Dave Portnoy announces fitting punishment for bigots who launched vile anti-semitic attack on his Philly bar

Barstool Sports president and founder Dave Portnoy has revealed the fitting punishment he has dished out to bigots who ordered a vile anti-semitic sign at one of his company-branded bars in Philadelphia.

An incensed Portnoy threatened to post the names of the people who requested a light-up bottle service sign that said ‘F*** the Jews’ at the Barstool Sansom Street bar located in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood.

He also revealed the two waitresses serving the table which ordered the sign have been fired. The Barstool boss then added that he was waiting for ideas on a solution from the perpetrators before he began publicly shaming them.

Over an hour and a half later, Portnoy posted a follow-up video saying that he has spoken to to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft – who runs the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism – and will be sending the culprits to tour the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

At the start of the second video, he said when he first heard of the incident he was so mad ‘you could have cooked an egg on my head, that’s how much steam and heat I had coming out of my ears.’

Portnoy continued: ‘The more I thought about it, it’s like, these are young f***kin morons who did this. They’re drunk. Do you really want to ruin somebody’s life?’

Emergency Press Conference – I’m sending the people who ordered the “Fuck Jews” signs at my bar to Auschwitz to learn about the Holocaust. Rather than ruin a couple 20 year olds
lives maybe this can be used as a teaching moment pic.twitter.com/sci4hBPBFA

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) May 4, 2025

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy revealed a solution to an ugly incident this weekend

A video posted to Instagram showed a waitress at a Barstool Sports-branded bar located in Center City, Philadelphia holding a light-up bottle service sign saying ‘F*** the Jews’

Portnoy says he spoke to the culprits and will be sending them on a tour of Auschwitz

Portnoy then went on to explain that he’s faced ‘more anti-Semitism in the last year, year-and-a-half’ than at any point since he founded Barstool.

‘So, yeah, my initial reaction was, I’m gonna f***ing burn these people to the ground. Their families, everything,’ he continued.

‘And it’s like, you know what? Maybe that’s not the best course of action. Maybe I can use this as a teaching moment. And before people just are like, f**k the Jews or any group and the hate, let’s try to turn a hideous incident into maybe a learning experience.

‘It’s cliché and very unlike me, but I talked to both the culprits who I know are super involved in it, talked to the families. I’m sending these kids to Auschwitz. They’ve agreed to go. That’s, of course, the Holocaust concentration camps.’

‘Been in touch with the Kraft’s who run the anti hate group [FCAS]. We’re going to send these kids to Auschwitz, and they’re going to do a tour of the concentration camps in Germany [sic] and hopefully learn something and maybe their lives aren’t ruined and they think twice.

‘And more importantly, other people see it’s not just words you’re throwing around. So to me, that’s a fair outcome of this event.’

Portnoy also confirmed the two waitresses will remain fired. He labeled one of them ‘the dumbest human I’ve ever talked to’ and said that she essentially acted alone.

‘Didn’t go to a manager. Kind of forced another girl to do it. She should have said no, but the other girl put up a fight. Those two girls are fired,’ he said.

Portnoy says that he spoke to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who is Jewish and runs the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism

Portnoy fumed in a rant about the incident posted to social media earlier on Sunday afternoon

Portnoy added that he’d be expensing the trip to the concentration camp. However, in the video, he twice said that Auschwitz was in Germany – when the camp is actually located in southern Poland.

He also sent a final message to people looking to directly attack the rumored people involved in this: ‘So for everyone, like, who wants these kids lives to be ruined? I think you can lay off and I think this is a fair f***ing trade.’

Portnoy’s first video about the incident, where he went on an incendiary rant, was posted just after 2:00pm Eastern time.

‘Usually a great bar. You know, bottle service, people buy drinks, you get a sign. There was a sign yesterday that said, “F*** the Jews”,’ he said.

‘I’ve been shaking. I’ve been so mad for the last two hours. Like I instantly got on, this is why the Emergency Press Conference is late, because I was so over the top.’

