Surprisingly strong performance against 33 -year -old Democratic Socialist’s former village. Andrew Kuoomo makes it clear that taking a stand against Israel is no longer disqualified in Democratic Primary. The State Assembly Member has refused to support Israel’s rights existing as a Jewish state, refusing to condemn the term “Global Intefada” and support an organized effort to put economic pressure on Israel through boycott and other strategy.

Nevertheless, he excelled with the support of the largest Jewish population and many Jewish voters outside Israel in the city.

Mamdani’s success shows the ideological recurrence of many American Jews since October 7, 2023, attacked by Hamas on Israel, which led to an attack on Israeli’s Gaza. Many democratic voters, including the Jews, are disappointed with the behavior of Israel in the war and is deeply critical for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is especially true among young, more progressive voters, many of whom have once rejected the approved perception that the anti-Israeli spirit is naturally antisemitic.

For others, Mamdani’s performance has promoted new fears about the safety and effects of wandering of Jewish voters in a city, where anti -Jews hatred has increased crime. Last year, the Jewish city had aiming for more than half of the hatred crimes.

“Surely people are worried,” Rabbi Shimon Hacht, a Congress in Brooklyn, said that he said that he has heard from circles in recent times, who hope that Mamdani will be beaten in the November general election, where he will face Mayor Eric Adams, who are running as an independent, republican cassia, and possibly Calum, and Probably Calums, and Probably cav.

“I think it is a wake-up call for the people,” said the hatch, “I think it is a wake-up call.” “I strongly believe that he will not be selected as our next mayor, but this is going to do a lot between Jewish people and others who are concerned about these issues. We have to be united.”

Veteran New York Democratic political strategist Hak Shinkoff placed it more clearly, predicting the migration of religious Jews from the city and a long -standing Jewish influence that will be repeated elsewhere.

“This is the end of Jewish New York as we know,” he said, “New York is a Petri dish for national democratic politics. And what happened here is likely to be in cities across the country.”

Israel was a major campaign issue

Mamdani’s top Democratic rival, former governor, called the Israel of the campaign “the most important issue” for Israel for Israel.

Mamdani’s Backers repeatedly accused Kuoomo of trying to make the issue a weapon. The way Republican President Donald Trump has not criticized Israel’s works, many people have gained similarities, claiming Jews, who “hate Israel” to Democrats and vote for their own religion.

For some Mamdani supporters, the election results indicated rejection by voters of one of the arguments of the cumo: that a socialist with Palestinian -thoughts pose a threat to the Jewish community of New York.

Many people were focused on issues such as strength in notorious expensive city, or flat-outs against Cumo, who were forced to resign for insults amid allegations of sexual harassment.

The 35 -year -old Brooklyn Bartender, Ayyana Lyong Kannour, who is Jews and supports Mamdani, said that votes “New Yorkers, representing many of them representing Jews, stated that we care more about being an affordable city than the division of sowing.”

“Many of us commit a truly deep crime for our history, who are getting armed against us,” he said. “Jewish people around the world are well apprehensive for their safety, but Jews in New York are altogether.”

Others agreed with the ideas of the case on Israel.

Beth Miller, the political director of the Jewish Voice for Peace Action, an anti-jyoni, the progressive group who worked on behalf of the Mamdani, said that “Mamdani said” was actually very popular among a lot of Jewish voters. “

“This is not despite his support for Palestinian rights. It is due to his support for Palestinian rights,” he said. He said, “The Jewish community and all generations of more and more Jews, but especially within the young generations, have suffered a massive breakdown,” he said, now refuses to be bound by what he sees as a wicked government tortured against citizens.

The poll show support for Israel has declined since the war began. Overall, a modest majority of Americans now expresses Israel’s “some extent” or “much” adverse opinion, according to the March Pew Research Center Poll, compared to 42% in 2022. The ideas of Democrats are particularly negative, about 70% of an adverse opinion vs. Republican.

Beyond the mayor’s race

Mamdani was not the only race where Israel was in the minds of voters.

In Brooklyn, City Councilvuman Shahna Hanif, who represents the park slopes and surrounding areas, criticized her Palestinian advocacy. Some said that it had failed to respond to antisemic incidents in the district.

Nevertheless, Hanif, the first Muslim woman selected for the city council, easily defeated her top challenger, Maya Cornberg, who is Jewish, rich, rich, despite the influx of money from supporters and donors.

The result rejected Ramon Malan, a developer who launched Brooklyn Bridbbuilders to oppose Hanif’s reunion and said that antisemitism was not resonant with voters.

“We were very disappointed with our neighbors’ response,” he said.

Promoting Hanif, he said that he was shouted regularly by the residents and accused of supporting the massacre.

He said, “I think the Jewish community in the Jewish community is associated with the fact that there have been some types of cultural maritime changes that are happening,” he said. “What we are seeing is a modernization of hatred that is not happening in any other generous or progressive place.”

Mamdani’s record and rhetoric

Mammadani has repeatedly promised to fight antisamitism, in which during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, where he was grilled on his stand. He attended the show by City Completeer and fellow candidate Brad Lander, the city’s highest ranked Jewish officer who did cross-endorser. He has also said that he will increase funding for anti-hate crime programming.

But many of his comments have angered Jewish groups and authorities, especially his phrase refusing to “make Intefada global”, which has been used as a slogan in recent protests. Many Jews see it as a call for violence against Israeli citizens. In the podcast interview, Mammadani stated that the phrase “captured a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing for Palestinian human rights.”

Mamdani also supports boycott, division and restrictions of restrictions, aims to pressurize governments, schools, and other institutions to boycott Israel’s products, divided by companies supporting the country, and impose restrictions. The Anti-Defection League calls it part of antisemetic and a comprehensive campaign, “Representatives and isolated the state of Israel.”

Mamdani has also said that, as the mayor, he would arrest Netanyahu if the Israeli leader tried to enter the city.

ADL in a statement on Thursday warned the candidates and their supporters not to “use the language” not to use the language playing in dangerous antisemic cannds at that time and time to incite hatred against Jews.

In his victory speech, Mamdani criticized and told him that he would not give up his beliefs. But he also said that he would “come forward to understand the attitude of those with whom I disagree and wrestle deeply with the disagreement.”