Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz appears to be living through a remake of the Seinfeld Soup Nazi episode. However, Dershowitz is facing a new culinary menace in Martha’s Vineyard. Chef Krem Miskevich has barred the famed lawyer from buying pierogis because of his political views . . . and liberals are applauding him for it. Welcome to Pierogi Politics, it is the same distasteful politics that is tearing apart this country . . . only with an added carbo load.
Dershowitz has previously described how his liberal neighbors, who were friendly when he was advancing liberal causes, have blacklisted him in the elite community due to his defense of Donald Trump. He is treated as a persona non grata and shunned by the wealthy community.
Now the blacklisting has extended to food. Dershowitz would regularly go to the West Tisbury Farmers Market and buy food from the Good Pierogi. Then Miskevich decided to join the mob and bar him from eating.
Miskevich (who goes by pronouns “they” and “them”) also accused Dershowitz of misgendering by referring to “him” in passing (Dershowitz said that he would happily use his preferred pronouns). However, Miskevich admits it is his political and legal views that led him to blacklist the professor.
Dershowitz is now pursuing legal action against the West Tisbury Farmers Marketand posted a statement on his YouTube channel last week, stating “He didn’t approve of my politics so he wouldn’t serve me.”
Dershowitz suggested that the initial rejection may have been due to his wearing a pro-Jewish T-shirt. In his initial encounter, he had reminded the vendor that Massachusetts law prohibits refusing service based on race, religion or sexual orientation: “You couldn’t say I don’t serve black people, you couldn’t say I don’t serve gay people, you couldn’t say I don’t serve Jews.”
The police were called in the incident and led Dershowitz away.
“When he came to our booth, I experienced a surge of emotion. As a chef, I love to share what I cook with the public, regardless of who they are. In this case, what was in the forefront of my mind was the fact that this was the high-profile attorney who represented several sexual predators and abusers including Jeffrey Epstein.”
Dershowitz is entirely in the right here, and the treatment that he received was outrageous. What is chilling is how hate is now celebrated on the left as a perverse type of virtue signaling.
We have seen how the left has embraced blacklisting, an abuse that was once associated with the McCarthy period. In 1950, columnist and civil libertarian Max Lerner penned a chilling prediction in the New York Post about the Red Scare: “There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.”
It turns out it would come from the left. From the start of the first Trump Administration, restaurants refused to serve well-known Republicans and their families.
Calls for blacklisting have come from city councils to public interest groups. Others called for banning those “complicit” from college campuses, while still others demanded a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” to “hold Trump and his enablers accountable for the crimes they have committed.” Daily Beast editor-at-large Rick Wilson added his own call for “humiliation,” “incarceration,” and even ritualistic suicides for Trump supporters in an unhinged, vulgar column.
Writers and editors have joined blacklisting efforts targeting Trump supporters, conservative justices, and authors like JK Rowling for their political views. It is all part of the Orwellian logic of the left, intolerance in the name of tolerance, blacklisting in the name of free speech.
We have also seen lawyers increasingly targeted by the left for their clients, a tactic once used against liberal lawyers representing unpopular criminal or civil clients. That includes the successful targeting of a Harvard professor for representing Weinstein. Many leading lawyers helped fund the Lincoln Project in its national effort to harass and abuse any lawyers representing the Republican party or President Trump.
This week, President Trump even had to sign an executive order to deter “debanking” where financial institutions discriminate on the basis of political or religious views.
Now, back to Dershowitz. Liberals are applauding the denial of food to people who do not share their political views. Indeed, Miskevich is parading and posturing like the MLK of Martha’s Vineyard for joining the mob against a single, unpopular neighbor. Instead of treating food as a basis for shared dialogue and exchange, Miskevich wants to weaponize it to use against those who dare to hold opposing views.
What is particularly striking is how these are many of the same people who insisted that a Colorado baker should be required to make cakes that violate the owner’s religious and free speech rights. In Masterpiece Cakeshop and later cases like 303 Creative, the left hounded business owners for refusing to sell products that celebrated same-sex marriages. They were outraged that such denials are hateful and intolerant.
