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"The Soup Nazi" is the 116th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was the sixth episode of the seventh season. It first aired in the United States on November 2, 1995. In the episode, Jerry, George and Elaine visit a soup stand operated by Yev Kassem (Larry Thomas), who has strict rules. The Soup Nazi's catchphrase "No soup for you!" is one of the many Seinfeld elements that have lived on in popularity and influence.


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Epstein's ex-lawyer slams vendor refusing him service—"I just want to shop"
Story by Kate Plummer

07/31/25

Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, is considering suing a food vendor that allegedly refused to serve him.

Posting on social media site Rumble, Dershowitz, a longtime criminal defense attorney, said that Good Pierogi, a stall at West Tisbury farmers market on Massachusetts island Martha's Vineyard, refused to serve him pierogi and that he would take legal action as a result.


"I will be petitioning the farmers market to grant booths only to venders who are willing to sell all customers regardless of religion, race or political views," Dershowitz told Newsweek.

He added that if this does not work, he might sue Good Pierogi.

"I hope this can be resolved without litigation," he added. "I just want to shop freely at farmers market without politics interfering. But I can't let discrimination persist in my own vacation town."


American lawyer Alan Dershowitz returns to the courtroom for the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump after a short break at the municipal criminal court in Monday May 20, 2024 in New York. Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP
American lawyer Alan Dershowitz returns to the courtroom for the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump after a short break at the municipal criminal court in Monday May 20, 2024 in New York. Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP

© Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP
Newsweek contacted Good Pierogi by email for comment.

Why It Matters
Dershowitz is a high-profile lawyer who represented Epstein, a wealthy financier who died by suicide in his jail cell in August 2019, weeks after his arrest on sex trafficking charges.

He has also been on the legal teams of Harvey Weinstein, President Donald Trump and O.J. Simpson, cementing his status as a public figure.

Politics is becoming increasingly polarized, with frequent accusations of a so-called cancel culture in which people with differing political views are not allowed to attend certain events or speak their mind. Dershowitz said since representing Trump, he has been banned from more events, including book fairs.

What To Know

Speaking on Rumble, Dershowitz said he attended the market and asked a stand for six pierogi, but the vendor said no. Dershowitz said he then asked whether the vendor had run out of pierogi, to which the vendor allegedly replied: "We have plenty of pierogi. I just won't sell them to you."


"I won't sell them to you because I don't approve of your politics," the vendor allegedly continued. I don't approve of who you've represented. I don't approve of who you support."

"The clear implication was that he opposed me because I defended Donald Trump on the floor of the Senate," Dershowitz said and added that he suspected he may have also not been served because he is a "Zionist."

He added that the police then came to the scene and sided with the server.

"It's McCarthyism of the left," he said and claimed refusing to serve him was against state and federal law.

He said he was taking action to ensure the stalls sell their products to everyone. He told Newsweek that he would rather resolve the issue in person before advancing legal action.

What People Are Saying
Alan Dershowitz, on X: "Bigoted vendor @ Martha's Vineyard Farmer's Market refused to sell to me for political reasons. I'm suing."

Matthew Mangino, a former district attorney in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, told Newsweek: "He continues to say he wasn't served because of his 'politics and those he represented.' Those are not protected classes. Dershowtiz knows that politics and his work are not a basis to sue for discrimination.

"He tries to pigeonhole the incident into religious discrimination, but he is careful not say it was religiously motivated. He wants to make politics a protected class—only in this political climate could one advocate for protecting political believes but not diversity, equality and inclusion."

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with another Seinfeld episode, "The Soup".
"The Soup Nazi"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 6
Directed by Andy Ackerman
Written by Spike Feresten
Production code 706
Original air date November 2, 1995
Guest appearances
Wayne Knight as Newman
Heidi Swedberg as Susan Ross
Larry Thomas as Yev Kassem/The Soup Nazi
Thom Barry as Building Superintendent
Steve Hytner as Kenny Bania
Ana Gasteyer as Woman
Alexandra Wentworth as Sheila
John Paragon as Cedric
Yul Vazquez as Bob
Vince Malocchi as Furniture Guy
Michael Michaud as Customer
Episode chronology
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Seinfeld season 7
List of episodes
"The Soup Nazi" is the 116th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, which was the sixth episode of the seventh season.[1] It first aired in the United States on November 2, 1995.[1] In the episode, Jerry, George and Elaine visit a soup stand operated by Yev Kassem (Larry Thomas), who has strict rules.

