Continued: Martin huddled with members after vote and promised to create a task force that would come up with a consensus resolution. He withdrew his motion that calls for Gaza aid and two states.
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Continued: Martin huddled with members after vote and promised to create a task force that would come up with a consensus resolution. He withdrew his motion that calls for Gaza aid and two states.
🚨 DNC members vote to reject resolution that calls for Gaza ceasefire and an arms embargo on Israel, which was introduced by 26-year-old committee member Allison Minnerly. Amendment that urges support for the recognition of Palestine as a state and to end all military aid to Israel also failed.
At DNC summer meeting, DNC members approved a resolution condemning antisemitism. It included an amendment that the Dem Party "has a critical and special responsibility to protect the rights of Jewish organizers, voters and elected officials" to free speech without fear of harassment.
👀 Socialite Alisa Roever, who co-founded a charity with NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ brother Bernard, says on IG that Jews will be to blame if Mamdani wins mayoral race: “Jews own real state, banks, media. Mamdani taking over the city your fault. It is slap in your face that you are not strong anymore.”
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacks Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong. Greenblatt claimed Mamdani hasn’t visited a single synagogue, though Mamdani attended forums at B'nai Jeshurun, UJA-Federation + engaged Orthodox voters. A spox clarified he meant after primary win forward.com/news/763210/...
Ruth Messinger, the first Jewish and only woman to win a NYC mayoral primary, has a message for voters about Mamdani She endorsed the Democratic nominee on Monday forward.com/fast-forward...
Gov. JB Pritzker: Senate vote to block arms sales sends Israel sent ‘the right kind of message’ to Israel over Gaza aid forward.com/fast-forward...
Gov. Shapiro on Gaza: “The fact that kids are starving in Gaza is not okay...It is true that Hamas intercepts aid… but given that, I think our nation..has a moral responsibility to flood the zone with aid.” Shapiro called Netanyahu’s denial of starvation “abhorrent.” forward.com/fast-forward...
The last time a president didn’t like the numbers the Bureau of Labor Statistics was crunching, it took a dark antisemitic turn. A look back at Nixon's targeting of a 'Jewish cabal' at the same agency. forward.com/fast-forward...
Andrew Cuomo claims he will benefit from higher turnout in general: “I believe Mamdani, the way he activated the under 30, he’s also going to activate the people out there who are afraid of an antisemitic socialist run… Don’t kid yourself, people are afraid of him.”
GQR poll of 800 Jewish voters in NYC mayor race — commissioned for New York Solidarity Network: Mamdani 37% (only 3% of Orthodox respondents picked Mamdani) Adams 25% (61% of Orthodox want Adams) Cuomo 21% Sliwa 14% 51% think Mamdani is antisemitic. 94% of Mamdani’s Jewish supporters reject that.
Liam Elkind, a Jewish 26-year-old organizer, announces bid against 78-year-old Rep. Jerry Nadler, co-chair of the Jewish Caucus, in next year's primary. His launch video echoes the style of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign clips. Nadler is running for an 18th term.
Also in Zenith Research/Public Progress Solutions poll: Mamdani has 43% of the Jewish vote, including 67% among younger Jewish voters aged 18-44. Cuomo at 26%, and 33% among Conservative/Orthodox Jews. Adams at 15% with Jews, at 27% with Con/Ortho. Mamdani has 21% among Ortho. (Sample 152 LV)
NYC mayor's race poll by Zenith Research/Public Progress Solutions: Mamdani at 50% in a 5-person race. Cuomo at 22%. Mamdani has a 52-40 lead over Cuomo in a head-to-head matchup and 59-32 vs. Adams.
Jewish victim in NYC shooting: Wesley LePatner, a senior Blackstone executive and a member of the Altneu Synagogue. In 2023, she received the UJA Federation of NY's Alan C. Greenberg Young Leadership award. www.businessinsider.com/blackstone-r...
Post-primary poll by Data for Progress suggests Mamdani’s criticism of Israel, support for Palestinians attracted voters 78% of Dem voters agreed with Mamdani’s belief that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and 63% back his pledge to arrest Netanyahu. forward.com/fast-forward...