However, in Masterpiece Cakeshop, the owner insisted that he would sell cakes to same-sex couples and anyone else coming into his store. He only drew the line at preparing cakes expressly celebrating same-sex marriages as an expressive act that violated his core beliefs.
In this case, Miskevich is refusing to sell pre-made pierogi based on a political litmus test. It is not clear that this violates the law, but it is wrong. If Dershowitz asked Miskevich to cater a pierogi-based party in celebration of Trump, I would support his right to decline as a matter of free speech given his dislike for conservatives. However, this is the denial of service for pre-made pierogis based on viewpoint discrimination.
There is little doubt that Miskevich will haul in customers by pandering to the mob. The only thing that is more enticing today than the love for good food is the hate for opposing views. The problem is that feeding on hate will never satiate people; they simply want more servings. That insatiable appetite is destroying this country and now Miskevich is contributing to it one pierogi at a time.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of the best-selling book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.“
This column appeared on Fox.com
he won`t have to look too far for a lawyer to sue.
Sue for what?
Dershowitz seems to be more of a whiner than anything else in this situation. He’s not being denied service becasue he’s jewish. He’s being denied service because of his political views and last time I checked that’s not illegal. Heck, the Trump administration fires people because of their political views.
He is just experiencing the consequences of expressing his views.
Imagine a black liberal being tossed out of a shop while wearing a Biden/Harris hat…think there would be an outcry and a claim of racism?
No I can’t imagine, I only think in facts. You should try it sometime.
The Dershowitz encounter was about a perceived “belief” not a article of clothing. Oh, Dershowitz is Caucasian.
“No, I can’t imagine”…because you don’t want to think about the obvious example I just pointed out. Dersh is a Jew, if a black guy was tossed out of a shoppe there would be he** to pay, and you damn well know it.
Are you content to pursue and endorse abandoning traditional conservative advocacy for individual liberties and property rights in the interests of “one-upping” the left/liberal/woke cretins in their idiotic headlong rush to strip everyone of those rights by means of lawfare? I recognize the appeal of the “sauce for the goose” variety of revenge, but I will take a pass on wallowing in the mire with that sordid element, thank you very much. If Dershowicz was capable of thinking like anything but a lawyer for 5 minutes, he might agree.
And the Biden gang targeted people for their political beliefs.
I think George is really a Karen.
Sorry George but in America (not sure where you are from) you can not be denied service because of your political views. You could be denied service for your behavior if it were illegal. But political beliefs aren’t illegal here in the USA.
Imagine being George, a serial liar that refuses to own up to his constant lying and prevarication. George, where’s the Maxwell testimony, when you said that she lied under oath? You have no credibility here, serial liar George, move along.
It is discouraging to see the ongoing antics of those on the left. I hope that reasonable people on Martha’s Vinyard will boycott Good (Bad) Pierogi and put Krem Miskevich out of business.
Thank you, Jonathan, for your continued efforts to expose left-wing crazies like Miskevich.
Remember the wealthy people of Martha’s Vineyard are proven bigots. The shipped the 50 or so illegals that landed on the shores right off the island despite their supposed belief in illegal entry into the US. Miskevich is just mirroring his left wing crazy neighbors.
Yup, it took less then 24 hours to ship all 48 of them off to military base on Cape Cod.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre is now Deceased (April 25, 2025), apparently from a Suicide (Jane Doe #3 – another suicide once again).
There is; Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2, and Jane Doe #4 and Others to address Dershowitz’s innocence be that the case.
Idiom: “You play in dirt, you get dirty” means that if you engage in morally questionable or risky activities, you are likely to experience negative consequences or become involved in undesirable situations. It’s a warning that actions have consequences, and if you choose to participate with Clients of shady or dangerous behaviors, you shouldn’t be surprised when you encounter difficulties or become tainted by the experience.
Alan Dershowitz’s “mistake” was taking Jeffrey Epstein as a Client. As the potential of Dershowitz’s self-exposure was imminent.
So ‘Why did Dershowitz take the case to begin with? (Defendant’s Defense or Self-Defense?)
