New billboards urge people to ‘boycott the boycott’ of Jewish-owned businesses

New billboards are appearing across Philadelphia to push back against a planned boycott of Jewish-owned restaurants in the city.

The nonprofit organization JewBelong put up billboards at 14 locations across the city that read, “Running over Jewish businesses isn’t a peace plan,” urging people to “boycott the boycott ride” of Jewish-owned businesses on Sunday.

On Oct. 31, Philly Bike On Your Left, a group that describes itself as an “anti-fascist, anti-Zionist social cycling collective,” posted a flyer announcing a boycott of what it described as “Zionist establishments” in the city’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.

The group plans to boycott the Philadelphia restaurants Mac Mart, K’Far Café, Huda, Goldie, Schlesinger’s, and Dizengoff on Nov. 8, 2026, in solidarity with the Palestinian community.

The planned boycott occurs on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, aka the “Night of Broken Glass,” an antisemitic riot against Jews in Germany, Austria, and Sudetenland that was coordinated by the Nazi Party on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, 1938. During the attacks, thousands of Jewish businesses, homes, schools and synagogues were damaged. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 Jews were killed in the attacks and an estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps.

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