A Friday night meal in Manhattan billed as a traditional Shabbos seudah drew sharp condemnation from Jewish activists and community leaders after it emerged that the guest list was dominated by prominent anti-Israel figures — with tickets running as high as $5,000 per person.

The dinner was organized by Climate Defiance, a left-wing activist group, and held at the home of filmmaker Jill Goldman.

Among those invited were Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour, the former co-chair of the Women’s March who was fired due to her antisemitism; Brad Lander, former City Comptroller and the Democratic congressional candidate who prayed in Arabic recently at a mosque that featured prayers for the murder of all “infidels” and Tiffany Cabán, a Queens Democratic Socialist who was arrested during a Gaza-related protest.

The dinner invitation described the event as a “traditional Shabbat meal” that would “break bread” and “build community,” welcoming “allies of all faiths, backgrounds, and traditions.” Organizers stipulated “no phones, no cameras, no tech” at the gathering.

Critics were quick to push back on the framing. “Why is this being done in secrecy? What is it that you’re going to say that needs to be hidden from the public? Knowing who the players are, this feels like it’s using Shabbat as a cover,” said Tali Goldsheft of the “Politically Homeless No More” movement, who suggested the prohibition on devices was designed to shield the gathering from scrutiny.

Sarsour has previously come under fire for her association with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has made virulently antisemitic remarks. She was also among those who led an illegal protest in the Capitol Rotunda following the October 7 massacre, which resulted in dozens of arrests. Israel’s government barred her from entering the country earlier this month, a move that prompted backlash from the anti-Israel group CAIR.

Lander has faced accusations of promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement — a campaign aimed at isolating and delegitimizing the Jewish state — after he divested government funds from Israeli bonds when they matured during his tenure as comptroller. He recently appeared in a campaign advertisement for Darializa Avila Chevalier, a far-left congressional candidate.

Goldsheft, who is Jewish, was blunt in her criticism of Lander’s participation. “Like David Duke, Linda Sarsour is a bigot and a social pariah,” she said, accusing the Jewish Lander of “using a Jewish tradition to promote himself alongside Sarsour.”

Michelle Ahdoot of End Jew Hatred was equally unsparing. “Rather than ‘Shabbat dinner,’ this is nothing more than a ‘Jew-hater dinner,’” she said. “These very same people advocate for the racist BDS movement, which is unacceptable in today’s society, and frankly, this foursome’s Jew-hatred is unacceptable at any event, most of all at one that they dare to frame as a Shabbat dinner.”