{"id":363828,"date":"2026-10-03T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363828\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:16:11","slug":"jewish-groups-blast-nyc-mayor-mamdanis-antisemitism-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363828\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish groups blast NYC Mayor Mamdani\u2019s antisemitism plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A coalition of more than 25 Big Apple-based Jewish community groups is ripping Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new plan to combat antisemitism, claiming it deliberately ignores hatred targeting Jews and Israel.<\/p>\n

The groups \u2014 which include the New York City Public School Alliance and Bridgebuilders Grassroots Coalition \u2014 slammed a 33-page blueprint for dealing with rising antisemitic crime<\/a> that the Israel-hating mayor rolled out Tuesday, saying it \u201cfalls dangerously short\u201d by \u201clargely sidestep[ping] the biggest threat Jewish New Yorkers\u201d face: anti-Jewish harassment and \u201cviolence cloaked as anti-Israel activism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat omission isn\u2019t incidental. It\u2019s the central failure of the report,\u201d the groups said in a letter Friday to Phylisa Wisdom, executive director of Mayor\u2019s Office to Combat Antisemitism<\/a>, demanding the Mamdani administration issue a new plan that defines antisemitism and addresses anti-Zionist hatred.<\/p>\n

\"MayorA coalition of more than 25 Big Apple-based Jewish community groups is ripping Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new plan to combat antisemitism, claiming it deliberately ignores hatred targeting Jews and Israel. Matt Roberts\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s strategy <\/a>is largely a pared-down version of ex-Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 policy framework released last year. <\/p>\n

It invests $29 million annually towards hate crime prevention \u2014 a $3 million hike \u2014 by improving security at synagogues and other Jewish cultural centers<\/p>\n

However, the report <\/a>only makes one passing remark about Israel \u2014 \u201cNew York is home to the largest Jewish community of any city in the world outside of Israel\u201d \u2014 and fails to mention Zionism at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mayor\u2019s report explicitly declines to adopt a definition of antisemitism and provides little concrete guidance for perhaps the hardest and most pertinent questions institutions are confronting: When is conduct framed as antizionist political expression simply anti-Jewish targeting or discrimination?\u201d the coalition said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we solve a problem if we refuse to even acknowledge the cause? A strategy to combat antisemitism in New York City must address antisemitism as Jewish New Yorkers are experiencing it today and must not deny their [ability] to identify and define the hate they encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramon Maislen, co-founder of Bridgebuilders Grassroots Coalition, also fired off an email on Friday to Wisdom, saying members of the 25-plus groups \u201cwould welcome\u201d meeting with her and her team to discuss their \u201cconcerns and recommendations.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"PeopleReports of antisemitism are surging in NYC, but critics said the mayor is \u201clargely sidestep[ping] the biggest threat Jewish New Yorkers\u201d face: anti-Jewish harassment and \u201cviolence cloaked as anti-Israel activism.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

Wisdom did not return messages left by The Post, but Mamdani spokesman Sam Raskin said the administration stands by the mayor\u2019s plan to tackle antisemitism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strategy reflects the Mamdani administration\u2019s commitment to rooting out antisemitism in all its forms and ensuring every Jewish New Yorker can live safely and proudly in our city, regardless of their political views,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAntisemitism is a scourge, and our responsibility is to address it wherever it appears and whoever perpetuates it. The Mamdani administration is laser-focused on using the many tools available to municipal government to root out antisemitism and ensure Jewish life across the five boroughs continues to thrive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A coalition of more than 25 Big Apple-based Jewish community groups is ripping Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new plan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3862,60,25973,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,87,58,9498,82],"class_list":["post-363828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-antisemitism","tag-israel","tag-letters","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-politics","tag-us-news","tag-zionism","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363828","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=363828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}