Rapper-comedian stages Passover Seder dinners on the subway to help combat antisemitism on NYC trains

He’s fighting subway antisemitism one matzoh ball at a time.A comedic rapper has been staging Passover Seder dinners on the subway as a “fun and quirky” way to combat anti-Jewish sentiment and “bring people together” on Big Apple trains, he told The Post.For the performances, Rami Matan Even-Esh, 43, who goes by the punny rap name Kosha Dillz, dresses like Moses with a fake beard and robe as he rolls tables of food into the Q train, footage shows.“There are so many antisemitic train incidents, but the dinner has a spiritual, deeper meaning,” said Even-Esh, who also appears on MTV’s Wild ‘n Out.“It’s a really great way to bring people together.”During the sacred meal on wheels, Even-Esh spits funny and self-deprecating rhymes and offers straphangers everything from Katz’s matzoh ball soup to grape juice and even gefilte fish, he said.Straphangers reactions’ to the mobile Passover feast have included a Dominican dad and son who chowed down on matzah crackers and an Egyptian teenager with a “Free Palestine” bracelet who ended up joining the fun, Even-Esh said.But others have been less willing to break unleavened bread — including an unhinged protester, headed to Columbia University, who lashed out at him during last year’s performance.“Why don’t you free Palestine?” she’s shown yelling in wild footage, before flipping Even-Esh off.Even-Esh said he responded by inviting her to dinner.“I said, ‘You’re coming out of pocket right now.
I need you to hold your horses,” he recalled.“‘We’re doing a Seder and you’re actually invited… I gotta finish this and then we can talk,” he said he told her — adding she left in a huff instead.The clash came during an uptick in antisemitic incidents on the transit system since the start of the war in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct.7, 2023 attack on Israel.
This year’s series of Subway Seders will include at least four shows on other trains such as the A,C,E and ...