A woman who was elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential Brooklyn Democratic Party has apologized for a social media post from last year that amplified antisemitic comments and conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n
Carmella Charrington, whose candidacy was supported by democratic socialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by Henry Ford, the industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only way to change is understanding the truth!\u201d Ms. Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported<\/a> by Jewish Insider.<\/p>\n Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic and did not intend to amplify the antisemitic sentiments and conspiracy theories espoused by the book or the narrator of the video. She has since deleted the post.<\/p>\n \u201cA few months ago, I reshared an antisemitic post,\u201d Ms. Charrington said in a written statement to The New York Times. \u201cI have learned that the book talked about in this video is a piece of white supremacist literature. It has been used for over a century to blame Jews for systemic issues and to turn people against Black folks, immigrants and the L.G.B.T. community. It was a mistake to repost the video and I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Ford\u2019s paper, The Dearborn Independent, published a series of front-page articles in the early 1920s by its editor, William Cameron, titled \u201cThe International Jew.\u201d The articles promoted Mr. Ford\u2019s antisemitic beliefs that Jews had financed World War I and controlled business, the media and politics.<\/p>\n The articles were turned into a four-volume series titled \u201cThe International Jew \u2014 The World\u2019s Foremost Problem.\u201d Mr. Ford sold the paper in 1927 and issued an apology to Jewish people.<\/p>\n The deletion of Ms. Charrington\u2019s post comes as tensions between some members of the city\u2019s Jewish population and newly elected, D.S.A.-backed politicians have boiled over. The D.S.A. candidates who won primaries on Tuesday have been critical of Israel and supportive of Palestinian rights.<\/p>\n New York City is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, and the city\u2019s Democratic Party was staunchly supportive of Israel for decades, until Israel\u2019s war in Gaza changed that political calculus. Some Jewish leaders have pushed back, accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other D.S.A. members of promoting criticism of Israel that feels to them like bigotry and antisemitism.<\/p>\n Jabari Brisport and Eon Huntley, two D.S.A. members who won re-election and election to the State Senate and Assembly on Tuesday, supported Ms. Charrington\u2019s campaign. Both men said in a statement that the post she shared \u201chas no place in our movement\u201d and vowed to fight antisemitism.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t support conspiracy theories,\u201d Mr. Huntley said in an interview.<\/p>\n