Obviously that Question still hangs in balance of the minds in Martha’s Vineyard.
The fact that Ghislaine Maxwell holds out for immunity in exchange for testimony to Congress, raises the Question of Whom she will need protection from (possibly Dershowitz for one). There is quite a bit of ‘insider protection circulating this matter’ on the Hill.
IMO: The Exposure/Disclosure of Names is being ‘brokered’ right now. Maybe some financial extortion to keep Names out of the spotlight.
In the End, all of the Perpetrators should be listed in the Federal Registry of Sexual Offenders, No Exemptions (i.e.: Heads of State et.al.)
Comer OKs delay for Ghislaine Maxwell’s congressional testimony, denies immunity request
Comer also denied Maxwell’s request to see the committee’s questions in advance
By Elizabeth Elkind , David Spunt Fox News ~ August 1, 2025
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comer-oks-delay-ghislaine-maxwells-congressional-testimony-denies-immunity-request
The OLD DIRT. Why was it ‘Settled Out of Court’?
Alan Dershowitz called for the release of Epstein court documents. In them, Virginia Giuffre alleges they had sex at least 6 times.
By Jacob Shamsian , Haven Orecchio-Egresitz , and Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert ~ Jan 10, 2024
https://www.businessinsider.com/epstein-accuser-detailed-sex-with-alan-dershowitz-in-unsealed-document-2024-1
Alan Dershowitz sued in Prince Andrew sex abuse case
Lawyers representing a woman who has alleged Prince Andrew and law professor Alan Dershowitz had sex with her when she was a minor are suing Mr Dershowitz for defamation.
Mr Dershowitz and Prince Andrew are two of three well-known men named in court documents
By: BBC.com – World-US-Canada News ~ January 7th 2015
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30708795
The smell Lingers in Martha’s Vineyard and elsewhere.
Alan Dershowitz, a prominent American lawyer and former Harvard Law professor, played a significant role in the legal defense of Jeffrey Epstein, a financier accused of sex trafficking and abusing underage girls. Below is a detailed explanation of Dershowitz’s actions in relation to the Epstein case, based on available information:
1. Legal Representation of Jeffrey Epstein (2006–2008)
• Role in the Non-Prosecution Agreement (2008): Dershowitz was a key member of Epstein’s legal team when Epstein faced investigation in 2005 for sexually abusing underage girls in Palm Beach, Florida. Dershowitz helped negotiate a controversial non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with federal prosecutors, led by then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta. Under this agreement, Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to two state charges of soliciting prostitution, one involving a minor, and was sentenced to 18 months in a county jail, serving only 13 months with significant time on “work release” in an office. The NPA also granted immunity to Epstein and any potential co-conspirators from federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida, which later sparked widespread criticism for being overly lenient.
• Rationale for Representation: Dershowitz has defended his role, stating that his job as a defense attorney was to secure the best possible outcome for his client within legal ethics. He expressed regret for taking the case in light of later developments but maintained that the plea deal was appropriate given his role.
2. Personal Allegations of Misconduct
• Accusations by Virginia Giuffre: Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Epstein accuser, alleged in a 2014 court filing that Epstein had trafficked her to Dershowitz for sex multiple times between 2000 and 2002, when she was a teenager. Another accuser, Sarah Ransome, also claimed she was directed to have sex with Dershowitz. These allegations surfaced in legal documents and defamation lawsuits, drawing significant attention.
• Dershowitz’s Response: Dershowitz vehemently denied these allegations, asserting he never met Giuffre or Ransome and providing travel records to claim he could not have been in the locations alleged. He accused Giuffre of fabricating the claims for financial gain and suggested her lawyer, David Boies, was involved in an extortion plot, a claim he later retracted. Dershowitz also sought disbarment of Giuffre’s attorneys and filed counter-defamation lawsuits.
• Settlement of Lawsuits (2022): In November 2022, Giuffre dropped her defamation lawsuit against Dershowitz, stating she “may have made a mistake” in identifying him as one of her abusers, citing the stressful and traumatic environment of her youth. Dershowitz and Giuffre reached a non-monetary settlement, resolving all litigation, including Dershowitz’s countersuits against Giuffre and Boies. Dershowitz claimed vindication, while acknowledging Giuffre’s belief in her accusations at the time.
