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Zohran Mamdani, a self-described socialist whose thin record of paid employment included passing three bills in four years as a New York state assemblyman, was elected mayor of America’s single largest city. And in defiance of the polls, he won an outright majority of the vote to do it. New York City also has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, a fact that wouldn’t be all that relevant except for the single-minded focus Mamdani has maintained on Jews for his entire adult life.