Counter Insurgency
Angry Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn were demanded an eye for a non-kosher frank this weekend. The New York Post has some truly amazing video footage of the enraged patrons hurling vulgarities and fists at the counterman, who then retaliates with an electric knife. He didn’t get very far, because it was plugged into the wall, but he does fend off the irate skull-capped attackers with a few game swipes. Next time he’ll get a cordless. The mob got ugly when they discovered that the hot dogs they were scarfing down on challah at Cheskel’s Shawarma King in Borough Park were not kosher, like the shop ordinarily serves. An employee had run across the street to pick up packs of the non-kosher chicken dogs earlier, and didn’t go to the further store with kosher franks. According to the Post report: “They were yelling at the guy behind the counter,” one witness told The Post. “They started spitting and throwing things at him. They were shaking the counter and trying to jump over to search the fridge.” Answering to a higher power apparently only applies to tube steaks.