Rep. Jerry Nadler, co-chair of the Congressional Jewish Caucus, at NYC protest by liberal Jewish orgs against Gaza war: “Let's be clear, the main obstacle to ending the war and bringing the hostages home is a pathologically, narcissistic .. politics of one man, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
🚨 Rep. Ritchie Torres calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza (min. 05:27): “I think there’s a real need to end the war, secure the release of the hostages, bring humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in distress… facilitate a new form of Palestinian self-governance in Gaza.”
3 U.S. Reps, top NYC officials, 39 NY legislators and 11 Councilmembers join New York AG Tish James’ call for an immediate”lasting diplomatic solution” in Gaza to allow “sustained, unrestricted humanitarian aid” into the strip. “There is no military solution to this crisis.”
THIS 👁️ ⬇️ Rep. Ritchie Torres, who endorsed Cuomo in the primary: “I have not spoken to him since February. “If you had told me that the first mayoral candidate to call me would be Zoran Mamdani rather than Andrew Cuomo, I would have had trouble believing it.”
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and a Mamdani ally, responds to PA Gov. Josh Shapiro, who said Mamdani hasn’t condemned antisemitic rhetoric: “Josh Shapiro won’t help keep Jews safe in NYC or Pennsylvania by feeding Trump’s narrative about our Democratic nominee for mayor.”
Hunter Biden on ‘Uncommitted’ protest movement against Biden, Harris: “Trump said that he would have the war over the day that he took office. More people have died in Gaza between when he was inaugurated and today, than at any time between Oct. 7 and when my dad left office. “Where are they now?”
🚨On Nelk Boys podcast, Netanyahu on Mamdani’s win: “A lot of people have been taken in by this nonsense..You want to defund the police..You want to crush all enterprise.You want to tax people to death. “Sometimes folly overtakes human affairs for a while but not for long because reality steps in”
WITH AUDIO ⬇️ At the Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo blames Zohran Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss. forward.com/fast-forward...
The National Education Association board rejected a resolution by union members to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League over its Israel advocacy. forward.com/fast-forward...
Scott Stringer fires back at Brad Lander for calling his investments in Israel Bonds as comptroller 'politically motivated.' "Divesting from Israeli bonds," like Lander did in 2023, "is BDS at its worst," Stringer tells me. forward.com/fast-forward...
SCOOP by @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social and I: J Street is declining to back the Anti-Defamation League in its battle with the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association, saying ADL is no longer a reliable arbiter of antisemitism. forward.com/news/755587/...
NEW: NYC Mayor's office responds to Brad Lander's letter on divesting from Israel Bonds. First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro suggests Lander "caved" to the BDS movement by ending all investments in Israeli bonds. original story ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...
🎙️I spoke with my colleague @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social to @jeremybenami.bsky.social about whether the @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social leader believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — he was glad to see the Times op-ed making the claim, but stopped at calling Israel's actions in Gaza a "moral stain"
🚨 In response letter, first shared w/ me, Lander pushes back against @NYCMayor’s claim that he’s divesting from Israel. He defended decision not to reinvest in Israel Bonds as standard fiscal practice — treating Israel same as other countries and not part of BDS movement forward.com/fast-forward...
Tucker Carlson’s latest target: Jewish Americans who served in the Israeli army. “There are a lot of Americans who’ve served in the IDF — they should lose their citizenship,” Carlson said at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa. More ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...
Mamdani on his message to Jewish voters: “I will protect each and every Jewish New Yorker. I will keep them safe, and I will ensure that we make this a city where everyone can thrive, one where we root out bigotry and antisemitism.”
📨 NYC Mayor Eric Adams is accusing Comptroller Brad Lander of effectively divesting from Israel by choosing not to reinvest in Israeli bonds. In a letter sent today, First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro is requesting a formal review of that decision to be completed within a week. ⬇️
🚨 New poll by @N12News: The overwhelming majority of Israelis support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 82% back a deal that would end the war and the release of all 50 hostages.
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt tells Jake Tapper he regrets defending Musk’s Nazi-style salute in Jan.: “It’s not so much what he intended. It's the impact that it had. It's the way that white nationalists rejoiced at seeing him do this... I wish we'd called it out more clearly when it happened.”
“Zohran Mamdani is poised to become New York’s first Muslim mayor in no small part thanks to a tight-knit team of young Jewish professionals who helped him beat a storied political dynasty,” writes @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social.
At Jewish Heritage Month reception, Mayor Adams says he’s heard from Jews wanting to leave NYC after Mamdani’s primary win. “We will run no more. Will stay here and fight for the city we love. We must be motivated. We must be energized.” Crowd chants, “Four more years.”
