Jewish comedian from NYC goes viral for all the wrong reasons: ‘I was in shock’

Source: New York Post

A Jewish comedian from Brooklyn became the unwitting star of an international controversy when tens of millions of people watched footage supposedly showing him declare, “I support Israel” and emptying a Chicago comedy club — except none of it happened. Now-embattled comic Menachem Silverstein and a show producer told The Post that not only was the statement never made and no one walked out in disgust — but the comedian wasn’t even at last week’s event. 4 Here is comedian Menachem Silverstein actually performing at the Laugh Factory in Chicago — only it’s in February.