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After Canceling Passover Seder, Boston Hotel Welcomes Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ Member Rashida Tlaib
The Daily Wire ^ | April 17, 2025 | Kassy Akiva

Posted on 04/19/2025 12:31:01 PM PDT by Twotone

A Boston hotel owned by an infamous slumlord cancelled two Passover meals at the last minute. It hosted anti-Israel Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib instead.

The Iris Hotel Boston in Brookline — a Boston suburb with a large Jewish population — was supposed to host two Passover Seder meals on Saturday evening. But just two days before the dinners were set to take place, the hotel canceled, a source involved with coordinating the events told The Daily Wire.

The Seders had been referenced on a schedule for staff posted in the hotel, which was reviewed by The Daily Wire.

After canceling the events, the hotel hosted a private screening of a film about Palestinians with Tlaib, a member of the far-left “Squad.” A staff member at the hotel confirmed to The Daily Wire that Tlaib was at the hotel on Saturday night.

One of the hotel’s owners, Anwar Faisal, is a major Tlaib donor who has been criticized for renting “slums” to college students. Boston Magazine once claimed Faisal’s buildings had “as many rats under his roofs as undergraduates.”

Upon welcoming Tlaib, the Iris Hotel flew a Palestinian flag under an American flag on its flagpole, though the flag appears to have been mistakenly hung upside down.

Sosi Rochel, who was invited to the Passover meal, told The Daily Wire she was disappointed it was cancelled.

“My family and I were excited to be invited to a Passover meal at a non-Jewish establishment located in the heart of Brookline’s Jewish community,” Sosi Rochel said.

“Once we heard what happened and saw the Palestinian flag flying outside at the same time, we were disappointed and asked the hotel what happened. They gave a very canned statement and did not take our concerns seriously.”

Sosi Rochel, who asked to withhold her last name for fears of retribution, said she feels like it is a “jab for the hotel to choose to support a congresswoman with a history of antisemitism over its own local community.”

A spokesperson for the Iris Hotel’s management company, Wagner Hospitality Management, declined to give The Daily Wire a statement more than “your tip is incorrect” and that “the Iris Hotel has no further comment on past events that took place at the hotel.”

In a post on its public Facebook page, Wagner Hospitality Management wrote that the flag was flown as a “sign of respect” during Tlaib’s “brief stay to honor her heritage.”

“This flag should not be a contentious symbol and we would show the same respect for any dignitary choosing to stay with us regardless of their heritage or ethnicity,” the management company posted.

The post added that the flag was “only there for that day” and “has nothing to do with politics.”

“We have many Jewish guests staying at our hotel and we respect everyone,” Wagner Hospitality Management wrote.

According to public records, the Iris Hotel is owned by Adil Lamtioui and Anwar Faisal. Faisal, a well-known Palestinian figure in Boston, has been dubbed a notorious slumlord for his mismanagement of rental properties, many of which are leased to college students. Faisal has also used his status as a wealthy immigrant as a defense in housing court, Boston Magazine reported.

According to FEC records, Faisal donated the maximum campaign contribution of $3,300 to Tlaib in her primary and general election in 2023. Also in 2023, he gave an additional $5,000 to the Rooted in Community Leadership PAC, which is affiliated with Tlaib.

Tlaib was censured by the House of Representatives shortly after Hamas’s October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians for “promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.” Tlaib, a Palestinian-American has used her platform to routinely espouse antisemitic and anti-Israel viewpoints.

“It is abhorrent that in 2025, Jewish Americans continue to be the targets of vicious antisemitism,” Sam Markstein, the spokesperson of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told The Daily Wire.

“The hotel in question should be ashamed, and its owners owe the Jewish community of Massachusetts an apology and answers as to why they abruptly canceled Passover celebrations with virtually no notice and welcomed deranged antisemite Rashida Tlaib to their property with open arms,” Markstein added.

Liora Rez, the executive director of StopAntisemitism, told The Daily Wire that the hotel’s cancellation is a new low.

