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“We have been harassed physically, by phone calls, with hate, just because we are Israeli and Jewish,” says Beejhy Barhany, owner of Tsion Café. After relentless antisemitic threats, NYC’s only Ethiopian Israeli restaurant is closing to walk-in customers. This deeply disturbing rise in antisemitism must end now. 📹: Yirmiyahu Eliyahu

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