A kosher Upper East Side cafe was subjected to a second antisemitic attack in four days — and the outraged owner is challenging the city to do something about it.
Hummus Kitchen on Second Avenue was targeted Sunday night by an unhinged woman who tried to cover up an Israel/US flag, pushed an employee, and stormed off after giving staff the middle finger, according to police and disturbing videos shared on social media.
The Sunday strike comes on the heels of a Dec. 13 incident in which a Paterson, NJ woman tried to tear down the restaurant’s flag in an antisemitic rampage before flinging soup at a worker and flipping the bird.
“I’m worried about my employees. I want them to feel comfortable,” owner Sharon Hoota, who is Israeli, told The Post.
“Of course I’m angry . . . and I’m very sorry that we need to feel scared to show our flags. The city doesn’t do anything to help us feel more protected.”
The NYPD has not arrested the first female attacker, dubbed the “Soup Nazi” online, despite The Post identifying and confronting Mayra Teke, 19, at her Paterson, NJ home last week.
In the Sunday incident, a young woman appeared to fuel an unprovoked argument, footage shows.
“It’s disgusting,” the unidentified woman says in reference to the Israeli flag. She then proceeds to shove a worker and flip off the camera as she is shouted out of the restaurant by workers.
The woman removed her Instagram account after being identified by the X account Stop Antisemitism.
Her identity could not be confirmed by The Post and she didn’t respond to messages.
Hoota, 46, fumed, “I am amazed that those entitled individuals just walk into a restaurant and brazenly attack personnel and deface property. They made it very clear that we are a target because of our national origin, and chose destruction as a form of protest. We are not making any political claims. Israeli is what I am. It’s my identity, and food is a source of unity and peace for me.
“I guess peace [is] not everyone’s plate of hummus.”
Hoota opened his first Hummus Kitchen in Hell’s Kitchen in 2008 and the Upper East Side outpost, between 83rd and 84th streets, in 2009.
“I voted for Eric [Adams] with a hope that he can restore order in the city,” Hoota said.
“On Oct. 7, he spoke eloquently how we are not all right when Jews and Israelis are attacked. I am not sure how those words materialized — so far we are not feeling protected.”
“We feel that we are left to fend for ourselves, exposed to any lunatic who comes along. . . . “The Mayor should stop illegal protests that embolden vandalism. Lawbreakers should be arrested. Police must be present and visible.”
Additional reporting by Matthew Sedacca