Yasser Arafat was a major “investor” in a bowling alley in New York City frequented by Jewish teens and frequently used as a location for bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs.
Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat invested $1.3 million in a company that owns a popular bowling alley in Greenwich Village, newly released documents show.
Arafat made the investment in New York City-based Strike Holdings, owner of Bowlmor Lanes, through a holding company he created called Onyx Funds, Bloomberg Markets Magazine reported Wednesday.
Bowlmor is located several blocks from the campus of New York University and is popular with Manhattan hipsters, who pay about $8 a game per person to play on evenings and weekends.
News of the investment disturbed some customers. Bowlmor is often used as a location for bar and bat mitzvahs for Jewish teens. […]
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