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| New York City Faces the Threat of an Antisemitic Mayor | ||||
| 2025-05-25 | ||||
| [Hot Air] The surest way to trigger the collapse of New York City is to elect an antisemitic mayor. Throughout history, rising antisemitism is a bellwether of societal ruin: When attacks on Jews are tolerated or encouraged, the dissolution of everyone's rights and the abandonment of basic freedoms follow. See the Spanish Inquisition, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for examples. It could happen here. Electing a Jew-hating mayor who turns a blind eye to antisemitic crime will drive out huge numbers of city residents -- including some of its wealthiest -- erode the real estate market, hollow out cultural institutions and lead to moral implosion. Everyone who can leave, Jews and non-Jews alike, will flee. Being Jewish in NYC is already getting uncomfortable. We see swastikas scrawled on walls and desks in some public schools, students elsewhere casually referring to high performers in math as "the Jew table," a Queens community garden posting a ban on Zionists, a 13-year-old Jewish boy slapped in the face while riding his bike through his neighborhood -- such incidents are no longer shocking. The most dangerous wolf in sheep's clothing: Zohran Mamdani,
On Friday he posted an official campaign video proclaiming himself a defender of the Jewish people, promising an "800% increase" in city spending to "combat antisemitism." "In this election, we're seeing ... the pain of Jewish New Yorkers being weaponized as a talking point," he moaned. Don't fall for his new guise: Mamdani has backed the odious Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement,
His campaign claims are just not credible. "Mamdani has been fanning the flames of antisemitism, and now he wants us to believe he's the firefighter," warns David Greenfield of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a major Jewish charity. The New York Times calls Mamdani's stance on Jews and Israel "nuanced." Nonsense: He's a morally bankrupt Jew-hater. Meanwhile, Cuomo is betting big on Jewish voters, relying on a track record of supporting Israel and promoting its business ties with New York, as well as signing an anti-BDS bill in 2016. But his outreach appears to be inch-deep: After leaving the governor's office in shame, Cuomo launched the group Never Again NOW! at the tony Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton, promising a lecture series and a paid media campaign to combat anti-Jewish hate. But nothing followed -- and not even the website has been updated. Was it merely a convenient way for a disgraced former governor to reconnect with the donor class? Probably. Maybe Mayor Eric Adams'
Adams, who is not competing in the June 24 primary, hopes to appear on November's general election ballot as an independent candidate on two lines -- including one called "EndAntiSemitism." It's outright pandering, but there's no question Adams has been a staunch ally of the Jewish community and a backer of Israel's military campaign against Hamas. Related: Zohran Mamdani 05/23/2025 DHS ends Harvard's student visa program over 'pro-terrorist conduct' Zohran Mamdani 05/21/2025 Terror supporters disrupted Columbia’s graduation, booing and shouting over the university president’s speech Zohran Mamdani 05/18/2025 NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani doubles down on bizarre refusal to sign resolution condemning Holocaust Related: Andrew Cuomo 05/19/2025 50,000 march in NYC’s annual Israel parade centered on the plight of the hostages Andrew Cuomo 05/17/2025 Interview: NYC mayoral frontrunner Cuomo calls vote a ‘litmus test’ on far-left foes of Israel Andrew Cuomo 05/15/2025 New York City mayor opens new task force aimed at combating antisemitism Related: Eric Adams 05/19/2025 50,000 march in NYC’s annual Israel parade centered on the plight of the hostages Eric Adams 05/19/2025 New York City mayor opens new task force aimed at combating antisemitism Eric Adams 05/18/2025 Mexican navy tall ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge, shears off masts after losing power, 2 dead, 17 hurt Related: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions 04/05/2025 NYC education department investigating after office sends out antisemitic toolkit Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions 03/02/2025 Facing 66% rise in academic boycotts, Israeli universities gear up to fight back Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions 02/23/2025 Germany’s rising far-right AfD is split over Israel | ||||
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| #1 A former Los Angeles deputy mayor pleaded guilty to reporting an anti-Israel bomb threat on city hall last year. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-25 12:15 |