Portnoy then said, ‘I’m gonna f***ing make it my life f***ing mission to ruin these people. Like, I’m coming for your throat. I’m never ending.’

He explained that he’d spent the hours prior to making the video tracking down as much information as possible on the situation.

‘You think I’m gonna put up with this s**t at my bar?,’ Portnoy asked, incensed.

Portnoy, who himself is Jewish, said the two waitresses working that table have been fired. He also said he contacted the people behind the video and demanded they find a solution.

The 48-year-old said he was ‘hunting down’ the waitresses that served the table and those at the table themselves, ‘Because I want f***ing consequences for f***ing actions.’

A video of the sign was posted onto an Instagram story of an account that now appears to have been deleted.

That story tagged another account. Portnoy says he spoke to the person behind the tagged account and revealed that they weren’t at the bar that evening. 

‘I had this kid basically in tears, turning state witness to me, rolling on the people who there,’ he said.

Portnoy says he also contacted the person who posted the video before the account was deleted. The Barstool founder claims he is a student at Temple University.

He says the person behind the video began crying and telling Portnoy that he isn’t anti-Semitic.

‘I don’t buy it for a second,’ Portnoy said. ‘Who the f*** would do that sign in my f***in bar? You think I’m just gonna sit here? I’m gonna make it my mission to put you in lights.’

Portnoy waved an Israel flag in celebration of Bryce Mitchell’s UFC 314 defeat last month

He continued: ‘Tell me how do I make this right before I go ape-s**t. You want to take anti-Semitism classes? You want to do whatever? You make it feel right. I don’t need your tears… Trust me, they’re pulling the footage.

‘I’m 20 steps ahead and I’m using everything. I am going to come for your f***ing throat unless you give me answers.’

Portnoy concluded the rant: ‘What I’m saying is: I’m getting the names, I’m trying to be a little responsible, I’m trying to keep it together, but I’m on it. I’m f***ing on it.’ 

In a statement released to the university community, Temple president John Fry says the school’s Division of Student Affairs ‘identified one Temple student who is believed to have been involved’ and placed them on interim suspension.

The school is continuing to investigate the incident and that ‘any additional students who are found to be involved will face strict disciplinary action under the Student Conduct Code, up to and including expulsion.’

‘In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent. It has no place at Temple and acts of hatred and discrimination against any person or persons are not tolerated at this university,’ Fry’s statement said.

A number of Portnoy’s Barstool employees expressed sympathy and support for their boss on social media.

Barstool college football creator Kayce Smith posted, ‘This is absolutely sickening. My heart hurts for my Jewish friends and family knowing how much hate they face daily.’

‘horrifically hateful by these people who did it and those who allowed it. No place in the world for this. Horrific,’ posted Barstool gambling content creator Rico Bosco.

Portnoy has also called out rapper Kanye West over his pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic statements 

Last month, Portnoy was seen ringside at UFC 314 in Miami waving an Israeli flag in a pointed statement against one of the fighters, Bryce Mitchell.

Mitchell had gone viral earlier this year after making various anti-Semitic statements on a podcast – including statements denying the Holocaust.

He was soundly defeated by his Brazilian opponent, Jean Silva, and Portnoy took a victory lap on social media.

‘Always fun to see a Hitler lover get his a** whooped,’ Portnoy posted on X.

Portnoy has also previously blasted rapper Kanye West over his past anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.Com in New Orleans on Friday before the Super Bowl, Portnoy responded to the rapper by saying: ‘Piece of s***. Kanye is one of the absolute greatest pieces of s*** of all time.

‘I am Jewish and proud of it, so anyone who is pro-Hitler and says he is a Nazi, I have no room for in my life. I think the people who prop him up, surround him and say he’s not a jerk – if he’s sick, put him in a hospital.

‘I have no room for people like Kanye in my world. Kanye is one of the worst humans of all time.’

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