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(RNS) — A bicycle “boycott ride” targeting six Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square Sunday (Nov. 8) was met with a huge counterprotest as hundreds of Philadelphia residents lined up on the streets to buy food from those eateries.

The group, Philly Bike On Your Left, had organized the ride to “show these zionist business owners that we see them for the disgusting humans they are,” according to an Instagram post since deleted.

The ride was widely condemned by the city’s mayor, as well as Pennsylvania Gov.…