My latest: Meet the Jews who helped elect Zohran Mamdani ⬇️ “I’m lucky that I do not have to turn too far for feedback from Jewish New Yorkers in that so much of my campaign is being run by Jewish New Yorkers,” Mamdani told me in April forward.com/news/753505/...
Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as “silly” a campaign pledge from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, to arrest him if he visits the city, reports our @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social:
Netanyahu brushes off Mamdani’s arrest pledge as “silly.” “I'm not concerned about that. There's enough craziness in the world, but I guess it never ends.” Trump jokes: “I’ll get him out.” forward.com/fast-forward...
Sean Patrick Maloney mulls political comeback against Mike Lawler in NY17 next year www.axios.com/2025/07/07/s...
Scoop by @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social: "Josh Shapiro’s Judaism was not a factor in Kamala Harris passing him over as a running mate, according to a 2024 election tell-all, contradicting a narrative Republicans eagerly peddled." -- forward.com/fast-forward...
New 2024 book claims Biden told Democratic members of Congress last June that Benjamin Netanyahu was being an “impediment” to “any” hostage-ceasefire deal, believing the Israeli prime minister hoped that Trump would be elected. forward.com/fast-forward...
Highlights of my post-primary interview with Brad Lander, the city comptroller, who cross-endorsed Mamdani and defended him in public appearances. Mamdani “is absolutely committed to keeping Jewish New Yorkers .. safe, including Jewish New Yorkers, who, like me, are Zionists.”
NEW: Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish dilemma has dominated headlines, but the Republican facing the Democratic nominee in the general election for New York City mayor has his own history of troubling statements about Jews, @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social reports.
Nexus, a liberal Jewish academic task force on antisemitism: "Whether or not one agrees with Mamdani’s views — on Israel or any other issue — there is no justification for sensationalizing and polarizing the political debate to stoke fear and delegitimize his candidacy."
Rep. Ritchie Torres says he “had a mutually respectful conversation” with Mamdani on Sunday. Torres said he wouldn’t back Cuomo if he runs in general but also refused to endorse Mamdani as the Democratic nominee. “We have profound differences of opinion.”
Former Dem Rep. Mondaire Jones says Mamdani should take concerns about ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan very seriously “and at least acknowledge that that this means something different than maybe the way other protesters intend to use it.”
Mamdani dodges calls to condemn ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan amid Jewish concerns. Democrats say more clarity is needed from the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor on combating antisemitism. forward.com/fast-forward...
Jewish Rep. Dan Goldman after meeting Mamdani: “He must not only condemn anti-Jewish hate and calls for violence, but make clear that as mayor he would take proactive steps to protect all New Yorkers and make us secure.”
Inbox: Anti-Defamation League's Jonathan Greenblatt urges all NYC mayoral candidates (w/o mentioning names) "to not only condemn and avoid using language that is harmful to the Jewish community, but also to disassociate themselves and publicly disavow themselves from it."
🚔 SCOOP: Post-primary poll shows 36% of general election voters support Zohran Mamdani's pledge to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York City on his watch. 45% of voters oppose an arrest, while 19% are undecided. forward.com/fast-forward...
First post-Dem primary poll by Honan Strategy Group of 817 likely voters: If Cuomo runs as an independent, he is tied with Mamdani 39-39. Cuomo leads 44-40 if Adams drops out. Mamdani leads Adams 46-31 if Cuomo is out.
Zohran Mamdani is a vocal critic of Israel and aligned with progressive causes. His potential victory over incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the general election is raising questions about how he would govern the city with the largest Jewish population. @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social explains:
Rep. Jerry Nadler, co-chair of the congressional Jewish Caucus, says he’s spoken to Mamdani “about his commitment to fighting antisemitism, and we’ll work with all New Yorkers to fight against all bigotry and hate.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...
👀Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen of Nassau County: “Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City... has demonstrated a deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments which stoke hate at a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing."
Spoke with former Mayor Bill de Blasio this morning about Mamdani. Here’s what he told me: “I have looked carefully, I don't see any evidence of antisemitism in things that Zohran has said… I see a different vision of the State of Israel… I don't see any hateful comments about the Jewish people.”
Mamdani tells Colbert – and a national audience – why NYC Jews shouldn’t fear him as mayor forward.com/fast-forward...
