The ADL statement announcing the Mamdani Monitor made no reference to Islam. Responding to critics of the Mamdani Monitor in a video last week, the group\u2019s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, said of Mamdani that \u201cfierce animosity toward the Jewish state has characterized his entire time in public life\u201d and that \u201che surrounded himself with people who are notorious for their antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greenblatt said the ADL has launched an antisemitism tip line for Jewish New Yorkers, and will expand research of policies by and appointees to Mamdani\u2019s administration. \u201cIf the new administration does great things to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe and to make them feel welcome, then people should know about it,\u201d Greenblatt said in the video. \u201cAnd if the new administration takes steps that endanger Jewish New Yorkers and make them feel unwelcome, then people should know about it too. That\u2019s it. It\u2019s pretty simple.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t At least one of the signers of the statement said the ADL is applying a double standard to Mamdani, and that the group hasn\u2019t created a similar monitor to track antisemitic activity within the Trump administration. \u201cWe reject false accusations of antisemitism against Black, brown, and Muslim progressive champions who are fighting for a country where all of us can thrive,\u201d Bend the Arc said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n The letter provides further evidence of a split along ideological and strategic lines among Jewish organizations over how to interact with Mamdani. For groups like the ADL and the UJA-Federation of New York, for whom staunch support of Israel is a core tenet, Mamdani\u2019s support for the boycott movement against Israel, along with his harsh criticism of the country at a time of rising antisemitism, represents a threat to Jewish New Yorkers.<\/p>\n Progressive groups are eager to work with Mamdani on domestic issues like affordability, a pillar of his campaign. Some of the groups who signed Tuesday\u2019s statement, including New York Jewish Agenda and T\u2019ruah, support Israel while advocating for peace and democracy in ways frequently critical of the Israeli government. The day after Mamdani\u2019s victory, NYJA released a statement saying that it looked forward \u201cto engaging the new administration on shared priorities in the months to come, including combating antisemitism and other forms of hate, tackling the affordability crisis, and ensuring that all New Yorkers feel safe in our great city.\u201d<\/p>\n About a third of Jews who voted in the election supported Mamdani.<\/p>\n
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