{"id":29677,"date":"2025-11-05T16:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29677\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:37:08","slug":"swastikas-found-painted-on-nyc-yeshiva-after-zohran-mamdani-elected-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/29677\/","title":{"rendered":"Swastikas found painted on NYC yeshiva after Zohran Mamdani elected mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hateful vandal scrawled red swastikas on the front of a Brooklyn yeshiva overnight Wednesday, just hours after the election of anti-Israel Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani raised fears of a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/05\/us-news\/nyc-jewish-groups-vow-to-hold-zohran-mamdani-accountable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new \u201cnormalization of antisemitism.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Security staff called 911 when they discovered the hateful symbols drawn in red paint on the pillars and window of the Magen David Yeshiva on McDonald Avenue near Avenue S in Gravesend around 6:30 a.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>The solo suspect, who wore all black during the brazen act, fled on foot and had not been arrested by early Wednesday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>A solo suspect scrawled red swastikas on the front of the Magen David Yeshiva in Brooklyn overnight Wednesday. X\/Rep. Nicole Malliotakis<\/p>\n<p>The hateful display sparked backlash from Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who urged Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to immediately condemn it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrooklyn\u2019s Jewish community wakes up to two swastikas at Magen David Yeshiva in Gravesend,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NMalliotakis\/status\/1986070566613250369\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said Malliotakis<\/a>, who represents Staten Island and parts of Southern Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile @NYPDHateCrimes investigates, the Mayor-elect must unequivocally condemn this hateful graffiti\u2026Time to represent and protect ALL New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pinny Ringel, a district leader within Assembly District 48, which covers the area,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pinnyringel\/status\/1986051633306796091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> chimed in that<\/a> \u201cHate has no place in this city and should be condemned by everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The disturbing discovery came hours after Jewish groups vowed to hold 34-year-old Mamdani \u2013 who frequently came under fire throughout his campaign for his anti-Israel ideology \u2013 \u201cfully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nicole Malliotakis called on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to condemn the hateful graffiti AP<\/p>\n<p>Jewish groups in New York City fear a new \u201cnormalization of antisemitism\u201d following Mamdani\u2019s historic win. Aristide Economopoulos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight the quiet normalization of antisemitism just got very loud. For years, Mayor-elect Mamdani\u2019s activism was steeped in coded language about Jews, performative boycotts, exclusion, and overt hostility toward Israel,\u201d Sarah Forman, Executive Director of New York Solidarity Network said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cNow, his views gain a platform with real consequences for the city that is home to the largest Jewish community in the diaspora.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hateful vandal scrawled red swastikas on the front of a Brooklyn yeshiva overnight Wednesday, just hours after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3862,98,100,99,57,9,24,63,18377,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-29677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-antisemitism","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-swastika","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}