🚨 Zohran Mamdani on Brian Lehrer Show explains himself again: ‘Globalize the Intifada’ has “a variety of meanings to a variety of people. “That is not language that I use. The language that I use is that of clarity. “And I do not believe it is the mayor’s position to be policing language.”
🚨Andrew Cuomo declining to back the two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: "I don't think it's my place to say what solution I would solicit or advocate.. I just want a peaceful solution." I transcribed the full exchange on Israel on the Brian Lehrer Show ⬇️
Schumer, highest-ranking Jewish official, slams Trump over Iran strike — but leaves his own position unclear forward.com/news/731170/...
GOTV in NYC mayoral race: Andrew Cuomo campaign stop at the annual Shomrim bike registration event on 18th Ave in Borough Park. He was accompanied by local Assembly members Simcha Eichenstein and Kalman Yeger.
Whitney Tilson releases digital targeting Orthodox voters in NYC mayoral race — the candidate surveying voters in Borough Park about Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Globalize the Intifada’ remarks.
Brad Lander on why he ranked Zohran Mamdani second: “We do not agree on everything about Israel and Palestine, but I do believe that he will protect Jewish New Yorkers and our rights.”
Andrew Cuomo "sharply" condemns Mamdani's remarks re: 'Globalize the Intifada,' calls on all mayoral candidates "to join together to denounce Mr. Mamdani's comments because hate has no place in New York.”
The U.S. Holocaust Museum pushes back: “Exploiting the Museum and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to sanitize ‘globalize the intifada’ is outrageous and especially offensive to survivors... All leaders must condemn its use and the abuse of history.”
Mamdani under fire for remarks he made justifying the phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada’ as a call for Palestinian human rights. Mamdani also pointed out: “The word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic — because it’s a word that means struggle.”
Winsome Earle-Sears formally became GOP nominee for Virginia governor. My story last week: Richard Iott, a Nazi cosplayer, donated a total of $900 in monthly installments since last year to the Winsome PAC, which supports Earle-Sears. forward.com/fast-forward...
From a young age, Brad Lander was deeply involved in social activism. His participation in social justice protests led to at least nine arrests for civil disobedience. More here ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...
A new Manhattan Institute poll of 644 Democratic primary voters shows Cuomo with a comfortable 13 point lead over Mamdani and beats him 56-44 in final round. Cuomo is the second-choice for most voters supporting other candidates, including a majority of Adrienne Adams voters.
🚨 DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT in NYC mayoral race: The Hasidic sects in Borough Park who endorsed Adrienne Adams as their first choice for mayor have flipped their endorsement to Andrew Cuomo following a meeting this morning. All Orthodox blocs now coalescing behind Cuomo Here’s the new announcement ⬇️
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State Sen. Sam Sutton publishes video while in a bomb shelter in Jerusalem, urging Jewish voters to vote early for Cuomo to stop Mamdani. “We don't want to be a situation like this in America.” Sutton claims Mamdani “doesn't believe the Jewish state has a right to exist.”
Read @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social on the unfolding war forward.com/news/727699/...
🚨 The Belz Hasidic sect, among the largest voting blocs in Borough Park, endorses Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayoral primary. The endorsement adds to ranked-choice slot Zellnor Myrie as second and Adrienne Adams as third.
New Honan Strategy Group/Destination Tomorrow — post debate and AOC endorsement— shows Cuomo winning NYC mayoral primary by 12 points over Mamdani (56-44)
Richard Iott, a Nazi cosplayer, gave money to a PAC supporting Winsome Earle-Sears (@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social) forward.com/fast-forward...
Campaign mailer targeting Jewish voters by pro-Cuomo super PAC Fix the City says Mamdani “rejects Jewish rights” for refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
THIS Scott Stringer campaign mailer ⬇️ (The vulgar Yiddish epithet is used by Stringer in TV ads and public appearances before Jewish audiences.)
📊 Quinnipiac poll out today finds that only 12% of Democrats sympathize with Israelis over Palestinians in the current conflict h/t @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social
Here’s what’s happening in Borough Park re: NYC mayoral race. forward.com/news/726847/...
SCOOP 🚨Hasidic sects in Williamsburg — Satmar led by Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (known as Zalonim), Pupa, Viznitz, Nitra, Vien, Zelim, Klauseburg, Skver & Krasna — endorse Andrew Cuomo as their #1 choice for mayor They also endorsed Justin Brannan for NYC Comptroller.
