Mamdani, New York and Zohran
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Unlike his opponents in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani has offered perspectives on Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism that have upset and even alarmed some voters. But his outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Jewish communities will persist.
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A century before Mamdani, this Jewish socialist mayoral candidate divided NYC Jews
A socialist immigrant running for mayor on an anti-war, pro–working class platform divides New York’s Jews over whether his campaign, and potential victory, might stoke antisemitism. The year isn’t 2025,
Rabbi Jill Jacobs also openly backed Lander in the primary without offering similar support for Mamdani. While she declined to offer more details about her personal vote, last week she urged her followers for the first time to take Mamdani seriously, in the face of a groundswell of opposition from rabbis around the country.
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Thousands of Orthodox Jews rally in New York to protest change in Israel's military draft rules
Protesters have marched near the Israeli consulate in New York City over issues including the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s military
The draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has caused deep divisions in Israeli society, emerging as the most serious threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Andrew Cuomo has centered the accusation that Mamdani would endanger Jews in his closing pitch to voters. But a group of canvassers wearing “New York Jews for Zohran” T-shirts said that Cuomo misunderstood the city’s Jewish population, according to The New York Times.
Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews.
Prosecutors refused to treat Jews allegedly subjected to Nazi salutes, intimidation and harassment as victims of hate crime until threatened with legal action.
Fundamentally, this civil war is a war over whether or not the conspiratorial, anti-Jewish rantings of people such as Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owens are the ideological foundation of the movement to which many of us have dedicated our lives. That’s why it’s a war we have to win.
Following Manchester terror attack, Blue Labour leader Maurice Glasman says working-class Brits are 'last bulwark' against rising antisemitism brought on by progressivism and migrants
If you want proof that multiculturalism is a lie, look no further than the plight of British Jews. Targeted on our streets; threatened and spat upon as they go to and from synagogue; their children’s schools hidden behind prison-like security;
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Anti-Israel trans rabbi who was once tossed out of the White House headlines ‘Jews for Zohran’ ad
An anti-Israel transgender rabbi who was once tossed out of the White House has become the face of a “Jews for Zohran” ad — as she tried to rally support for socialist mayoral