The Soup Nazi's catchphrase "No soup for you!" is one of the many Seinfeld elements that have lived on in popularity and influence.

Plot
Jerry, George and Elaine visit a new soup stand. Jerry explains that the owner, Yev Kassem, is known as the "Soup Nazi" due to his insistence on a strict manner of behavior while placing an order, but his soups are so delicious that the stand is constantly busy. En route, Elaine notices a man on the sidewalk with an armoire for sale. She forgoes the soup in favor of buying it. However, her building superintendent informs her that furniture move-ins are not allowed on Sundays, so she asks Kramer to watch the armoire and promises to get soup from Kassem for him in return. While she is away, Bob and Cedric bully Kramer and steal the armoire.

At the soup stand, George complains about not receiving bread with his meal. When he presses the issue after being expected to pay for it, George's order is taken away and his money returned. On a subsequent visit, George buys soup, but Elaine, having scoffed at Jerry's advice on how to order, draws Kassem's ire and is banned for a year.

Jerry and his girlfriend Sheila visit the soup stand. Kassem is repulsed by their kissing, so Jerry disavows Sheila to stay on Kassem's good side. Jerry talks about the breakup with George, who expresses disgust at Jerry and Sheila's baby talk and public displays of affection. Undeterred, Jerry makes up with Sheila at Monk's. George tries to teach him a lesson by behaving similarly with Susan, but this only leads to escalating affection between the couples as Jerry and George struggle to out-disgust each other. Susan is charmed by George's public show of affection and continues to mirror this behavior. Sensing George's discomfort at this, Jerry gloats by informing him that he and Sheila have broken up again.

Kramer, who has befriended Kassem, tells him about the armoire theft. Kassem offers him an armoire he has in storage as a replacement. Elaine is elated and goes to Kassem to thank him. When Kassem learns the armoire was for Elaine, he says he would rather have destroyed it than give it to her. Elaine returns to her apartment with Jerry, where they discover Kassem's soup recipes in the armoire. Vowing revenge, Elaine returns to the soup stand and confronts Kassem with the recipes, stating her intent to publicize them.

Jerry encounters Newman, who is running to get a pot from his apartment. Newman tells him that because of what Elaine said to Kassem, he is giving away whatever soup he has left, closing down his stand, and moving to Argentina. Jerry runs towards the soup stand.

Production
"The Soup Nazi" was Spike Feresten's first credited Seinfeld episode as a writer. The idea for the episode arose when Feresten told Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David about New York soup vendor Al Yeganeh, who was nicknamed "The Soup Nazi". Seinfeld and David laughed and said, "That's a show. Do that as your first show". Feresten's inspiration for the armoire subplot was a New York apartment building where he had lived, which forbade moving furniture on certain days. The armoire thieves were written as homosexual because Larry David decided that "only gay guys would steal an armoire".[2] At the time Feresten wrote the episode, both he and Seinfeld were dating women who would use affectionate baby talk with them, which led to the Jerry/Sheila story.[3]

The first cast table reading for "The Soup Nazi" was held on September 28, 1995, and it was filmed before a studio audience on October 3.[4] In the episode, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) references Scent of a Woman. Louis-Dreyfus had never seen the film, but Seinfeld suggested she do an impersonation of Al Pacino's character and showed her how.[5]

The character

Actor Larry Thomas polished his portrayal of the Soup Nazi by studying Omar Sharif's accent in Lawrence of Arabia, and received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
The Soup Nazi was portrayed by Larry Thomas. Thomas, who did not realize that the character was based on a real person, received the inspiration for his portrayal from watching Lawrence of Arabia and studying Omar Sharif's accent.[6][7][8]

The Soup Nazi has a cameo in the Seinfeld series finale, in which his true name is revealed. He is a witness in the case against Seinfeld, Elaine, George and Kramer. He tells Hoyt about how he banned Elaine from his shop, only for her to return and ruin his business, forcing him to move to Argentina (paralleling the Ratlines used by the real Nazis). Elaine angers him by smugly claiming, "His soup wasn't all that good anyway."

