Antisemitic attacks in Mamdani’s NYC: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Concerns over Mayor Mamdani’s rhetoric and attacks like final week’s Upper West Side stabbing.
Mayor Mamdani’s weak, half-hearted sympathies after every antisemitic assault serve a twin objective, placing up a protection towards critics whereas giving a wink to his pro-Palestinian supporters, assuring them he doesn’t stand in their means (“Stop Pushing Hate, Zo,” Editorial, July 25).
The language he makes use of may be very exactly chosen, normally prefaced by the common phrase, “there is no place in our city for,” as if that can scare off offenders.
Richard Carhidi
Manhattan
It’s exhausting to imagine we have now an elected official in our metropolis with a lot hate inside of him. Most of that hate is towards the Jewish people.
The stabbing of Yezhak Grunhaus was a hate crime. Our mayor is an element of this drawback. Any Jewish one that voted for this antisemitic man needs to be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani’s actions and phrases have no place in our society.
Robert Johann
Woodhaven
As the primary Muslim mayor to occupy City Hall, Mamdani had the chance to convey Muslims, Christians and Jews collectively in unity. Instead, his antisemitism has fomented rage, vitriol and given rise to violence on the streets of New York.
Take coronary heart from what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as soon as stated: “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.”
Martin Garfinkle
Staten Island
While I enthusiastically applaud Jewish leaders gathering to denounce the blatant antisemitism of Mamdani, I discover it unusual that 33% of New York Jewish voters voted for him. He holds the workplace of mayor as a result of of that help.
Christopher O’Keefe
Manhattan
Words matter. Just as yelling fire inside a crowded theater creates a clear and current hazard to those that hear it, Mamdani’s hateful rhetoric has created a harmful surroundings for harmless Jewish people in this metropolis.
The statistics show anti-Jewish incidents have exploded underneath Mamdani. Instead of electing a statesman like Winston Churchill, this metropolis selected an antisemitic clown with an agenda to destroy America’s founding rules.
Kathryn Donnelly
Queens
An antisemitic stabbing in the Upper West Side; a man threatens his household with a shotgun; a 12-year-old is shot by a stray bullet; puppies and medicines offered on the black market; one other individual shoved onto the subway tracks.
And that is all only one week in Mamdani’s New York City. Yet all he’s apprehensive about is arresting Netanyahu.
Rob Cerone
Manhattan
We all know the previous adage: Scorpions will sting you. Asking Mamdani to not act like Mamdani appears gullible. If you permit rapidly enough, you would possibly keep away from being the subsequent stabbing sufferer.
John Dumary Jr.
Duanesburg
Following Raul Morales allegedly stabbing a Jewish man and an Asian man in the Upper West Side, I hope Mamdani lowers the ingredient of hate in his speeches.
This was a hate crime. I’m upset over these egregious and nefarious acts towards our fellow human beings. For whenever you hate one individual, you hate us all. Remember this: Evil thrives when good people do nothing.
Frederick Bedell Jr.
Bellerose
Mamdani and his spouse are a hazard to New Yorkers. While the Israeli Day Parade was happening, he was photographed using his bicycle round Manhattan. Now he’s advocating for the arrest of Israel’s prime minister.
Jewish politicians and leaders should stand up to this antisemite. While a number of attacks towards Jewish people proceed to happen, pols like Sen. Chuck Schumer hit the mute button.
Arthur Kret
Delray Beach, Fla.
When district attorneys fail to prosecute assaults on civilians and police officers, rage-filled people lose inhibitions to restrain themselves.
When the mayor labels Zionists as monsters, he provides the go-ahead for assaults. Hence, antisemitic attacks and different kinds of violence increase. It’s not rocket science.
Michael Horowitz
Fresh Meadows
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