Zohran Mamdani

'If New York falls, the country follows': Is the future of American Jewry at risk? - interview

ANTISEMITISM AFFAIRS: US Jewry is facing the greatest threat since the McCarthy era, with America at an inflection point.

‘IF MAMDANI wins, there will be an exodus of Jews from New York City,’ according to political strategist and consultant Rabbi Dr. Hank Sheinkopf. Here, Mamdani speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions earlier this month.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, Ambler, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2024.

Josh Shapiro accuses Zohran Mamdani of condoning ‘blatantly antisemitic’ supporters

Omar Fateh won the endorsement of the local Democratic Party in the Minneapolis mayoral race in 2025.

Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh is latest democratic socialist, Israel critic to win Democrat endorsement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on an episode of the "Full Send Podcast" recorded in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 2025.

Netanyahu slams Mamdani on Nelk Boys podcast, which draws criticism for hosting Israeli PM


Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral race: A political strategy or genuine commitment? - opinion

If that means temporarily compromising one’s beliefs, then so be it. Because you can’t play the game if you’re on the outside. Winning is everything, and sometimes that may mean going undercover.

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

From campus radicalism to City Hall, why I fear for my children’s future - opinion

And as a lifelong New Yorker, I never thought I would see the day when the potential leadership of my city would defend terrorism, the very threat we, as Americans, are supposed to oppose.

 Protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil march in Manhattan the day after a US immigration judge ruled that Columbia student Khalil, who led pro Palestine student protests on campus last spring, can be deported, in New York City, New York, US, April 12, 2025.

'Globalize the intifada': Mamdani says he will curb use of phrase in closed-door meeting - report

He has not publicly commented on the meeting or made a public statement urging pro-Palestinian demonstrators to stop using the phrase. 

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Andrew Cuomo lists several Jewish endorsements on his website. But do they still apply?

Two out of the nine Jewish organizations listed as supporting Andrew Cuomo have stated that their endorsements applied only to the primary election and have not yet decided who to support in November.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo

NYC mayor accuses Jewish comptroller of politically motivated Israel bonds divestment

“You appear to be asking that the city’s pension funds treat Israel better than all other countries," Lander wrote. "That would also be politically motivated, and inconsistent with fiduciary duty."

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams addresses reporters at a Feb. 2025 press conference.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Ties to Radical Anti-Israel Group Warrant Examination

Mamdani has a long-standing connection to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — a hard-left political movement with an entrenched animosity toward Israel

 New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on Nov. 27, 2023.

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

 Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, US, June 25, 2025.

Will the socialist, pro-intifada Mamdani make New York inhospitable for Jews? - opinion

Perhaps Gotham’s Jews should consider donning their vagabond shoes and heading in our direction, away from The City That Never Sleeps.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protest in New York. (illustration)

Voices from the Arab press: New York and Mamdani: Stranger than fiction

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 NEW YORK CITY mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves at the crowd during the 2025 Pride March, June 29, 2025.

Ari’el Stachel, an ‘Arab Jewish’ actor with Tony Award, has a message for Zohran Mamdani

It’s a complex identity that has brought him major attention since his Tony Award-winning turn as an Egyptian trumpeter in the hit 2018 musical “The Band’s Visit,” set in an Israeli backwater.

 Ari’el Stachel is the writer and star of "Out of Character," a one-man show running at the Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn Theater in Stockbridge, Massachusetts until July 26, 2025.

Jewish Democrats in Congress raise concerns about Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel positions

Prominent Jewish figures in Congress from the Democratic Party, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz, are concerned about Zohran Mamdani's anti-Israel rhetoric.

 US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, speaks during a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing in the US Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.