Inspiration

The restaurant Soup Kitchen International was the inspiration for this episode of Seinfeld. The restaurant closed in 2004, but has since reopened.
The character was inspired by Ali "Al" Yeganeh (Persian: ;;; ;;;;;), an Iranian American soup vendor who ran Soup Kitchen International on West 55th Street in New York City, eventually turning it into the chain The Original Soup Man.[9] Yeganeh was originally offended by the portrayal.[10]

According to writer Spike Feresten, Jerry Seinfeld and several members of the production team went to Soup Kitchen International for lunch weeks after "The Soup Nazi" aired. Upon recognizing Seinfeld, Yeganeh "did a triple take" and went into a profanity-filled rant about how the show had "ruined" his business, demanding an apology. Seinfeld gave what Feresten describes as "the most sarcastic apology I've ever seen anyone give."[11] Feresten has also said that some of the episode's encounters in the soup line, such as Elaine slapping her hands on the counter and telling the Soup Nazi he looks like Al Pacino, were based on scenes he witnessed at Yeganeh's real-life soup outlet.[3]

According to Nora Ephron's DVD commentary, the first pop culture reference to Yeganeh (though not by name) seems to have come years before the Seinfeld episode, in the 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle. In the film, an unseen journalist pitches a story for the lifestyle section of The Baltimore Sun to their editor: "This man sells the greatest soup you have ever eaten, and he is the meanest man in America. I feel very strongly about this, Becky; it's not just about the soup."[12][13]

Legacy
Thomas's portrayal of the Soup Nazi earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1996.[14]

Advertising

An Eat'n Park sign featuring the Soup Nazi's catchphrase as a joke in 2016.
Like Jackie Chiles, the Soup Nazi character (played by Thomas) has appeared in commercials after the end of the series.