*. First realize there’s billions of dollars in the case and it has been thrown in as chum. Sharks are swarming as they do. It’s not uncommon to embellish stories of horror.
Prostitution is old world nonsense now. It’s transactional dating and s$x workers is becoming a vocation.
15 and 16 year old girls and boys aren’t prosecuted if the partner is of similar age. Consent is 16 in New Mexico and as the population becomes increasingly multi cultural this will be considered as new laws come on board as multiple wives to accommodate Islam’s beliefs, as lgbt becomes more engrained, as surrogacy and in vitro increasingly come on board and single parents are increasingly the rule, the old judeo-christian ethic will no longer apply.
It’s all up for grabs now. When a teenage boy dates a teen for hamburgers they stop off for that big good night kiss now. The transaction was hamburger and fries until the next baby comes along. What’s in your wallet has an effect. Marry up in hypergamy or down in hypogamy. Studies find men have no low bar and women would rather die than engage in hypogamy unless paid.
I’m just delivering the news and have no horse in the race. With only a few years left maybe, I just watch. My opinion is of no matter, farm 4504.
*. ^^^ In addition no one is entitled to my personal beliefs. I’m in disagreement with all of it suffices.
Did Dershowitz charge very large sums when representing the high profile very wealthy clients? Dershowitz did the work for high fees? Find the fee?
The professor is right that what Miskevich is doing is wrong. But it’s not illegal. In fact, public shaming is a valuable tool in displaying societal disapproval. Used to excess as Miskevich is doing can lead to a grievously fractured society, and Turley is correct to disapprove.
Except that this same lady, and her backers, sued to force a baker to CREATE a cake for a cause he didn’t support.
Not sure where you are from but in the US you can’t deny a public service to people based on their race, ethnicity, religion, age, creed, or political beliefs. I think we resolved this in the 60’s. Maybe Dems believe this but Americans don’t.
I’d rather have the soup Nazi refuse to serve me than have him/Mis spit in my soup/pierog.
It turns out the Dershowitzes come from the same Galician shetl as my dad’s grandmother, and as such, he is fully entitled to eat pierogies at any and all times.
And the Pierogi Nazi should ponder whether his hatred of Dershowitz makes him a soulmate of the actual Nazis who exterminated 90% of that shtetl’s Jews.
The same huh? Then give the guy a kewpie doll.
Political views are not a protected class. Trump is a dictator, fascist, authoritarian who is causing suffering to many, and will cause much more suffering. People who actively support fascism need to be treated as the scum that they are.
“Political views are not a protected class. Trump is a dictator, fascist, authoritarian who is causing suffering to many, and will cause much more suffering. People who actively support fascism need to be treated as the scum that they are.”
Fascists always reduce the size and scope of government, and restore individual rights and liberties. Your talking points are so dated it’s laughable.
So attack Alan Dershowitz?
When Putin goes to Alaska, Former Governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin will be serving crab cakes made with real Alaskan King Crabs.
Stoopid comment.
When Putin goes to California, Harris will be serving,something, but she’ll be doing it while on her knees. It’s her only real skill.
Bill “Slick Willy” Clinton used a phrase, “if you like what you see, start kissing.”
So, Massachusetts doesn’t discriminate against individuals in the transgender spectrum (e.g. homosexuals), but they do endorse the misogyny of males who identify as females in her space, her face. Can they abort the baby, cannibalize her profitable parts, sequester the “burden” of evidence, and have her, too? Sexual orientations including pedophilia? #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LoveWins?
Miskevichi is local nut job from what I learned. An attention seeker with a low IQ. Encountered him last summer when I was with guests from Germany on the Vineyard. He thought we spoke Hebrew and were Jews then made insulting comments to us. We just walked away. Someone then said to us: “So you met Mis huh? The food sucks anyways.”
“Chef Krem Miskevich has barred the famed lawyer from buying pierogis because of his political views . . . and *liberals are applauding* him for it. (JT, emphasis added)
“We welcome all speakers on campus.” Unless his name is Charlie Kirk.
