A California Jewish man was kicked out of a coffee shop for wearing a ‘violent’ Star of David hat.
Jonathan Hirsch filmed as he was asked to leave the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland on Saturday.
The owner could be seen referring to Hirsch’s headwear as a, ‘violent hat’ before ordering him to leave for causing a disturbance.
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‘I wear this hat all the time,’ Hirsch told KTVU. ‘I mean, I’ve had this hat for years. And it means a lot to me. It’s meant a lot more over the last year.’
He explained he entered the premises because his five-year-old son needed the bathroom and his wife wanted to buy a coffee.
‘I wasn’t going out looking for a fight,’ Hirsch added. ‘But when someone comes up to me fighting I can’t teach my son that Jews are these meek people that run and cower.’
The footage shows Hirsch mid-confrontation with the owner who repeatedly asks him to leave.
‘You’re being asked to leave. You’re causing a disruption. This is a private business. You’re being asked to leave,’ the owner says.
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The owner then demands to know if the dad is a Zionist, but he refuses to respond.
Things escalate when Hirsch invites the owner to call the police.
‘The police will come and they will educate him that what he’s doing is wrong and that he’s ignorant,’ Hirsch can be heard saying.
After the cops arrive, the owner is seen taunting Hirsch even further by stating, ‘I love Jewish people’ and blowing a kiss.
The police then asked Hirsch to leave, advising that he could be prosecuted for trespassing if he remains.
Hirsch is now mulling legal action after several experts concurred that the incident appeared to be an example of anti-Semitic discrimination.
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The owner declined to talk to KTVU, telling the outlet: ‘Talking to the media is like talking to the police.’
DailyMail.com has also contacted the café for comment.
The establishment previously courted controversy after it sold a drink called, Iced in Tea Fada, named after ‘intifada’ or the Arabic word to describe Palestinian uprising.
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