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Exclusive | Vile antisemitic outburst at Park Slope Coop meeting sparks outrage: ‘Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country’

Nypost · · 867 words · By Kyra Breslin
Political Polarization in Local Institutions Antisemitism and Community Conflict BDS Movement and Israeli Goods Boycott
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A community meeting at the lefty Park Slope Food Coop over a proposed boycott of Israeli goods erupted into chaos on Tuesday night after a member declared, “Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country,” and compared Jews to Nazis, according to a recording obtained by The Post.”
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The evidence provided only contains general information about the Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) and its history of political stances, but does not independently corroborate the specific event described: a chaotic meeting on a Tuesday night involving the declaration 'Jewish supremacism is a problem in this country' and comparison to Nazis. The claim relies on details not present in the gathered web search results or Wikipedia entries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel David Fishman (February 21, 1938 – June 14, 2006) founded the Task Force on Gay Liberation in 1970. In 2002, the American Library Association named the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_David_Fishman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of various northernmost things on Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_northernmost_items
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) is a food cooperative located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is one of the oldest and largest active food co-ops in the United States. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope_Food_Coop
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“The vile remarks, which were made over Zoom by a coop member with a screen name of Michael Huarachi, prompted applause from at least 50 people who were attending the meeting in person, according to multiple witnesses.”
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The evidence provided only contains general information about Zoom meetings and the PSFC. It does not contain any specific details regarding a coop member named Michael Huarachi, his remarks, or the alleged applause from 50 people. Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Start a New Meeting. Cookie Preference Center. Cookies and other similar technologies (“Cookies”) are important to the proper functioning of a site and to provide visitors with a seamless and customiz…
https://zoom.us/join
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web search NEUTRAL — Reimagine teamwork with Zoom Workplace, an AI-first, open collaboration platform that combines team chat, meetings, phone*, whiteboard, calendar, mail, docs, and more. Use Zoom Workplace for Android w…
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videom…
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web search NEUTRAL — There are multiple ways to join a Zoom meeting. You can join a meeting through an email or calendar invite, an instant messaging invite, from a web browser, from the Zoom Workplace desktop and mobile …
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_arti…
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“The monthly meeting was being held to discuss whether the socialist-leaning grocery store should lower the current voting threshold required for a boycott from 75% to 51%, according to Maislen.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the PSFC meeting was discussing lowering the boycott threshold. Specifically, two sources mention the move from a supermajority of 75% to a lower threshold, such as 51%, indicating the core facts of the discussion are reported by multiple independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barneys New York is an American brand founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman that operated full-line department stores from 1923 until 2020. Barneys introduced major luxury brands to the American market i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barneys_New_York
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) is a food cooperative located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is one of the oldest and largest active food co-ops in the United States. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope_Food_Coop
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“This move would make it easier for members who support the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement to push through a ban on Israeli products.”
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The claim accurately describes the consequence of lowering the voting threshold. The web search results explicitly state that lowering the threshold from 75% to 51% would make it easier to pass measures related to the boycott, supporting the claim that this benefits those supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anti-BDS laws are legislation that retaliate against those that engage in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. With regard to the Arab–Israeli conflict, many supporters of the State of Israel have often…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) is a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel. Its stated objective is to pressure Israel to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sancti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norman Gary Finkelstein ( FING-kəl-steen; born December 8, 1953) is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Pales…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein
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“On the same recording, Huarachi said: “We can’t keep making the same mistakes between what we did with the Nazis and what we did with other hateful, racist groups,””
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The evidence provided only contains general information about the PSFC and its history. It does not contain the specific quote attributed to Michael Huarachi regarding mistakes with Nazis and other hateful, racist groups. Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — The American Nazi Party is an American neo-Nazi political party founded by George Lincoln Rockwell in 1959. In Rockwell's time, it was headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It was renamed the National…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Nazi_Party
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web search NEUTRAL — SPLC, a far-left nonprofit that has consistently labeled Christian groups as “hate groups,” received the 11-count indictment from a grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama. The charge included si…
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/far-left-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thuringia lifted sanctions on the Nazi party and its leader earlier than other German states after his botched coup attempt in Munich in 1923. Weimar became a safe haven for the movement and a testing…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/afd-na…
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“Barbara Mazor, a coop member since 1989, is currently running for the board so she can have more time to speak during community meetings and help fight antisemitism at the grocery store.”
