Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Lawsuit alleges New York bartender refused service to Jewish patron

Journalist Elad Eliahu says the barkeep called him a “Zionist fascist.”

Journalist Elad Eliahu on a podcast. Source: YouTube.
Journalist Elad Eliahu on a podcast. Source: YouTube.

A first date at Swell Dive in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., did not go well, but it had nothing to do with awkward chemistry.

Journalist Elad Eliahu, 29, who writes for Tim Pool’s Timcast News, alleges that on April 9, bartender Alvin Dan, upon recognizing his name as Jewish, called him a “Zionist fascist.” Eliahu also said that Dan refused service and chased him out of the bar, yelling insults and threats.

Eliahu had directed his date to leave for her own safety. He reported that she “was shaken up.”

He has filed suit against the bar.

The thieves entered the building with a rope and took 13-15 items worth about $100,000, authorities said.
A State Department official said that there was “significant momentum,” citing a successful pilot-zone launch in Lebanon and the Lebanese president’s meeting with Trump.
The operation took place in and around Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Shuweika and nearby Palestinian Authority cities and villages.
Additional attacks over the weekend killed two terrorist commanders in the Strip.
Due to heightened security concerns, government personnel and their families face temporary restrictions on entering the territory.
No air-raid sirens were activated “in accordance with protocol,” the military said.