(VINnews) – A prominent pro-Israel activist is urging Jewish leaders to boycott a Jewish heritage event hosted by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion next week, citing what he described as hostility toward the Jewish community by the mayor and his wife.
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According to a report by the New York Post
, Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind called on Jewish leaders to avoid attending the May 18 event, which was described in invitations from the mayor’s office as a “Shavuot Celebration in Honor of Jewish Heritage Month.”
Hikind criticized Mamdani and his wife, artist Rama Duwaji, over past statements and social media posts related to Israel and the war in Gaza.
Mamdani has previously supported the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel and accused Israel of committing genocide during the war against Hamas following the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack.
The report said Mamdani was absent from the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York’s annual gala, which was attended by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
During the gala, Tisch spoke about rising antisemitism and said the NYPD maintains zero tolerance for hate crimes targeting Jews or any other group.
Mamdani’s office did not immediately comment, according to the report.
The face of evil and destruction may they all perish forever amen
Jews, have some self respect and don’t go!
the bastid craves legitimacy, don’t him any!
Depends. Will MamZohran’s new SatuMare friends from Williamsburg show?
Look at what excessive anti-Zionist agitation does to people. Look at Neturei Karta scum who sold their souls and stand with the enemy against the Jews.
Emachshemoi
I support a boycott of the event
Mamdani, piece of excrement, is not our Mayor. He is enemy.
That’s it! I’m NOT showing up!
D.H. is in the news less & less.
He’s rapidly becoming (even more) irrelevant.
It’s about that time for him to block the door of a building so he can get arrested.
Ha Ha. Cute
All your idiots think that if you go ahead and you have no relationship with the guy, you gonna change him.Shouldn’t we be milking him the best that we could get?Yes, he’s anti israel.We get that, but shouldn’t we try to get some type relationship?So we should get something out of this dude i mean some of his policies would be great for us if we can convince them to get kosher distributors to go down and cheaper groceries, no problem, more programs to help out poor people in our community game on. But don’t be stupid and think that if you have no relationship with the guy, you can get places, you don’t gotta like him.You gotta work with him, though.He’s still the mayor and if u want anything there needs some relationship. As a side note, he didn’t comment this time on the protest. Either way, that was smart. Additionally, there were hundreds of police officers to protect, and this is due to collaboration and respect. So yes, he is Muslim. And yes, he is a jihad, but still, let’s try to work.What we could, and no I don’t agree with him
whatever you think of Mamdani is not a reason to make thing worse for the Jewish community of NYC. Politicians need votes and can always be swayed to support opposite causes. but constantly publicly criticizing politicians will not get our community the benefits we need from these politicians. Let Mamdani speak at our pro-Jewish events and that itself can turn him into a pro Jewish supporter. Nothing will be gained from boycotts except losing our community’s voice.
i cannot imagine our chashuva askanim would go to this as they follow daas Torah who will tell them not to.
There’s more to lose to gain by not showing up.
We are in gallus and as much as we support and vote for the right people, when the wrong people are in power we should have positive relationships with all of them.