirements of United to Save the Mission, a coalition of more than a dozen neighborhood nonprofits and activist groups. They include bilingual signage and staff, moderate prices (a cup of coffee is $1.75) and food prepared by a nonprofit employing homeless, formerly incarcerated and low-income community members, who earn all the food revenue. Community groups can use the space for free. He was asked to have awnings to make it more welcoming for Latino families, but has not installed them, according to The Mission Local.
“Yekutiel’s belief in the Jewish State’s right to exist is, it seems, the only accurate allegation made against him,” columnist Joe Eskenazi wrote Monday in the Mission Local.
While he supports Israel’s right to exist and celebrates the Jewish state, Yekutiel has said he does not support everything the Israeli government does and disagrees with its treatment of the Palestinians.
His father fled Afghanistan for Israel, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
The cafe has a mezuzah on the door, the Forward reported.
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Probably should have just opened a restaurant. If you're going to make it a civic social gathering space in San Francisco, inviting in Black Lives Matter, a “radical black queer direct action group fighting anti-blackness in the Bay Area,”, the Black and Brown Social Club, Gay Shame and the Brown Berets, or any progressive groups, Israel haters should be expected. What I don't get, He was asked to have awnings to make it more welcoming for Latino families, but has not installed them, according to The Mission Local. Latinos need awnings? I didn't know.
Liberals eating their own. Bi-lingual signage! Give me Dunkin’ Donuts any day.
He thought that being a good little Leftist would mean he was protected from the Left. He was wrong.
Better stand in line, you plicks - there are plenty of Christian Zionists out here that would like to ______ [fill in the blanks].
Who pays for the shelf space, insurance, transaction costs and risk of loss?
Who knew?
A Jew should know better.
Unless he says publicly that he hates Israel he will be hounded to death.
I would never open a business there.
I see from the picture he seems to have a brewery. He must charge a fortune for his beer. It is the only way I can see that the business makes a profit.
San Fran is almost there:
https://youtu.be/Y6xOgKFnZdw
Demonstrating his insensitivity to Muslims.
What? Jew victim and no mention of the “H” word? Sloppy reporting...
You beat me to it Awnings for Latinos? That seems rather culturally insensitive. Why not just hand out giant sombreros?
Profit?! Profit?! What a horrible word you had the nerve to type.
So in the picture is he talking to a black guy about his white priveledge and asking how he can give back, pay it forward etc?
Bet ya a dollar there’s a subsidy.
It will get worse. Thanks to Obama , you can be an anti Zionist ( crypto anti Semite) and be a Democrat in good standing, rise to leadership positions and parade openly.
Even then, he is an evil white male. And the Muslims (who hold increasing influence in the Dem party) will hate him regardless.
> He thought that being a good little Leftist would mean he was protected from the Left. He was wrong. <
Marxists are always surprised when the get beaten up by Stalinists.
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