The so-called “Soup Nazi” who allegedly went on an antisemitic rampage at the kosher Hummus Kitchen this week has been identified as Mayra Teke, of Paterson, NJ, according to a neighbor and family member.
The well-coiffed, sharply-dressed blonde bigot hammed it up for the cameras Wednesday night after her twisted tirade on the Upper East Side, where she tried to pull down an Israel flag, threw soup at an employee and called staffers “murderers.”
But she was decidedly dressed down — and in no mood to pose — when confronted by a Post reporter and photographer on Knickerbocker Avenue in Paterson on Saturday morning. She was clad in gray sweatpants, purple crocs, a facemask and a hoodie emblazoned with, “That’s an awful lot of cough syrup.”
In fact, Teke tried to duck the press attention, telling a neighbor to lie to The Post about where she lived.
She sported tattoos on her right hand that matched that of the woman recorded outside Hummus Kitchen. When a Post reporter called out, “Mayra,” she turned, paused, and then stepped into a gray Mercedes and drove off without responding.
She was identified from photos by a neighbor, who phoned her mom in front of a reporter.
The mother could be heard saying, “Don’t talk to anyone.” Mayra, who was with her mom, then got on the line and told the neighbor to say she moved out.
The neighbor confirmed that Mayra lived at the Knickerbocker Avenue address, whose mailbox read “Teke.”
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The Wednesday tirade unfolded at 9:45 p.m. A 45-second video shows a worker calling cops amid the chaos as the vandal tries, but fails, to pull down the banner. A second video shows her throwing soup and flipping the bird as she walk out.
A video of the ugly episode was posted to X, where it has garnered more than 7 million views.
It was uploaded by StopAntisemitism, a “leading non-partisan U.S-based organization fighting antisemitism.” The group identified the perpetrator as Teke.
“We didn’t know her,” a Hummus Kitchen employee, Brenda, told The Post of the loutish woman “in her 20s.” The stunned server who had soup tossed at her “was still pretty upset” and declined comment.
The US has seen more reported antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7 than in any two-month period in 45 years, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating. “The investigation remains ongoing,” a department spokesperson said Saturday.
Teke did not respond to messages, and ignored requests to share her side of the story.
