“This is a moment where Jewish self-concern \u2014 safety \u2014 is on the docket,” Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue told “Fox & Friends First<\/a>” on Wednesday.<\/p>\n “I would love nothing more than it not to be on the docket, that New Yorkers are just arguing over sanitation and police and taxation and the things that make our city great, but this is a moment that we need to speak up about Jewish self-concern.”<\/p>\n MAMDANI RIPPED BY RIVALS FOR UNPOPULAR STANCE DURING FIERY NYC DEBATE: ‘YOU WON’T SUPPORT ISRAEL’<\/a><\/p>\n New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference in the Bronx where he was endorsed by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Sept. 17, 2025. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Cosgrove warned his synagogue Saturday that Mamdani “poses a danger to the security of the New York Jewish community,” pointing to the Democratic socialist’s “refusal to condemn inciteful slogans like \u2018globalize the Intifada\u2019” and his “repeated accusation of [Israeli] genocide” as evidence.<\/p>\n After longstanding pressure, Mamdani said last month<\/a> he would “discourage” use of the “globalize the intifada” phrase, which is commonly associated with violence against Israel.<\/p>\n Mamdani has a lengthy record of criticizing Israel, at one point insisting New York City should honor<\/a> the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to visit the city.<\/p>\n However, he rejects claims he is antisemitic.<\/p>\n As Election Day closes in, Cosgrove says now is the time for outreach.<\/p>\n ACTIVISTS SOUND ALARM ON ‘DEEPLY TROUBLING’ POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR MAMDANI’S ANTI-ISRAEL MESSAGING<\/a><\/p>\n Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joins New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during the “Fighting Oligarchy” town hall at Brooklyn College on Sept. 6, 2025. (Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n “When I’m speaking to the Park Avenue Synagogue community, I’m preaching to the choir already,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “But there are folks in the non-Jewish community, in the Jewish community who are ambivalent, who are undecided, and I think this is the moment in time that we all need to reach out to our networks of influence.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “Not everyone has a pulpit, but everyone has friends, colleagues, family members who we have to have those one-on-one conversations [with] and throw a flag on the field and say, \u2018We can disagree on an issue here and there, but when it comes to the safety of the Jewish community, there is no gray area.'”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n Mamdani\u2019s campaign has noted his support from Jewish elected officials \u2014 including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander \u2014 in response to antisemitism concerns, according to POLITICO.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Zohran](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761151151_865_zohran-mamdani-nyc-speaking-sept-2025.jpg\")
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