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Former member of the state assembly Dov Hikind, seen here in a photo of the file, led a protest in front of NBC’s “SNL” studios on February 27, 2021.
Stefan Ieremia
“Saturday Night Live” did not laugh on West 49th Street, as dozens turned out with megaphones and signs to protest a joke from the previous week about vaccinations in Israel.
The crowd, led a few hours before the show aired by former state assemblyman Dov Hikind, chanted “Shame on NBC!” and “Anti-Semitism is not funny!” in front of the NBC West 49th Street entrance.
Comedian Michael Che provoked side effects when he joked about a recent “Weekend Update” segment: “Israel reports that they have vaccinated half of their population. I’ll guess it’s the Jewish half. ”
“It’s amazing they haven’t apologized yet,” Hikind told The Post.
“They did something so terrible, so horrible, that I am personally sick and tired of an important network like NBC that pampers itself with the spread of hatred. That’s basically what they did. ”
He promised to continue “whatever needs to be done” until the issue is recognized.
“I will not be silent about these things that really endanger the Jewish people,” he said.