Williams Plaza Tenants Association, in heart of the Hasidic neighborhood of Williamsburg, endorses Adrienne Adams in the Dem primary for NYC mayor. Leadership includes Joel Gross of Jonathan Williams Plaza, Sam Guttman of Independence Towers & Irving Rubin of Taylor Wythe TA president.
SCOOP in #VaGov race: Richard Iott, a Nazi cosplayer and former Ohio congressional candidate, donated a total of $900 in monthly installments since last year to the Winsome PAC, which supports GOP nominee Winsome Earle-Sears. forward.com/fast-forward...
SCOOP 2 🚨 The Satmar Hasidic sect in Williamsburg led by Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum (Ahronim) just issued their endorsement in the Dem mayoral primary, per Rabbi Moshe Indig: Andrew Cuomo — ranked choice #1 Adrienne Adams — ranked choice #2
SCOOP 1🚨 Major Orthodox boost for Adrienne Adams in NYC mayoral race: 25 Hasidic sects and institutions in Borough Park endorse the Council Speaker as their #1 in the Dem primary. Zellnor Myrie is ranked #2
My day at City Hall NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams trade blame over antisemitism bill He accused her of deflecting responsibility over a proposed bill codifying the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism Read attached notes ⬇️
Mayor Eric Adams is getting the jump on his rivals in the NYC mayoral race by adopting the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, a key issue in the campaign. The definition labels most forms of anti-Zionism as antisemitic. forward.com/fast-forward...
Zohran Mamdani on supporting BDS as mayor: “International law is something … that we should actually bring our city into compliance with.” .@amyspitalnick: Just to be very, very clear. So, yes, you’ll continue to support the boycott of Israel if you are elected mayor? Watch ⬇️
At NYC mayoral forum, Scott Stringer on Israel: “I am, in my heart, a Zionist. “I believe that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state. “I do believe BDS is not just anti-Israel, but antisemitic.”
🚨 NEW: NYC Mayor Eric Adams set to sign an executive order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which labels most forms of anti-Zionism as antisemitic. Adams calling on City Council to codify it by law. forward.com/fast-forward...
Zohran Mamdani on Jewish voter outreach: “I was sitting with a rabbi, and he said to me, ‘You know, I’ve heard a lot about your thoughts on one issue (Israel), but I also want to talk about social services.’ That’s great, let’s talk about it.”
Crown Jewish United and Crown Heights PAC issue joint endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for NYC mayor in the June 24 Dem primary: “Andrew Cuomo is the only candidate who can stop Zohran Mamdani in the primary.” (Recent poll showed Cuomo with 41% among Orthodox voters)
‼️ SCOOP by @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social and I: ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda. In address to GOP AGs, Greenblatt also said pro-Palestinian protests were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in BLM. More ⬇️ forward.com/news/726133/...
MORE AUDIO from ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt at the Republican Attorneys General meeting: “I don’t agree with everything the Trump administration is doing.… But you know what? God Bless [Education] Secretary McMahon…”
🎧EXCLUSIVE AUDIO — ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt at the Republican Attorneys General national meeting in NY this morning: “Mahmoud Khalil… was not some child. He was one of the ringleaders of this group, and I am sure we’re going to find out about his ties to groups overseas.”
One of the largest Orthodox voting blocs in Brooklyn, the Bobov Hasidic sect, endorses Andrew Cuomo for NYC Mayor. The announcement says that Cuomo is the best choice to beat the “Democratic socialists” running. Zellnor Myrie is ranked #2 and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams #3
“Mamadani started by underscoring that he’s not running to be President of the United States; he’s not running for any position that deals with foreign policy.” — Mamdani does interview with the “Balebusta,” a popular Yiddish magazine for Hasidic women.
Zohran Mamdani on why he refuses to recognize Israel as a ‘Jewish’ state: “I'm not comfortable supporting any state that has a hierarchy of citizenship on the basis of religion or anything else…. Equality should be enshrined in every country in the world. That's my belief.”
Zohran Mamdani: “I am Donald Trump's worst nightmare — as a progressive Muslim immigrant who actually fights for the things that I believe in.” Cuomo: “Donald Trump would go through Mr. Mamdani like a hot knife through butter… He would be Trump's delight.”