“We embrace minorities.” Unless his name is Clarence Thomas.
“We believe and support her.” Unless that her is a blue-eyed blond doing a jeans ad.
Is that what the Left means by “inclusion?”
I’d rather have no pierogi than one that has shite filling. How about we require business to have either a red or blue sign on their front door so that patrons can choose to patronize their business based on their political affiliation?
For you its about a pierogi? Interesting perspective.
“For you its about a pierogi? Interesting perspective”
Try reading more than the first sentence, numbnuts.
So now its about putting a Star of Davis on businesses you want to hate? So says the good Nazi.
“putting a Star of Davis on businesses you want to hate”
I thought that was the job of Democrats, like you. Just like your ideological brethren the National Socialists.
Require a business to post … so you can target those you want to destroy? Is that your message? The Nazi did and it worked for them.
You need to rethink your comments.
The hypocrisy of the left is the point. What good is power if you can’t wield it over those you hate? And there is no better method of passive-aggressive persecution than the rank hypocrisy.
What an astute observation.
I would not do business with a vendor who hated me. I am unable to enjoy any product or service provided by anyone who makes loud noises about despising the worldview I share with millions of others. This goes beyond any natural reluctance to put my money into the pocket of someone who hates me. If they privately oppose or hate me, who cares? If they promote their own views with which i disagree, they’re free to do so. I’m not going to comment or engage about them, if I value their product. But the loud, crass and dishonest virtue-signaling hate it cannot abide. I can no longer enjoy, for example, a film that includes DeNiro, or even Tom Hanks, among others. I just can’t get past the fact that they would hate me for my beliefs, if they knew me. And for a pierogi? I would certainly let others know what a bigoted ponce he was, right after I invited him to stick the pierogis where the sun don’t shine. After that I would utterly refuse to even consider doing business with him again.
I ignore vendors that espouse a world view. They are less than useless.
Totally agree with you. Why support a business that is abusive towards you? Money spends anywhere!
Libtards….what you gonna do when they come for you?
It is my view that Americans should be free to discriminate for any reason. I reject all those laws that say businesses must serve this or that that group. If I were a business person, I would do business with anyone, regardless of what the believe.
*. Wait until every business in State x,y or refuses to serve you and you’re driving through that State only to find another such State.
Silly argument.
The cake baker can scrape off the writing and desanctify it if you’re hungry.
This guy and he is a guy is just doing what the major banks did and what Biden did discriminating against people based on their political beliefs. The banking is just another form of refusing to sell a pierogi
*. It’s political bigotry. It’s a derivative of racism. It has standing about service.
The Sydney Sweeney law of advertising: there’s no such thing as bad publicity, especially when your critics are toxic weirdos.
What happened to Professor Dershowitz will prove another 80/20 fight. Stand your ground, Professor!!
I think it’s time for another bus lift to Martha’s Vineyard.
I think another wealth tax and property tax increase is better for them. Make your soup and drink it too!
I would agree with you IF Martha’s Vineyard was populated and/or visited equally with conservatives and leftists. It is, however, a haven for Che Guevara wannabes and worshippers. I do, however, love your idea of dumping another horde of illegals onto MV. Of course, the residents might like that too. I’m sure they want more slaves to clean their homes, cut their grass, paint their houses, sweep their streets, and collect their garbage.
No, they would not like more illegals. How do you forget when the illegals were dropped off at 8:20 in the morning. They were already on the phone at 8:22, with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker who activated the National Guard to assist and ultimately transport the illegals/migrants to a temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod, which was “better” to support services, less than 4 hours later. Don’t you know they already have their own illegals? They’re from Brazil.
Of course Dylan Mulvaney was bad publicity for Bud Lite as Coldplay was bad publicity for Kristin Cabot. Maybe you were born in the current millennium, but that expression is most often attributed to P. T. Barnum.
Sydney Sweeney doesn’t need any law or publicity and her jeans don’t do anything a short, tight dress wouldn’t do better, except be Anonymous.
