Brooklyn Bookstore Cancels Event Over ‘Zionist’ Moderator
22nd August 2024
A Brooklyn bookstore this week canceled a planned book launch, reportedly over the selection of a pro-Israel rabbi to moderate the event according to The New York Post.
Author Joshua Leifer was set for a live interview with Rabbi Andy Bachman on Tuesday at the Powerhouse Arena in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn to discuss his new book, “Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life.”
However, the store canceled the event just a few hours before the planned start because the venue “would not be willing to host a conversation between me and Andy because they wouldn’t allow a Zionist on the premises,” according to Leifer, who described the decision as “unacceptable and unprofessional.”