TIMES OF ISRAEL
Opponents of boycott at NYC Park Slope co-op reckon with community’s vote against Israel
Luke Tress
May 27, 2026

Campaigners for and against a boycott of Israel campaigned outside Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop on Tuesday afternoon, handing out fliers and making their pitch to shoppers, ahead of a vote that has riven the co-op community and become a major issue for Jews in the city…In the vote that took place hours later, the co-op passed a boycott against Israel by a wide margin, leaving the anti-boycott group reckoning with their future in the community…The boycott measure passed by a vote of 67 percent in favor, 31% against, with the remaining 2% abstaining. More than 6,500 of the co-op’s 17,000 members voted….Jewish members told the co-op’s management that they had been “systematically targeted and vilified” for years, had felt unsafe and harassed, had been labeled “genocide supporters,” and had been called “evil Zionists.” READ MORE

ISRAEL HAYOM Israeli products removed from shelves in Brooklyn Hours after a stormy vote in which the required majority threshold was lowered, all Israeli products were removed from the shelves at Park Slope Food Coop. Jewish members of the food cooperative are threatening a counter-boycott and mass resignations.