Later this month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is planning to host a celebration in honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, during which a “festive kosher dairy menu will be served” to mark the holiday, where Jews celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Traditionally, dairy is served at Shavuot tables, with cheesecake a popular dessert. 

Respectfully, Mamdani can’t have our cheesecake and eat it too. He thinks he can opt in on low-stakes holiday celebrations and leave our community vulnerable to assault and danger every other day of the year.