Overview

• Dershowitz had filed a lawsuit on July 30 after the Good Pierogi vendor cited his perceived anti-Zionist views when refusing service.
• His August 7 return to the West Tisbury Farmers Market ended with the vendor again declining to sell him pierogies, triggering a tense standoff over private vendors’ service rights.
• The conversation escalated as Dershowitz misgendered the vendor, who corrected him by stating their they/them pronouns.
• Other shoppers vocalized support for the vendor, chanting “Time to go!” and urging Dershowitz to leave the market.
• Market organizers are drafting explicit rules to bar vendors from discriminating against customers based on political beliefs.