Park Slope Food Coop Under Fire over Anti-Jewish Hostility Ahead of Israel Boycott Vote

Park Slope Food Coop under fire over anti-Jewish hostility ahead of Israel boycott vote

A national Jewish civil rights group is demanding that the Park Slope Food Coop Board protect Jewish members from "intimidation, retaliation, social targeting, and coercive pressure" ahead of a vote on a proposed boycott of Israeli products.

Anti-Israel Boycott Fight at Brooklyn Food Co-Op Sparks Allegations of Antisemitic Discrimination

Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City in May 2026. Photo: Zuma Press Wire via Reuters Connect A popular food cooperative in Brooklyn was warned on Thursday by a prominent Jewish advocacy group that conduct surrounding an upcoming vote on boycotting Israeli products may constitute unlawful antisemitic discrimination. The warning came amid an increasingly contentious debate at the Park Slope Food Co-op over a proposed measure to ban the sale of…

Brandeis Center urges Brooklyn coop to cancel ‘inappropriate’ Israel boycott vote or make confidential

Jewish members of the coop “should not have to choose between local and organic food and their safety and their voice,” Kenneth Marcus, CEO of the center, said.

The Park Slope Food Coop is fighting over another BDS resolution — and this time it may finally pass

Pink chalk outlines an approximately 20-foot-long rectangle on the sidewalk outside the Park Slope Food Coop, demarcating a sort of free speech zone to separate two camps of activists from the business of the organic grocery store within. Inside the pink line, two opposing groups have taken root in recent weeks, building up to a long-brewing May 26 vote over a proposal to boycott Israeli products that has riven the Brooklyn institution’s roughly…

BRANDEIS CENTER DEMANDS SAFETY FOR PARK SLOPE COOP JEWS - Brandeis Center

After Attendee’s Claim That “Jewish Supremacism Is a Problem in This Country” Drew Applause, Jewish Civil Rights Group Says Coop Must Prevent Intimidation and Retaliation Against Jewish Members Before May 26 Vote Washington, D.C. – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law demanded the Park Slope Food Coop Board protect Jewish members from intimidation, retaliation, social targeting, and coercive pressure based on religion, ethnici…