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The evidence includes a web search result from Barbara Mazor's Instagram and a web search result with the title 'Member Submission: BDS Has No Place in the Park Slope Food Coop' attributed to her. While this confirms her involvement and advocacy, the specific claim that she is running for the board *to increase her speaking time and combat antisemitism* is derived from the context of the original article and is not independently corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Agenda item 1 - Board of Directors Election - Two 3-year term positions open on the Board of Directors Board candidates Serko Artinian, Dan Kaminsky, Elizabeth Tobier and Brandon West addressed the me…
https://www.foodcoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/approved…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 1, 2025 By Barbara Mazor Imagine a political movement that is hostile to your community or identity group. Now imagine that its supporters have engaged in violence against your community—assault…
https://linewaitersgazette.com/2025/04/01/member-submission-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 51 followers · 263 following. See photos and videos from friends on Instagram, and discover other accounts you'll love.
https://www.instagram.com/barbaramazorcooper2/
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“Maislen said the debate at the storied market is over roughly 10 Israeli-sourced products.”
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Two web search results mention the PSFC's general focus on products and boycotts, but neither source specifies that the debate concerns 'approximately 10 Israeli-sourced products.' This specific number is not independently corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Park Slope Food Coop is a food cooperative located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is one of the oldest and largest active food co-ops in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope_Food_Coop
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK – The Park Slope Food Co-op is more than a discounted indie grocer – though, on any given day, there are about 10 varieties of locally grown mushrooms and shoppers can buy a dozen organic egg…
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/07/nx-s1-5456253/park-slope-food…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Park Slope Food Coop has taken political stances on selling certain country’s products before, including boycotting Chilean products in 1973 in response to the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet,…
https://www.jta.org/2025/06/23/ny/at-park-slope-food-coop-a-…
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“In 2024, he formally filed a complaint with New York state’s Division of Human Rights, citing Jewish members being harassed for opposing the boycott calls.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Maislen filed a complaint with New York's Division of Human Rights. Sources state he alleged antisemitism and discrimination related to the boycott, confirming the core facts of the filing.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York State human rights law prohibits discrimination in a range of areas, including employment and public accommodations, and pledges to investigate complaints within 180 days. If a complaint is f…
https://www.jta.org/2024/10/22/ny/jewish-park-slope-food-coo…
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web search NEUTRAL — ROMO: That incident, combined with a few others, eventually drove Maislen to file a complaint with New York's Division of Human Rights. In it, he alleges Jewish members are experiencing antisemitism a…
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/04/nx-s1-5452289/the-war-in-gaza…
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web search NEUTRAL — Real estate developer Ramon Maislen, 43, said he filed the complaint with the state Human Rights Division on Oct. 7 after he and other Jewish members of the socialist-leaning grocery cooperative on Un…
https://theloadedgunn.com/park-slope-food-co-op-jewish-membe…
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“According to the complaint, a Jewish coop member who was standing outside the store and trying to inform those strolling by about the boycott effort was confronted by a shopper, who called her a “Nazi.””
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and the search results did not provide any information regarding the alleged complaint details, specifically the confrontation outside the store or the 'Nazi' accusation.
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“The odious member began walking away, but not before shouting “Sieg Heil” at the 35-year-old, according to the complaint.”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and the search results did not provide any information regarding the alleged shouting of 'Sieg Heil' at the 35-year-old member.
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“In another incident, the complaint details a shopper who said she was harassed by a worker who said she couldn’t work or stand next to the Jewish woman because she smelled “of Palestinian blood.””
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“The Park Slope Food Coop, founded in 1973, has roughly 16,000 members who work in shifts in exchange for discounted groceries and a say in store policy.”
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“The tensions have been growing since 2012”
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“PSFC Members for Palestine stated their position: 'Until Israel complies with international law, including by ceasing unlawful discriminatory practices, in its treatment of Palestinians, the Coop will not sell goods produced in Israel (pre-1967 borders) or in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestine.'”
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“Huarachi did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.”
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