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Genesis 18:32, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Acts 5:29
Later time of the article than the post time is due to time zone difference
By Luke Tress
Today, 3:47 am
"NEW YORK — After an arsonist torched a synagogue in Mississippi over the weekend, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was quick to call out the incident as antisemitic.
Mamdani also condemned recent incidents of graffiti in New York — a swastika on a Jewish school and “**** Jews” scrawled on a sidewalk — as antisemitism.
And after a high-level appointee was found to have peddled an antisemitic trope about “money hungry Jews” in an old social media post, Mamdani immediately accepted her resignation and said he would not have hired her had he known about the comment.
When Israel and anti-Zionism are in the mix, though, Mamdani is less forthcoming.
Following a pro-Hamas protest at a synagogue last week, Mamdani said that “chants in support of a terrorist organization have no place in our city,” but did not mention antisemitism, even as his leftist allies did, like US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called the demonstration “disgusting and antisemitic.” Mamdani was also criticized for his slow response to the protest.
Mamdani’s comments on a similar protest outside a Manhattan synagogue in November sparked a firestorm of criticism when he spoke out against both the protesters, and the synagogue, which he said had violated international law due to an event’s connection to West Bank settlements.
And after the Anti-Defamation League found that some of his appointees had made anti-Zionist statements, including that “Zionism is racism,” calling Zionism a “genocidal ideology,” and stating that Zionists are worse than Nazis, Mamdani defended the rhetoric.
“We must distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government,” he said.
Mamdani’s differing responses to the incidents, and his unwillingness to connect anti-Zionism with discrimination, exemplify the fault line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism that has implications for American Jews in fields ranging from the legal system to education and New York City politics."
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Mamdani Remarks on Synagogues Highlight Fault Line Between Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
New York mayor is quick to call out discrimination against Jews, but only when Israel is not involved, exemplifying a dilemma that US Jews face in politics, courts and educationBy Luke Tress
Today, 3:47 am
"NEW YORK — After an arsonist torched a synagogue in Mississippi over the weekend, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was quick to call out the incident as antisemitic.
Mamdani also condemned recent incidents of graffiti in New York — a swastika on a Jewish school and “**** Jews” scrawled on a sidewalk — as antisemitism.
And after a high-level appointee was found to have peddled an antisemitic trope about “money hungry Jews” in an old social media post, Mamdani immediately accepted her resignation and said he would not have hired her had he known about the comment.
When Israel and anti-Zionism are in the mix, though, Mamdani is less forthcoming.
Following a pro-Hamas protest at a synagogue last week, Mamdani said that “chants in support of a terrorist organization have no place in our city,” but did not mention antisemitism, even as his leftist allies did, like US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called the demonstration “disgusting and antisemitic.” Mamdani was also criticized for his slow response to the protest.
Mamdani’s comments on a similar protest outside a Manhattan synagogue in November sparked a firestorm of criticism when he spoke out against both the protesters, and the synagogue, which he said had violated international law due to an event’s connection to West Bank settlements.
And after the Anti-Defamation League found that some of his appointees had made anti-Zionist statements, including that “Zionism is racism,” calling Zionism a “genocidal ideology,” and stating that Zionists are worse than Nazis, Mamdani defended the rhetoric.
“We must distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government,” he said.
Mamdani’s differing responses to the incidents, and his unwillingness to connect anti-Zionism with discrimination, exemplify the fault line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism that has implications for American Jews in fields ranging from the legal system to education and New York City politics."
More
Mamdani remarks on synagogues highlight fault line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism
New York mayor is quick to call out discrimination against Jews, but only when Israel is not involved, exemplifying a dilemma that US Jews face in politics, courts and education
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