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| DATE | 2025-11-21 |
| FROM | mayer ilovitz
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Mamdani supports - we have to make them scared
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On 11/21/2025 2:05 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> Guess Who Mamdani Blamed for Antisemitic Protest Outside NYC Synagogue
> (and Why)
> Amy Curtis
> 5–6 minutes
>
> Wednesday night, mobs of anti-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters descended
> on Park East Synagogue in New York. The synagogue was hosting an event
> by Nefesh B'nefesh, an organization that helps Jews immigrate to Israel.
>
> The protesters blocked Jews from entering the building and terrorized
> people inside, including 93-year-old Rabbi Arthur Schneier, a Holocaust
> survivor.
>
> “It is our duty to make them think twice before holding these events,”
> one protest leader told the crowd. Another said, “We need to make them
> scared. We need to make them scared. We need to make them scared," while
> the crowd chanted, "From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada."
>
> In an unsurprising development, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is blaming
> the Jews, the synagogue, and Nefesh B'Nefesh.
>
> Why? Because he claims the event "violated international law."
>
> BREAKING -at-J_Insider via -at-matthewkassel: "Mamdani: Nefesh B’Nefesh
> event at NYC synagogue is ‘violation of international law’"
>
> "Mamdani's statement comes as he distanced himself from anti-Israel
> protesters who demonstrated outside the synagogue
> event"https://t.co/O4MzY0rwHh
> — Josh Kraushaar (-at-JoshKraushaar) November 20, 2025
>
> Here's more:
>
> Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, distanced himself
> from a widely criticized demonstration outside a prominent synagogue in
> Manhattan on Wednesday night, where anti-Israel protesters were heard
> chanting “Death to the IDF” and “Globalize the intifada,” among other
> slogans, even as he suggested that the event, which provided information
> on immigrating to Israel, violated international law.
>
> “The mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s
> protest and will continue to do so,” a spokesperson for Mamdani, Dora
> Pekec, said in a statement to Jewish Insider on Thursday. “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.”
>
> Mamdani made the claim earlier this week that New York is "a city of
> international law" and he'd use that as grounds to arrest Israeli Prime
> Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should the head of the Jewish state come to
> the Big Apple. Now it seems he's going to use the same mentality against
> people and organizations who are simply enjoying their First Amendment
> rights.
>
> We saw this coming.
>
> When an elected official claims synagogues need to be checked for
> “violating international law,” it confirms exactly what we feared.
>
> In NYC — the largest Jewish community outside Israel — singling out
> Jewish houses of worship is how double standards start.…
> https://t.co/eJjqpFF0in
> — Tali Goldsheft (-at-TaliGoldsheft) November 21, 2025
>
> "In NYC — the largest Jewish community outside Israel — singling out
> Jewish houses of worship is how double standards start. And once they
> start, they spread," Goldsheft wrote. "This is the moment our allies
> need to show up. If we don’t push back now, this rhetoric becomes the
> norm. We can’t let that happen — not here, not ever."
>
> Hen Mazzig of the Tel Aviv Institute slammed Mamdani for this move.
>
> SHOCKING: NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani condemned the Jewish
> community being harassed at their synagogue, instead of Free Palestine
> for protesting outside of it.
>
> He decried the congregation for meeting to learn about Nefesh
> B’Nefesh and falsely claimed Jewish immigration to…
> pic.twitter.com/ueNPfT1mox
> — Hen Mazzig (-at-HenMazzig) November 21, 2025
>
> "He decried the congregation for meeting to learn about Nefesh B’Nefesh
> and falsely claimed Jewish immigration to Israel is 'in violation of
> international law,' and they misused a 'sacred space,'" Mazzig wrote.
>
> Mazzig continued, "Clearly he does not know anything about
> 'international law.' There is nothing wrong with Jews immigrating to
> their homeland, let alone gathering in community while dozens of hateful
> protestors stand outside their doors hurling antisemitic insults and
> calling for violence against them."
>
> "Mamdani has NO right to dictate how Jews utilize our own community
> spaces — or condemn Jews for wanting to leave New York while he lets
> antisemitism run rampant through the city," Mazzig added. "If he wants
> Jews to take him seriously as mayor, he can start by seriously
> condemning the protestors, not the Jews simply trying to live in this
> hostile city."
>
> Editor’s Note: Zohran Mamdani, an avowed Democratic Socialist, will be
> the next mayor of New York City.
>
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>
>
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