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𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. 𝐒𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 “𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒” 𝐀𝐍𝐃 “𝐅∗𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋” 𝐀𝐓 𝐉𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐄. Not at a protest. Not at a rally. At 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲 in one of the most public spaces on earth. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!” she screamed. “𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴! 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴! 𝘍∗𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭! 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦!” She recorded herself doing it. She 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 people to see. That’s the part that should disturb you most. This wasn’t a moment of rage caught on someone else’s camera. Jennifer Koonings 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 harassing strangers she identified as Jewish and posted it as if it were something to be proud of. The comfort with which she screams these things in broad daylight in the middle of Times Square tells you everything about what’s been 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 in this country. She’s a 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 licensed in the State of New York, affiliated with 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 (imhs.nyc). She treats patients. She may treat 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. A woman who screams “baby killers” and “terrorists” at Jewish strangers on the street is someone entrusted with the mental health of vulnerable people in New York City. This isn’t a lapse in judgment. This is who she is when she thinks it’s socially acceptable. And in 2026 New York — under a mayor who scrapped the IHRA antisemitism definition on 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞 — she’s right. It 𝐢𝐬 socially acceptable. That’s the problem. So let’s make Jennifer Koonings famous. Let’s make sure 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 knows that their provider is on video screaming antisemitic slurs at Jewish people in Times Square. Let’s make sure every Jewish patient and family considering their services sees exactly who is behind the door. Her employer’s website lists her credentials: 𝐏𝐌𝐏𝐍𝐏-𝐁𝐂, 𝐌𝐒, 𝐌𝐒, 𝐍𝐘𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄. Here’s a credential they left off: 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝.