Last month, Jewish Journalist Elad Eliahu was out on a date at a Brooklyn bar when the bartender – a far-left nutjob – verbally harassed him and stupidly uploaded the exchange to social media.
I hereby dub this guy The Woke Avenger. And he is proof that antisemitism comes in all shades, colors, and pronouns.
His real name happens to be Alvin, which seems somehow appropriate because it reminds me of Alvin and the Chipmunks – except here we have Alvin with the chip on his shoulder.
And hopefully Alvin with a hefty legal bill to pay.
A conservative Jewish journalist says he was harassed and humiliated by a bartender at a Brooklyn bar — who refused to serve him and heckled him out of the establishment over his Zionist views, according to a new lawsuit.
Elad Eliahu, 29 – “a proud Jewish-American,” Zionist and independent reporter – was on a first date with a woman at Swell Dive in Bedford-Stuyvesant when bartender Alvin Dan on April 9 asked him if he “was in fact Elad, and purposely mispronounced his name,” the Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit states.
The bartender then told Eliahu to leave the bar “or he was going to embarrass” him, the suit, filed Friday, alleges.
Dan, 31, of Staten Island, called Eliahu a “Zionist Fascist” and “falsely” claimed that Eliahu “harasses abortion patients” and “doxes people’s” through his reporting –- all in front of the date and the other bar patrons, the lawsuit alleges.
Eliahu told his date to leave “for the sake of her safety,” the filing states. And when Eliahu started walking out, Dan allegedly recorded himself on video taunting and harassing the embarrassed patron down the street, according to the suit.
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Dan also allegedly told Eliahu to never come back to the neighborhood, the filing claims.
Eliahu “was unlawfully ridiculed, discriminated against, denied service and kicked out of the Swell Dive on account of his race, national origin and creed because he identifies as a Zionist,” his suit charges.
After, Dan recorded more videos of himself which he posted on his Instagram account saying that Eliahu’s date “had no idea that she was about to go home with a f–king proud Zionist,” the suit alleges.
“I was very embarrassed,” Eliahu told The Post of the incident.
Eliahu, of Long Island, said he was “angry” and “distraught” during the verbal attack — but he tried to focus on staying calm and not engaging with Dan.
Still, he contemplated – though ultimately refrained from – dispelling Dan’s alleged lies that he harassed people seeking abortions and outed people’s personal information during his reporting.
While Eliahu finished the date with the woman at a different bar that night, he believes the incident cost him additional dates with the woman, he told The Post. Eliahu said she was confused and hesitant about him.
“She was shaken up,” Eliahu said.
Eliahu later messaged Swell Dive on Instagram describing Dan’s alleged mistreatment of him and the bar responded, “sounds like your displeasure is with the bartender not the bar,” the court papers show.
Eliahu said he was disappointed with the bar’s response to his complaint.
Sanford Rubenstein, one of the lawyers representing Eliahu, told The Post, “As an employer, they are certainly liable for the action of their employee.”
“I was wrongfully refused to be served by a bartender and I believe because I am Jewish,” Eliahu said. “I believe if I wasn’t Jewish then he wouldn’t have said or done these things.”
Eliahu is suing Swell Dive and Dan for unspecified damages.
I sincerely hope Elad wins this case and sends a loud message that Jew-hatred – even if couched in “Zionist” terms – is not just unacceptable, but can be injurious to your bank balance.
