SF Cafe Vandalized With 'Antisemetic' Tags

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Manny's, a popular bookstore and cafe in San Francisco's Mission District, was tagged with offensive graffiti over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

With blue spray paint, vandals wrote "Racist pigz, Zionist Pigz and Free Palestine" on the front of the business, located at 15th and Valencia streets, photos posted by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) on Twitter this week.

"This weekend, Manny's was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti," he said. "Targeting Jewish businesses is straight-up antisemitic. We must speak out [and] condemn this hate."

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The cafe is reportedly owned by Israeili emigre Manny Yekutiel, a member of San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency. He has defended Israel's right to exist but has also criticized the Israeli government, the Chronicle reported.

He said he has "complicated feelings about Israel."

"Manny's is a Jewish-owned business in the Mission," Wiener tweeted. "Since it opened a few years ago, it's been targeted."

The cafe's spokesman, David Perry, told the newspaper that the cafe has been vandalized at least 12 times. "This is antisemitism to the core," he said.

Manny’s is a Jewish-owned business in the Mission. Since it opened a few years ago, it’s been targeted.

This weekend, Manny’s was vandalized with this antisemitic graffiti.

Targeting Jewish businesses is straight up antisemitic. We must speak out & condemn this hate. pic.twitter.com/s0FYfZacZk
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 8, 2021