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Former state deputy Dov Hikind, seen here in an archive photo, led a protest in front of NBC’s “SNL” studios on February 27, 2021.
Stefan Jeremiah
“Saturday Night Live” wasn’t getting any laughs on West 49th Street, as dozens showed up with megaphones and signs to protest a joke from the previous week about vaccines in Israel.
The crowd, led hours before the program broadcast by former state deputy Dov Hikind, shouted “Shame on NBC!” and “Anti-Semitism is not funny!” outside the NBC West 49th Street entrance.
Comedian Michael Che provoked a negative reaction when he joked in a recent segment of the “Weekend Update”: “Israel is reporting that it vaccinated half of its population. I will guess that it is the Jewish half. “
“It’s incredible that they haven’t apologized yet,” Hikind told The Post.
“They did something so notorious, so horrible, that I personally am fed up with a big network like NBC giving themselves up to spreading hatred. This is basically what they did. “
He vowed to continue “whatever is needed” until the problem is recognized.
“I will not be silent about those things that really endanger the Jewish people,” he said.
