The Combat Antisemitism Movement documented antisemitic chants at the protest rally in front of a New York synagogue during an Aliyah event.
By Rachel Avraham
According to a report in the Combat Antisemitism Movement, “On November 19, anti-Israel demonstrators gathered outside Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, where Nefesh B’Nefesh was hosting an aliyah information session. The chants and placards made clear that the protest targeted both the synagogue and the Jews attending the event inside. The rhetoric documented that night revealed a coordinated effort to intimidate those present and portray Jewish immigration to Israel as illegitimate.”
The report added, “The protest was led by the New York and New Jersey branch of Al-Awda, which has public ties to Samidoun. The U.S. Treasury Department has designated Samidoun as a fundraising front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-listed terrorist organization. Al-Awda’s praise for Hamas’ October 7th massacre as a “brave” act provides clear insight into the ideological framework behind this demonstration.”
CAM’s Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) revealed a number of antisemitic chants at the protest. For example, one of the signs read “Brooklyn out of Palestine,” which in this context the Combat Antisemitism Movement sited that Brooklyn was a replacement phrase for the word Jews: “The message communicated that Jews should be barred from Israel, denying their right to live in the Jewish homeland and reinforcing a familiar pattern of discriminatory hostility.”
Another chant stated “We don’t want no Zionists here.” According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, “Zionist was used as a stand-in for Jews, allowing activists to mask discrimination as political critique. Another chant, “We need to make them scared,” revealed the demonstrators’ intent — to frighten Jews away from entering a synagogue and from exploring the possibility of moving to Israel.”
According to the Combat Antisemitism Movement, “A sign declaring “Zionism is a death cult” attempted to portray the Jewish movement for self-determination as inherently violent. This rhetoric was also directed at individuals. Protesters shouted “You’re part of a death cult” at Jewish counter-demonstrators, extending the defamatory framing directly to Jews present at the scene.”
The Combat Antisemitism Movement noted, “Chants such as “Resistance you make us proud, take another settler out” celebrated attacks on Jews in Israel. “Resistance” was used as a coded reference to terrorist groups, including Hamas, while “settler” functioned as a pejorative label for any Jewish person living in Israel. Another chant, “We don’t want no two states, we want all of it,” rejected peaceful coexistence and endorsed the elimination of the State of Israel.”
According to the report, “Protesters shouted “Death to the IDF,” a chant that, though framed as opposition to Israel’s military, expressed broader hatred toward Israeli Jews and rejected the Jewish people’s right to self-defense. It further intensified the threatening atmosphere outside the synagogue.”
The Combat Antisemitism Movement noted, ““Globalize the Intifada” invoked the Second Intifada, a period during which more than one thousand Israelis were murdered in suicide bombings, shootings, and other terrorist attacks. Calling to globalize that violence constitutes an endorsement of attacks on Jews worldwide.”
According to the report, “Hamas’ October 7th massacre sparked a global wave of antisemitic hostility. ARC recorded 6,326 incidents of antisemitism in 2024, the highest annual total since it began monitoring. Between January 1 and November 20, 2025, ARC has already documented 6,148 incidents, suggesting the year will surpass the previous high.”
The Combat Antisemitism Movement added, “Most incidents since October 7th have involved Israel-related antisemitism. In 2024, more than seventy percent of all recorded cases featured rhetoric that attacked Israel or Zionism but drew on well-established antisemitic themes. These narratives portray Jews as malevolent, foreign, or collectively responsible for global injustice, providing a pretext for hostility far beyond the Middle East.”
The report noted, “A central feature of this trend is the effort to recast Jewish identity and Jewish connection to Israel as incompatible with progressive values. Activists increasingly frame that connection as inconsistent with human rights, racial justice, climate justice, or anti-colonial movements. This rhetorical shift allows anti-Israel activists to portray antisemitism as principled activism and to target Jewish spaces under the guise of political critique.”
The Combat Antisemitism Movement concluded, “Protests like the one at Park East Synagogue reveal how these narratives threaten Jewish life in the United States. When extremists channel their anger toward Jewish institutions and events, they send a clear message that Jewish identity itself is the target. That message turns harassment and intimidation into something acceptable and encourages others to follow their lead.”
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