Posted By  richards on February 17, 2015    
				
				    There is no peace in the Mideast  or Midtown.  
    A Jewish kosher-food purveyor says hes being prevented from    settling in the heart of Manhattan by the halal mafia.  
    Yisroel Mordowitz insists he just wants to peacefully peddle    sandwiches piled high with brisket or pastrami from his Holy    Rollers cart in the lucrative Rockefeller Center area, 48th    Street off Sixth Avenue.  
    But a group of irate Egyptian competitors block the kosher    vendor from setting up on the sidewalk, literally squatting on    the curb or placing umbrellas and beverage cartons to cordon    off the space.  
    This guy is hungry     hungry for money, bellowed 48th Street Sabrett-slinger Mohamed    Mossad, who along with nearly a dozen others successfully kept    Mordowitz off the block. I have a family, too!  
    Why doesnt he go to 47th Street? Mossad shouted, referring    to the Hasidim-heavy Diamond District. Hes just coming to    this particular spot, and he wants to grab it from me  and    kill me, actually. Kill my business.  
    The Holy Rollers adhere to strict kosher guidelines, and their    Muslim rivals sell halal food prepared in accordance with    Islamic law. For both, pork is a no-no, but there are    differences in how meat must be slaughtered and prepped.  
    Escalating tensions so concerned Avram Wolpin, the mashgiach     or on-site supervisor who certifies food as kosher  that he    feared a veritable falafel fatwa. He told Mordowitz he was    worried he would disappear.  
    After two unsuccessful attempts to work on Sixth, Mordowitz    made his exodus southwestward to 35th Street and Ninth Avenue,    near B&H Photo, the Hasidic-run electronics megastore.  
    I thought I could bring peace to Midtown, lamented Mordowitz,    30, of Queens. Im not an enemy  Im a friend.  
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