This is such an important article! Not only have I been to Gazala’s restaurant many times, I was at the one right across from the Museum of Natural History on the first weekend it opened! That had to be well before 2016 because I went with friends who stopped talking to me a number of years ago because I had the temerity to defend Netanyahu. “Defend” as in “why do you think he is some kind of monster”? That was enough to have this couple literally unperson me. But at that long ago evening, Gazala made the rounds of the tables to introduce herself and her food and we had a lovely chat. And her food is, indeed, quite wonderful. Gazala’s became my go-to restaurant on the Upper West Side in both the Central Park West location and then when she moved it a few blocks away to Amsterdam Avenue. I knew she was badly targeted by the Jew and Israel haters after October 7th. But I keep going back and will definitely keep supporting her and her wonderful food.
“But then a few Jewish students from NYU came in, and they were crying on my shoulder. I decided that was worth any financial loss for me.”
I wrote this piece about Israeli restaurants that are hiding their identity, and those that are doubling down ⬇️
Thank you so much for this article! Not only have I been to Gazala’s restaurant many times, I was at the one right across from the Museum of Natural History on the first weekend it opened! That had to be well before 2016 because I went with friends who stopped talking to me a number of years ago because I had the temerity to defend Netanyahu. “Defend” as in “why do you think he is some kind of monster”? That was enough to have this couple literally unperson me. But at that long ago evening, Gazala made the rounds of the tables to introduce herself and her food and we had a lovely chat. And her food is, indeed, quite wonderful. Gazala’s became my go-to restaurant on the Upper West Side in both the Central Park West location and then when she moved it a few blocks away to Amsterdam Avenue. I knew she was badly targeted by the Jew and Israel haters after October 7th. But I keep going back and will definitely keep supporting her and her wonderful food.
@callmelongfell2@Glory2G_d Meanwhile, go out and stock up on laxatives. You will need a lot of them after eating that much matzoh that often. Ask a girl how she knows! 😱
@GeorgeGrabelll@MorEdge_Insight I have read plenty about the Nakba. The “tragedy” that the Arabs experienced is the fact that they lost the war THEY started and did not get to destroy Israel and genocide all the Jews. Yes, THAT is their tragedy.
What is going on with Freitas? If this is his right hand man I am concerned that Nick’s views have gone hard right. What does this declaration even mean, that everything is decided?this is either profound or totally fatuous word salad. I am inclined to choose fatuous word salad.
@Ameen_HGA@PhilNvestigates If you think you were not guilty of all those things yourself, you have another thing coming. Two things CAN be true at the same time. Own it.
@Not_The_Mama__@ConceptualJames Words are great. But you need to be ready and able to back them up with physical action or the words mean nothing. Passivity is what got us into this mess in the first place.
If you wait for law enforcement to fix it for you already will have lost the fight and the fighting in the streets will happen anyway and the result will be horrifying for you and yours. If you don’t fight with your words now, you’ll will be right in their path of destruction when it hits the streets.