Comedian Recounts Pro-Palestinian Chants at New York Show

Jewish comedian Mikey Greenberg reported an unusual incident during a recent performance at a New York comedy club. Shortly after mentioning his Jewish identity as part of an opening joke unrelated to politics or Israel, shouts of "Palestine, Palestine" erupted from the audience. Greenberg stated that while most of the audience remained silent, some individuals even cheered in response to the pro-Palestinian chants.

In a social media post detailing the event, Greenberg expressed his distress not only over the chants themselves but also the audience's reaction. He explained that the joke was purely personal and had no political or Israeli context, making the interruption particularly jarring. "It was my opening joke, there was nothing political or related to Israel in it. I just said I was Jewish, and someone immediately started shouting 'Palestine, Palestine'," he recounted.

Greenberg shared the experience to illustrate what he described as the current reality faced by Jewish comedians. He also touched upon the ongoing debate regarding the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism, noting his personal difficulty with the assertion that the two are never overlapping. "And this is exactly the part that's hard for me when people insist that anti-Zionism and antisemitism never overlap," he wrote.