RFK: Pro-Israel Event Canceled by Venue…No Explanation Given

NEW YORK (VINnews) — The venue that was scheduled to host a pro-Jewish event with RFK Jr. has abruptly canceled, according to the event’s organizers.

Democrat candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. was scheduled to hold an event to “discuss fighting antisemitism and championing Israel” on Tuesday.

According to Kennedy and Shmuley Boteach, who helped organize the event, the New York Society for Ethical Culture canceled at the last minute, allegedly without giving a reason for the last-minute decision. He also said they were under contract.

It is possible that the venue was apprehensive about hosting an event, after Kennedy made controversial comments about Jews in recent weeks.

Boteach says they found a new venue at the last minute.

RFK tweeted: The New York Society for Ethical Culture @EthicalNYC just CANCELED my event with @RabbiShmuley scheduled for tomorrow night. They’re evidently under tremendous pressure since they violated a binding contract and canceled without explanation.

This shows the DNC’s fierce determination and awesome power to censor criticism of an embattled President. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER VENUE for tomorrow in Manhattan. Stay tuned.

Let @EthicalNYC know if you oppose this form of political censorship. Help us protect free speech!

The New York Society for Ethical Culture @EthicalNYC just CANCELED my event with @RabbiShmuley scheduled for tomorrow night. They’re evidently under tremendous pressure since they violated a binding contract and canceled without explanation.

This shows the DNC’s fierce…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 24, 2023

Kennedy recently came under intense fire, after making incendiary comments, suggesting that Ashkenazi Jews are more immune from the COVID virus than other ethnicities. Many Jewish leaders and others believed that regardless of his intent, the comments make reference to vicious antisemitic tropes, and are highly dangerous.

Last week Kennedy issued the following statement regarding the event:

“My lifelong relationship with the Jewish community and support for Israel speaks for itself and I greatly look forward to joining ‘America’s Rabbi’ my friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, to address issues of concern to my Jewish brothers and sisters, this Tuesday in New York City before a live audience.

“At this dangerous time for American and world Jewry, where antisemitism is on the rise across the globe, it is imperative that those seeking the presidency deliver their unambiguous proposals for combatting Jew-hatred and at this communal event no subject will be off limits.”

Rabbi Shmuley’s statement on the event:

“Smearing Bobby Kennedy — who has voiced greater pro-Israel support than any Democratic candidate for President in decades — as an antisemite, is disgusting and immoral .

“Bobby, alone among leaders of the Democratic Party, has condemned President Biden’s new Iran deal, which will give billions to the murderous Mullahs while they vow a second Holocaust. He has praised the IDF as one of the world’s most morally-grounded militaries, and has affirmed the Jewish people as the indigenous population of the Holy Land going back to Biblical times.

“Neither I, nor The World Values Network, endorses candidates. But we are extremely proud to present Bobby to the American Jewish Community as part of our ‘Presidential Candidate Series’ as a trusted ally and friend who stands with the Jewish people and whose illustrious father was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist for his unqualified support for Israel throughout the 1960s.”

VIN News has reached out to the Society for Ethical Culture for comment, however no reply has been issued at the time of this publication.