Peloni: The threat of Islamist in the US is real. It has far reaching and societal reshaping goals which, if not blocked, will see America transformed into the latest victim of Jihad over the West and its inhabitants will be relegated to the status of dhimmis. With minutes on the job, Mamdani attacks Jews with a marginalized re-defining of Jew Hatred while simultaneously using this Alinsky tactic to legalize the launch of further attacks of economic isolation against Israel.
New NYC mayor revokes IHRA antisemitism definition and anti-boycott orders, sparking deep concern among Jewish leaders.
Israfan | Jan 2, 2025
Zohran Mamdani getting sworn in as mayor by Bernie Sanders. Photo by NYC Mayor’s Office, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
Just hours into his new role as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has drawn sharp criticism after reversing several key pro-Israel policies enacted under his predecessor, Eric Adams. Among the most controversial changes was Mamdani’s decision to revoke the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism a framework widely supported by Jewish communities worldwide.
The IHRA definition recognizes that denying the Jewish people’s right to self-determination, including the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish state, constitutes a form of antisemitism. Under Adams, this standard had served as official guidance for schools, city agencies, and law enforcement in confronting antisemitic rhetoric and behavior. Mamdani’s rollback of this definition has been portrayed as a defense of free speech, but critics argue it erodes crucial protections for Jewish New Yorkers.
In addition to rescinding the IHRA definition, Mamdani also voided executive orders that had prohibited city agencies and public pension boards from engaging in anti-Israel boycotts. These policies, once lauded for drawing a clear line against discrimination in public procurement and investment decisions, were aimed at countering efforts like BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), which targets the State of Israel.
Mamdani, who has previously declined to affirm Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, framed his sweeping reversals as an ideological return to form. “I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist,” he declared. “I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.”
While Mamdani has not yet disbanded the city’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, its future remains unclear. The office’s current head, Rabbi Moshe Davis, said he has received no updates about whether the office will maintain its mandate under the new administration. Jewish leaders worry that under Mamdani, the office may be stripped of its ability to respond to antisemitic rhetoric masked as political speech.
Community voices are sounding the alarm. The concern is that what was once viewed as hate speech may now be tolerated under the pretext of political critique effectively giving cover to antisemitism in city institutions and public discourse. For a city home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, the implications are both symbolic and profoundly practical.
Mamdani’s moves represent a radical departure from the policies that sought to make New York a national leader in combating antisemitism. Supporters may applaud his ideological consistency, but for many across the Jewish community, this is being seen as a step backward a dismantling of the very structures designed to ensure safety, dignity, and equal standing.
Whether something is Antisemitic or not is usually easy enough to test by switching the Words for Jew or Jewish to Irish or Negro. If the substitutionis offensive the original formulation is also so.
https://youtu.be/BiIXGEoVlqY
Horrifying cultural appropriation.
“ The Amazing Jewish Story Behind ‘Over the Rainbow’
By Lior Zaltzman Apr 13, 2020”
“…Yip’s parents were Russian Jews and Harold’s father was a Lithuanian cantor. Yip became a famed lyricist and Arlen a celebrated composer, and the two together wrote: “Over the Rainbow” for The Wizard of Oz, which came out New Year’s day 1939, less than two months after Kristallnacht, the terrible and vicious Nazi night of looting and destruction of Jewish businesses and synagogues in Germany in November of 1938.
…Hear the lyrics in this context and suddenly, the lyrics are no longer about wizards and Oz but about Jewish survival,” Light told the viewers of Saturday Night Seder as Platt belted out the moving song.
…For “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to exist, many Jewish men and women had to flee Europe into a land where dreams really do come true…”
https://www.kveller.com/story-behind-over-the-rainbow/
Didn’t virtually all of his support in the Primary come from absentee ballots from Pakistan?
And Democrapes are hamsters who vote party above common sense thus voting party on election day.
Talk about useful idiots!
On this issue, the Trump’s Adm is MIA!
Why?
Trump has already stated he is going to isolate Mandamidammydummys administration in NYC. No Fed money honey. Suck it!
The day is coming soon when this guy is going to actually act as the mayor of New York City. What New Yorkers hate more than Jews is a mayor who screws up the city.
I hope so, but that might have been more true in the past than now. The growing population of Muslims and angry wokesters changes the balance.
I think one good tactic is to heat up the legal opposition and protests, as Alan Dershowitz and others have been promising to do. At least make it difficult for him, and less promising to would be Mamdanis.