Park Slope’s anti-Israel coop: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Park Slope Food Coop members voting to ban Israeli-made merchandise from its cabinets.
My neighbor and I lived on 4th Street and had been founding members of the coop (“B’klyn little shop o’horror,” May 28).
Our purpose was to avoid wasting money, cut out the center man and work out how to keep perishables refrigerated. That ought to nonetheless be the one purpose.
Stop turning every little thing into a battlefield of politics. Slopies simply wish to show how concerned, delicate and empathetic they’re. Forget that crap. Just decrease your food invoice with out all of the divisiveness.
Michael Castagna
Brooklyn
So, the Jews of Park Slope are instantly getting punched within the face by the boomerang impact of their progressivism. Maybe when there are no Israeli merchandise allowed to be bought in all of New York City, they may start to see the sunshine — however I extremely doubt it.
Ron Meador
Manhattan
To the Israel-haters who voted to boycott Israeli merchandise within the Park Slope Coop, additionally it is incumbent on you to boycott Israeli improvements. Stop utilizing UBS flash drives, Waze and PillCams, to call simply a few.
Just suppose how a lot happier you’d be ridding yourselves of all issues Israeli.
J.J. Levine
Miami Beach, Fla.
I’m not stunned to be taught of the Park Slope Food Coop’s resolution to ban Israeli merchandise.
I used to be born and partly raised in Park Slope within the Fifties. It was a good, secure working-class neighborhood. Now, it’s a gentrified hotbed of leftists and Marxists who brazenly despise the earlier Italian, Irish and Scandinavian residents, who’ve been priced out of the realm.
Dennis Middlebrooks
Brooklyn
In a demonstration of blatant antisemitism, the lefty activists of the Park Slope Food Coop authorized a boycott of Israeli-made merchandise.
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While these Israel-hating members use phrases like “apartheid” and “genocide,” it’s clear they’ve no understanding of the historical past of Nazi atrocities towards humanity that they’re repeating. The actual führer, Adolf Hitler, should be giving them the thumbs up from his bunker in hell.
Anthony Scro
Whitestone
The Park Slope Food Coop board speaks of genocide, however doesn’t know the which means of that time period. Most of these idiots didn’t grow up during World War II.
If any Jewish household continues to be a member of this co-op, they’ll’t complain.
Sylvia Kane
Brooklyn
The Issue: Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill becoming a member of anti-ICE mobs in Newark as protests get violent towards brokers.
If Gov. Mikie Sherrill put one-tenth of the trouble she offers to unlawful immigrants into Newark’s colleges and public security, the town would expertise a renaissance (“Jersey anti-ICE clashes get hot,” May 27).
Sanctuary cities are a risk to the entire nation. When Democrats refuse to permit ICE to deport unlawful criminals, they abet these criminals.
Catherine Adago
Manhattan
Sherrill and Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim have been unfairly criticized for eager to close the Newark ICE facility. They must be given the chance to elucidate how releasing murderers, rapists, pedophiles and little one molesters is nice for New Jersey.
Tracy Crapser
North Port, Fla.
New Jersey police must be ashamed of themselves (“Coldhearted mob,” May 29).
The governor ordered them to not help ICE, and so they not solely obeyed, however stood by as their brothers had been attacked by paid protesters. I don’t know how they’ll have a look at themselves within the mirror.
I pray the NYPD doesn’t observe their lead when requested for help by ICE.
Stephen Colasacco
The Bronx
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