In an advertisement by the corporate lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom, he denies food to people he considers to be too fat.
In June 2015, Thomas collaborated with Pepsi Max to promote their Top Street Food Project in Israel. According to the website, "US actor Larry Thomas, the notorious Soup Nazi from the hit series Seinfeld, roams the streets of Tel Aviv in a new Pepsi Max commercial, striking fear into the hearts of Israeli salesmen and women as he searches for the perfect meal and demands a suitable beverage to quench his thirst."[15]
Thomas appeared, in character, along with Jerry Seinfeld in a television commercial for Acura that aired during the 2012 Super Bowl. In the advertisement, Seinfeld is trying to bribe an ordinary guy to get an Acura, offering him soup from The Soup Nazi, who happily offers "Soup for you!". After Jay Leno beat Jerry Seinfeld in bribing the ordinary guy, the Soup Nazi was seen with Jerry, an alien, and a "Munchkin" at a restaurant where they are angered at Jay Leno's actions.
In 2013, Serbu Firearms refused to sell their model BFG-50A semi-automatic .50 rifles to the New York City Police Department after the passage of the NY SAFE Act that classified their weapon as an assault rifle.[16] They issued a T-shirt depicting the Soup Nazi, with the slogan "No Serbu For You!" Serbu has since removed the image of Thomas and replaced it with one of their founder Mark Serbu.[17]
In popular culture
Two allusions appear in the sitcom Arrested Development. In Season 3, episode 2 "For British Eyes Only" (Sept. 26, 2005), the crooked housing entrepreneur George Bluth Sr. is charged with signing a development deal with Saddam Hussein, despite the embargo against Iraq. Bluth claims that he acted in good faith, mistakenly believing that Hussein was Larry Thomas because of his resemblance to the Soup Nazi.[18]
On the November 5, 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live, host Charlie Day played a Columbo-like character, Crime Detective, in the sketch "Crime Scene."[19] Jason Sudeikis, as Officer Dan Owens, is continually surprised by the Detective's unworldliness and ignorance of television. Officer Owens remarks that the crime scene looks exactly like Jerry's apartment, down to the placement of the furniture, then laughs when the Crime Detective (who has never heard of Seinfeld) bugs out exactly like Kramer upon seeing two soup bowls on the kitchen counter. Having agreed that, with no signs of a forced entry or a struggle, the murderer might be a neighbor, Owens suggests that maybe "someone didn't like his soup and killed him over it." To Owens's outrage, the Crime Detective speculates, "What, like some kind of soup Nazi?"[20][21]
In-person promotions
Larry Thomas has used the character to promote soup kitchens for the homeless.[22]
In July 2012, the "Seinfeld Food Truck" embarked on an eight-stop United States tour. The truck, driven by Larry Thomas, handed out free soup along with other Seinfeld-related food items: Snapple, Twix, Junior Mints, black and white cookies, and muffin tops.[23]
Thomas was hired by Yeganeh's company in July 2015 to portray the Yev Kassem character as promotion for Soupman products.[24]
Other
The episode inspired an actual soup chain, Soup Nutsy, which opened in 1996 in New York City. Though it had no official connection to, or endorsement from, Seinfeld or its creators, it included specific Seinfeld references such as describing two of its soups as "Jerry's Favorite" and "Kramer's Favorite".[25] In 1997 it was bought by Franchise Concepts.[26] As of 2022, a few of its locations remain in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.[27]
The 2009 Seinfeld: A XXX Parody was inspired by The Soup Nazi.[28]
References
 "Seinfeld Season 7 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
 "Seinfeld – Season 7" DVD bonus material, in which, during the episode's "Inside Look" featurette, Feresten recounts this story.
 Feresten, Spike; Ackerman, Andy; Seinfeld, Jerry (2006). Seinfeld Season 7: Audio Commentary – 'The Soup Nazi' (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
 "Seinfeld – Season 7" DVD bonus material, "Notes About Nothing" subtitles
 "Seinfeld – Season 7" DVD bonus material, in which during the episode's "Inside Look" featurette, Louis-Dreyfus recounts this story.
 Schwartz, Lance (May 30, 2012). "Lance's Journal: The Soup Nazi Visits Lincoln, May 30" Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine. 10 11.
 Jeffery, Morgan (January 20, 2012). "'Seinfeld': The greatest ever moments". Digital Spy.
 "Hulk, Soup Nazi to greet Wheaton flea market visitors". Daily Herald. August 18, 2011.
 See a profile of Yeganeh in "The Soup Man of 55th Street." New York Cookbook. ed. Molly O'Neill. Workman Publishing, 1992. pp. 70–71. ISBN 1-56305-337-3; See one of his recipes on p. 78. of the same work.
 "Original "Soup Nazi" Store Back in Business". CBS News. July 21, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
 See the Season 7 DVD extras, in which during the episode's Inside Look, Feresten recounts this story.
 "Seinfeld "Soup Nazi" referenced in "Sleepless in Seattle"". YouTube. October 29, 2023.
 Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (2016). Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything. Simon and Schuster. p. 130. ISBN 978-1476756127.
 Walker, Dave (September 6, 1996). "'Soup Nazi' role gives struggling actor taste of fame, shot at Emmy". The Arizona Republic.
 "WATCH: Seinfeld 'Soup Nazi' won over by Israeli street food". The Times of Israel.
 Berman, Jillian (April 3, 2013). "Larry Thomas, 'Soup Nazi' Actor, Pushes Serbu Firearms To Pull Pro-Gun T-Shirt Featuring His Face". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
 Higginbotham, David (April 9, 2013). "No Serbu For You, Soup Nazi Wants His Image Back". guns.com. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
 Evans, Bradford; Weber, Lindsey; Pape, Allie (2013). "398 Arrested Development Jokes You Probably Missed". Vulture. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
 Keltz, Dryw (December 5, 2024). "You Have the Right to Remain Amused: 9 Police-Focused Sketches from 'Saturday Night Live'". Police1. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
 King, Don Roy (October 8, 2018). "SNL Transcripts: Charlie Day: 11/05/11: Crime Scene". SNL Transcripts Tonight. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
 Sassone, Bob (November 7, 2011). "'SNL' Parodies 'Seinfeld' in Clever Sketch (VIDEO)". The FW. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
 "Seinfeld star makes sure there is soup for Boise homeless | KTVB.COM Boise". Ktvb.com. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
 Bain, Zoe (July 26, 2012). "Seinfeld "No Soup for You!" Food Truck Tours the Country, Serves Up Nostalgic Snacks". Delish. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
 Soupman, Inc. (July 22, 2015). "The Original Soupman Announces Seinfeld Actor Larry Thomas Famous for "No Soup for You" Episode to Jump Into the Soup Fulltime". GlobeNewswire (Press release). Retrieved July 22, 2017.
 In This Corner, Soup Nutsy, Anthony Ramirez, The New York Times, August 4, 1996
 Soup Nutsy on the Move, David Chen, The New York Times, June 4, 1997
 "Soup Nutsy". Toronto ON. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
 Keaper, Brian (2014). "Seinfeld: A XXX Parody". AskMen. Retrieved May 6, 2019.