From Breitbart: More than 650 rabbis warned Wednesday that electing Democratic Socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani would endanger “the safety and dignity of Jews in every city,” citing his refusal to condemn “globalize the intifada,” denial of Israel’s legitimacy, and “genocide” claims, according to a letter published by the Jewish Majority.
In the open letter titled “A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future,” the signers said they “cannot remain silent in the face of rising anti-Zionism and its political normalization throughout our nation,” adding that when public figures like Mamdani refuse to condemn violent slogans, deny Israel’s legitimacy, and accuse the Jewish state of genocide, they “delegitimize the Jewish community and encourage and exacerbate hostility toward Judaism and Jews.”
Quoting New York Board of Rabbis president Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the letter warned that such rhetoric “delegitimizes the Jewish community and encourages and exacerbates hostility toward Judaism and Jews,” crossing a line from policy debate to community harm.
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue, also cited in the letter, said Zionism and Jewish self-determination are “inseparable strands” of Jewish identity. “Zionism, Israel, Jewish self-determination — these are not political preferences or partisan talking points,” he said. “They are constituent building blocks and inseparable strands of my Jewish identity … To accept me as a Jew but to ask me to check my concern for the people and state of Israel at the door is a nonsensical proposition and an offensive one.”
We encourage all rabbis to sign the letter and stand with political candidates who reject antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric, and affirm Israel’s right to exist.https://t.co/w2KnX9w8T4
— Zionist Rabbinic Coalition (@zionistrabbis) October 22, 2025
Multiple rabbis are also releasing video statements warning about Mamdani.
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Manhattan’s Park Avenue Synagogue publicly denounced mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, calling him a danger to the safety of Jewish New Yorkers.
Cosgrove criticized Mamdani’s refusal to condemn the slogan “Globalize the Intifada,” his denial of… pic.twitter.com/51ijgdiTtm
— ILTV Israel News (@ILTVNews) October 21, 2025
Prominent NYC rabbi Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove recently warned that Mamdani “is a danger to the Jewish body politic of New York City.”
“He is a danger to the Jewish body politic of New York City.”
Prominent NYC rabbi Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove rips Zohran Mamdani as a ‘danger’ to Jewish New Yorkers pic.twitter.com/LoiOmlbphh
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) October 21, 2025
For the first time in 50 years of Jewish public service, Rabbi Michael Miller — former head of the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY — is breaking his silence. He’s endorsing @andrewcuomo for NYC Mayor and warning that Mamdani’s anti-Israel record poses a direct threat to… pic.twitter.com/aUwvnN9YOl
— Afshine Emrani MD FACC (@afshineemrani) October 21, 2025
For the first time in my 40 years as a New York rabbi, I must sound the alarm on Yom Kippur about the existential threat to our community.
Zohran Mamdani has openly positioned himself as an enemy of the State of Israel. On this holiest night, we proclaim with clarity: we will… pic.twitter.com/qsrl6P63D0
— Rabbi Marc Schneier (@RabbiMSchneier) October 1, 2025
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