Batavia comedy club cancels comedian Rapaport’s shows due to security concerns

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The Comedy Vault in Batavia canceled the shows of actor and comedian Michael Rapaport, an outspoken supporter of Israel during its war with Hamas, due to security concerns, club officials said.

The Comedy Vault said in a Facebook post on May 31 that it canceled the shows, which were set to take place on Thursday through Saturday, because it said it was receiving violent threats against its staff members and Rapaport.

According to a police report about the early May meeting, the responding officer confirmed that the business had not received any threats of physical harm or damage to property up to that point. The officer also determined that the business had not received messages to that point that would be considered at a level of a chargeable offense.

He said the point would have been to “try to convince folks that are going in there why they shouldn’t go in and why we’re protesting him.” A few minutes later in the podcast, Rapaport said it was specifically Jewish people, those who support Jewish people and those who support Israel that he did not want to doubt themselves. Rapaport is also Jewish.

 

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