\u201cAs the leading proponents of the idea that antisemitism is different from anti-Zionism will tell you, being in a synagogue does not mean that your life is about Israel,\u201d Lasher said.<\/p>\n
He added that there were pressing domestic issues in New York City and the US, such as housing and child care.<\/p>\n
Lasher said he was pained by deaths in Gaza and angered by settler activity in the West Bank, while still supporting Israel\u2019s existence, and that the issues were too complex to fit into brief responses during candidate forums.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am exhausted by the dialogue in this campaign. I am exhausted by the obsession on a plot of land the size of New Jersey,\u201d he said. \u201cI care about the survival of Israel as a Jewish state. I am heartbroken by the killing of Palestinians. I will look at every policy question through those lenses.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy answers will be complicated. They will not fit into 90 seconds and I\u2019m tired of the obsession on this topic,\u201d he said, to applause.<\/p>\n
Lasher is running in the crowded race to succeed US Representative Jerry Nadler, who is retiring.<\/p>\n
The latest poll<\/a>, released last month, showed Lasher leading with a slight plurality of 22% support.<\/p>\n The district, covering Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side and Upper East Side, has the largest Jewish population of any congressional district in the US, with around 181,000 Jewish voters accounting for 23% of the voting population, according to a 2024 study<\/a>.<\/p>\n The district\u2019s primary takes place on June 23.<\/p>\n
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