Shlomo “Effy” Alkoby, the owner of Effy's, moved to the United States from Israel when he was 17. He said he sad but not totally surprised that his restaurant was attacked.“I love America. And it breaks my heart to see these people do that; they just don't want to look at the bigger picture,” Alkoby said. “It's just pure stupidity.”Zara, who is not Jewish but has worked at Effy's for nearly 10 years, said she could feel the support pour in on Monday. Customers left well wishes and flowers for the staff, and one customer even volunteered to bus tables when Zara was the only employee working in the morning.“I'm Asian. I'm Filipina,” Zara said. “I have never felt this love and support like before. I got my back supported by all the Jewish community.”\"}","id":"json-ld-schema-792636"}])
UWS residents clean up after Effy’s, a neighborhood kosher cafe, is hit with anti-Israel graffiti
The graffiti, which police are investigating as a hate crime, conscripted Effy’s into a growing, dismal club of New York City kosher restaurants that have been vandalized.
On their hands and knees, a group of Jewish volunteers scrub pro-Palestinian graffiti from the sidewalk outside of Effy's Café, a kosher restaurant on the Upper West Side.(photo credit: Jackie Hajdenberg)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
