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| DATE | 2025-11-21 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Nefesh B Nefesh being targeted by Mamdani supports
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ntisemitic mob descends on historic NYC synagogue -- urging the
'resistance' to 'take another settler out'
Reuven Fenton, Georgett Roberts, Patrick Reilly, David Propper
6–8 minutes
A hateful mob of anti-Israel protesters descended on a prominent New
York City synagogue Wednesday night, chanting “Globalize the intifada”
and sinisterly urging the “resistance” to “take another settler out.”
Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Park East Synagogue in
Manhattan and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B’nefesh, a
Zionist organization that helps Jews immigrate to Israel, according to
the Times of Israel.
“It is our duty to make them think twice before holding these events,”
one protest leader told the crowd.
A pro-Palestinian protest with NYPD officers and counter-protesters
outside a synagogue.
Anti-Israel protesters outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.
Yoav Ginsburg/ZUMA / SplashNews.com
“We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared. We need to
make them scared,” the agitator repeated emphatically.
The crowd also chanted “From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada”
to the beat of a drum.
“Resistance you make us proud, take another settler out,” the
hate-filled group chanted at one point, video shows.
The demonstration was roundly criticized by Jewish leaders and elected
officials across the city, including Park East Senior Rabbi Arthur
Schneier, who has led the congregation for five decades.
“The violent scene in front of Park East Synagogue is a reminder, a
warning not to be silent. No house of worship should be subjected to
this type of demonstration,” the 95-year-old Holocaust survivor told The
Post on Thursday.
Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Park East Synagogue in
Manhattan and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B’nefesh
Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Park East Synagogue in
Manhattan and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B’nefesh. Yoav
Ginsburg/ZUMA / SplashNews.com
Park East Synagogue Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky on Thursday called the
display “very disturbing.”
“And while the right to protest is an inherent right, last night was
very disturbing… the sort of language that you never want to hear at a
protest on either side,” he told The Post. claiming the chants made by
pro-Palestinian group were chants like “Kill the Jews” and “Destroy
Israel.”
“And a lot of people were very, very concerned in the community about
those protests and about what was being chanted at them.”
Mayor Eric Adams also condemned the protest, calling it “totally
unacceptable no matter your faith or background.” He said he would visit
the institution when he’s back from his trip abroad.
Hundreds of anti-Israel activists stormed a prominent New York City
synagogue Wednesday night, shouting “globalize the intifada” and
“resistance, you make us proud — take another settler out.”
Anti-Israel protesters gather outside a prominent synagogue in Manhattan
on November 19, 2025. Yoav Ginsburg/ZUMA Press Wire
“This type of protest and vile language should concern us all,” Adams
said on X. “When you desecrate one house of worship, you desecrate them
all.”
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani offered a softer statement against the
demonstrators while criticizing the event taking place at the synagogue.
“The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s
protest and will continue to do so,” a transition team spokesperson said
in a statement.
“He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship
without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to
promote activities in violation of international law.”
The large crowd chanted “From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada”
to the beat of a drum.
The large crowd chanted “From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada”
to the beat of a drum. Yoav Ginsburg/ZUMA Press Wire
The protest was led by the anti-Israel activist group Pal-Awda NY/NJ
group, which advertised the event as “No settlers on stolen land” and
“Protest to stop the settler recruiting fair.”
Nefesh B’nefesh, which promotes immigration to Israel from North
America, does not have official links to settlements in the West Bank
but showcases information on settlements like Gush Etzion, according to
Israeli news outlet Haaretz.
Much of the international community believes settlements in the West
Bank are illegal – in contrast with the position of Israel and the
United States.
A Jewish counter-protest assembled in the front of the synagogue and
yelled back, “You’re cowards,” and blasted them for “protesting at a
synagogue.”
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Videos show NYPD officers at the scene separating the two groups behind
a metal barricade, but no arrests were reported, according to the
department.
Rogosnitzky, who is also the director of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park
East Day School, said congregants appreciated the cops turned out in
“full force” – and hopes that type of response remains when Mayor-elect
Zohran Mamdani takes office.
“We hope that the incoming mayor will continue the same line of
reinforcing the NYPD, supporting them while allowing peaceful protests,
not allowing protests where people are attacked or feel threatened in
any way,” he said.
Pal-Awda NY/NJ, which spearheaded the rally, regularly spews anti-Israel
comments on social media and even hailed the Oct. 7 terror attack on
Israel on the second anniversary of the deadly sneak assault by Hamas.
A protester holds a sign that reads "Judaism Yes! Zionism No!" with a
crossed-out Star of David, and "State of Israel Must Go!"
Anti-Israel protesters stood outside a prominent Manhattan synagogue on
November 19, 2025. SARAH YENESEL/EPA/Shutterstock
“Two years ago today, the Palestinian Resistance broke the gates of the
world’s largest open-air prison, disrupting the norm of decades of
dispossession and apartheid imposed by ‘Israel,’” the group wrote on
Twitter this year.
Nefesh B’nefesh carried on with the event inside the synagogue,
welcoming attendees at a table near the front door, the Times of Israel
reported.
“The fact that a mob can say antisemitic slurs in front of a synagogue,
or anywhere if it’s ‘kill Jews’ and ‘destroy Israel’ and things like
that, you know, that’s very, very bad,” said Synagogue congregant Paul
Atler, 73.
The retiree said Mamdani — who has been criticized for anti-Israel
comments and a threat to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
if he steps foot in the city — needs to stand against rising
antisemitism across the state and country.
“I am very worried about the use of antisemitism in the country in
general, and in New York in particular because I am a New Yorker through
and through and I’m hoping that the new mayor will stand up against
antisemitism,” he said, “and I’m concerned about that.”
The Park East Synagogue has been at its location since 1890.
Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy
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