(JTA) – Dozens of protesters got the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s weeklong tour of the United States off on a sour note. The demonstrators from Adalah-NY, the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, carried signs and chanted outside of Carnegie Hall in New York during a fundraising brunch on Sunday, Feb. 3, that was followed by a performance. The signs read “BDS,” “Whitewash Apartheid Orchestra” and “Israel fiddles while Palestine burns.” The orchestra is in the United States to play concerts in New York, Florida and Michigan.

CAP: Screen capture from video of anti-Israel protesters outside demonstrating against a performance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, New York, February 3, 2019. (Twitter)