*. The only thing the ad proved is young blonds with big boobs still rule the roost. Drape them across cars or smiling for toothpaste is the ticket.
Nothing else , shocking! Be sure you get a background check, Jeffrey.
I’m surprised that Turley didn’t mention the obligations imposed by state licensing of business activity. Presumably, the pierogi vendor has a permit or license to make and sell his baked products to the public. That generally carries with it an obligation not to discriminate based on the usual reasons. Does Dershowitz have a case? He should be the best judge of that. In the meantime, he has opened his liberal community and pals to ridicule and shame. I think Trump should send him a box of “conservative” pierogis. They could have an annual pierogi-eating contest on the island like the one at Nathan’s in Coney Island. Alan could be the new Joey Chestnut of the Vinyard!
JJC,
Thank you for pointing out the state permit or license part. I had a similar thought.
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Fat fingered the first time! Don’t want to be grouped in the Anonymi>
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Farm4501,
I make my own!
Good points on the state licensing. The other not mentioned that I read somewhere is that the public market is on public grounds and permitted by the city. Another difference between a private business in private property refusing to sell.
Political views are not a protected class people can discriminate based on politics all day long. From a business standpoint it’s not very smart, but they’re stupid people that are in business all over America.
And gays can’t buy wedding cakes, this has been decided.
No, you can’t FORCE a baker to make a specific pro-gay cake. Only a partisan hack/liar wouldn’t see the difference. In other words you can’t ban Streisand from singing but you can’t force her to sing at Trump’s inauguration.
HullBobby,
Thank you for pointing that out for all the slow and dumb annoy morons out there.
^^ hull, religions discriminate. Lgbtq doesn’t like the idea within religions that lgbtq go to hell. The ring of there’s a special place in hell for you sounds like hate to them.
FYI only –> that’s what I’ve heard.
Really, Anonymous? Really?!? A full and complete misrepresentation of the central issue is your contribution?
I wish these comments had a mute button.
Moot button
Transgenders, including homosexuals, can and did buy cakes. The narrative published was a handmade tale to progress discrimination of people who reject celebration of the albinophobic (“Rainbow”) parade, but not of transgender individuals.
Anonymous 8:47AM-
Obviously some reading comprehension problems here. It was established that Gays can buy wedding cakes just not special project cakes that compelled speech that impinged upon a person’s free speech rights and religious views. The Buyer of the cakes was compelling speech as well as the governmental entity that tried to enforce the ill-conceived law. But standard fare, off the shelf was for sale to anyone.
This Pierogi Nazi is acting just like stores in Alabama in the 1950’s not allowing black Americans to sit there and buy food that is standard fare and on the menu. If it was illegal in Alabama or the South then it’s illegal in Martha’s Vinyard now. The patrons were only asking for service and not requiring any free speech or religious compulsion iniminical to the store owners beliefs.
One major difference. Race is a protected status because it is immutable, one can’t stop being black (Michael Jackson notwithstanding). Viewpoint is not immutable and one has (or should have) the right to choose such business associations. It’s often not wise as a businessperson to do so, but it is within that person’s right to behave in self-injurious manner,
Right, there aren’t religious pierogi. Are there political pierogi?
It’s commerce.
Are you paid to act this stupid and uninformed or is it just a natural talent?
^^ government deals in food and not ritual cakes, anon. Dershowitz seeks food.
The Pope said marriage is for a man and a woman who will create children; marriage protects the entire family.
Matrimony comes from the root word for mother, mater.
Homosexuals are abnormal freaks of nature who deserve no superior handling and may enter contracts.
Really, Martha’s Vineyard? That is one hateful place. Look how they treated illegals that were sent there; “get them out of our lovely home!” The “Love Trumps Hate” crowd is back with a vengence!
#HateLovesAbortion is a religious sacrament in progressive sects predominantly Democratic. Such a “burden” h/t Obama. Albinophobic (“Rainbow”) sentiment, too. A politically congruent (“=”) conundrum that can only be reconciled through their Pro-Choice religion prosecuted through liberal license.
The residents cling to shared/shifted responsibility as a religious sacrament.