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BELOW: Paul Saginaw
at Zingerman’s

Symbolic
Support

Sanctuary Restaurants show solidarity
with immigrant communities.

ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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n this current climate of anti-immigrant policy and a rise in anti-
Muslim and anti-Arab racism and bigotry throughout this coun-
try, joining the Sanctuary Restaurants movement is just one way
we can communicate our support for these communities,” said for-
mer Detroiter Max Sussman, a chef who co-owns Samesa, a Brooklyn
Middle Eastern restaurant, with his brother, chef Eli Sussman.
The Sanctuary Restaurants movement that attracted the Sussmans
seeks to affirm people’s humanity and dignity by designating eateries
that offer safe, tolerant spaces for their workers and customers.
Started two months ago, the project is a collaboration between the
aid group Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United)
and Presente.org, an online advocacy group for Latin American
immigrants in the United States. As of late last week, the number of
Sanctuary Restaurants participants has grown to 300.
According to the Presente.org website, Sanctuary Restaurants do
not allow “harassment of any individual based on nationality, refu-
gee status, religion, race, gender, gender identity or expression, or
sexual orientation.”
“We are saying ‘no’ to sexism, racism and xenophobia at
Zingerman’s,” declared Paul Saginaw. His family of companies with
co-owner Ari Weinzweig was among the first to join the Sanctuary

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