“For a hotel to cancel a Jewish religious event in order to host one of America’s most notorious antisemites isn’t just offensive — it’s a staggering new low, and a blatant act of complicity in hate,” Rez said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: boston; irishotel; massachusetts; passoverseder

1 posted on 04/19/2025 12:31:01 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Have any other US politicians had their ‘heritage’ honored by a foreign flag?


2 posted on 04/19/2025 12:33:42 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: Twotone

betcha they vote for dems


3 posted on 04/19/2025 12:45:57 PM PDT by NativeSon ( *> <*)
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To: Twotone
Upon welcoming Tlaib, the Iris Hotel flew a Palestinian flag under an American flag on its flagpole, though the flag appears to have been mistakenly hung upside down.

I would do my utmost to see this hotel put out of business. Let the owners Pallie pals support him.

4 posted on 04/19/2025 12:53:12 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Twotone

And as for Talib, that women is ugly to the bone. Not to mention hateful and evil.


5 posted on 04/19/2025 12:54:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Twotone

Muslims live in Brookline and Boston. If they are not in charge, Brookline and Boston are occupied Muslim territory.

From Newton to the sea
Boston will be free!


6 posted on 04/19/2025 12:55:11 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: dfwgator

(After Canceling Passover Seder, Boston Hotel Welcomes Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ Member Rashida Tlaib)

(After Canceling Passover)

Too Jewish?


7 posted on 04/19/2025 1:27:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: NativeSon; All

Betcha they get their loans called in...😁


8 posted on 04/19/2025 1:37:54 PM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: SMARTY

sure friggin hope so...


9 posted on 04/19/2025 1:40:16 PM PDT by NativeSon ( *> <*)
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To: Twotone
Hmmmmm... Boston is missing their village idiot JohnFreakingKerry ... Totally bizarre who has moved in and taken over the birthplace of freedom... Bizarre
10 posted on 04/19/2025 1:44:19 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Twotone

I am surprised that Anwar allowed the seders to be held in the first place. However, a rat hole is the perfect place for Tlaib.


11 posted on 04/19/2025 1:58:55 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Twotone
"A Boston hotel owned by an infamous slumlord cancelled two Passover meals at the last minute."

That's horrible!! They cancelled their two Passover meals and had ratshyt instead. Savages! Hamasholes!


12 posted on 04/19/2025 2:03:21 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: SaveFerris

My daughter’s best friend is Jewish and so are her wonderful children and now a grandchild. Her husband is Christian. They made a lot of money, live in best neighborhood in town.

We were there last night for a terrific Passover dinner. They read the meaning of each food, and drank wine. A lot of wine. So much wine, in fact, I slept almost 12 hours last night. My cat was OK with that, but daughter has four dogs, had to let them out. She feels terrible today, maybe from the wine, maybe not.


13 posted on 04/19/2025 2:03:24 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Veto!

,🛐🛐🛐✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏


14 posted on 04/19/2025 2:28:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Rummyfan

True. Beauty is skin deep, but UGLY goes all the way through.


15 posted on 04/19/2025 4:02:57 PM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Twotone

Hosting Seder would have brought God in to the hotel.


16 posted on 04/19/2025 4:03:40 PM PDT by yldstrk (Nothing like the truth)
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To: Twotone
Sosi Rochel, who asked to withhold her last name for fears of retribution, said she feels like it is a “jab for the hotel to choose to support a congresswoman with a history of antisemitism over its own local community.”

Sosi Rochel, by chance, did you vote for Kamala last election?

17 posted on 04/19/2025 4:34:36 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Twotone

When I was in graduate school there was a Jewish student from Brookline in the same field. I don’t think she finished her Ph.D. but she married another graduate student (also Jewish) who had a very successful academic career (possibly retired by now).


18 posted on 04/19/2025 4:42:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Twotone
Sosi Rochel, who asked to withhold her last name for fears of retribution

Honey, your first name is probably more distinctive than your last name.

19 posted on 04/19/2025 4:46:30 PM PDT by x
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