San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie denounced a blatantly antisemitic outburst at a political event Wednesday after attendees shifted from chanting �tax the rich� to �tax the Jews.�

The incident occurred during an afternoon gathering in San Francisco that Lurie hosted alongside District Five Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, labor leaders and workers. The event was intended to promote a plan aimed at creating jobs and expanding housing opportunities in the city.

�This was an event I put on with Supervisor Mahmood, labor leaders, and dozens of workers to announce a plan that creates more jobs for those workers and housing for San Franciscans,� Lurie said in a post on X.

�Suggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly antisemitic,� Lurie wrote.

Lurie added that he would not tolerate antisemitism or any other form of hatred in the city. �This kind of bigotry does not belong in San Francisco,� he said.

The episode comes amid growing concerns about antisemitic incidents in the Bay Area. In December, a dumpster outside San Francisco Hillel was set ablaze in a suspected arson attack. Students were inside the building preparing for the final Shabbat of the academic term when the fire broke out. A suspect was later arrested.

The same Hillel building had been vandalized the previous year with the word �Khaybar,� a reference to a seventh-century battle in which forces led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad defeated Jewish tribes in the Arabian Peninsula. The phrase is frequently invoked in anti-Israel protests, and many Jewish groups view it as a threat of violence.

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