Rabbis fear Mamdani's anti-Israel focus amid rising antisemitism

A group of rabbis urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday to change his approach to the city’s Jewish community, raising alarm that his outspoken opposition to Israel and prominent Jewish figures is stoking racism.

A group of 10 Reform, Conservative, and Modern Orthodox rabbis met with the mayor this week and issued a message that there is a uniform sense that Mamdani’s relationship with the Jewish community must change, according to the New York Times. The mayor’s office described the meeting as an “open, positive and constructive conversation.”