Park East Synagogue riot: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: An anti-Israel protest-turned-riot exterior of Park East Synagogue.
In his zealous help without spending a dime speech, Mayor Mamdani has promoted his No. 1 political agenda: to weaken the state of Israel in any respect prices (“Hizzoner with mob vs. Jews,” May 7).
If the mayor have been to put as a lot effort into his socialist agenda for affordability as he does for debunking real-estate transactions within the Jewish state, his constituents may see decrease rents and free groceries.
Robert S. April
Manhattan
When it involves anti-semitism, there’s actually nothing new beneath the solar. This centuries-old hatred stays viable and vibrant as a result of of the silent response it generally engenders.
Mayor Mamdani’s metropolis holds the world’s largest Jewish population exterior of Israel; he proudly smiles and stays mum when Jews are attacked and demonized. His silence speaks volumes.
S.P. Hersh
Lawrence
Naturally, Mayor Mamdani takes the aspect of the anti-semitic rioters.
Those are his people; they’re the one “New Yorkers” he cares about. They are those who put him in workplace.
Today’s “anti-colonialists,” such because the members of the ignorant mob battling the police officers exterior the synagogue, are, like their comrade Mamdani, Hitler’s youngsters.
David Rabinovitz
Brooklyn
I went to hope on the night providers at Park East Synagogue on the evening of the protest. I used to be a block away from the synagogue once I heard a group of masked protesters chanting “We don’t want two states, we want ’48” and “Globalize the Intifada.”
It shortly grew to become obvious that these protesters weren’t merely in opposition to the sale of properties in Israeli settlements within the West Bank, they have been calling for an finish to the state of Israel.
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It was not a protest in opposition to the sale of properties. It was a violent hate rally.
Mordechai Schwarz
Manhattan
Another day, one other pogrom in New York City. Mayor Mamdani states that each group has a proper to “gather.” It’s turning into a each day incidence in each borough.
There is worry in each Jewish neighborhood within the metropolis. As long as there are no penalties, it will proceed.
J.J. Levine
Miami Beach, Fla.
The Issue: Jim Quinn writes concerning the penalties of “no bail” and different prison justice reforms.
The “elder parole” and “timely parole release” payments geared toward springing “New York’s worst killers” are past woke (“Lesson: ‘No bail’ terrible mistake,” Jim Quinn, May 5).
Even within the DC comedian books, the politicians wouldn’t release the Joker or Two-Face out of Arkham Asylum to wreak havoc on Gotham.
New York’s progressive left (and the remainder of the Northeast) both don’t perceive or don’t care concerning the repercussions such reckless insurance policies can have on the law-abiding residents who pays the last word price for his or her hubris.
Francis R. Cooley
Plainville, Conn.
Concerted efforts by hard-left lawmakers that might allow the very worst examples of humanity incarcerated in New York’s prisons to gain their freedom after reaching a sure age (regardless of their sentence) is one other instance of the left’s obsession with undermining conventional western values.
While defending the public is a essential element, the ideas of punishment and retribution undermine the very glue that tenuously holds our society collectively.
It’s a very unhappy day when proponents of this legislative insanity have reached numbers the place they will inflict their distorted values on the inhabitants of the state.
Mitchell Schwefel
Barnegat, NJ
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