Rabbi Mark Goldfeder: “Mamdani Just Escalated Jew-Hatred & His Plan is TERRIFYING…”

Peloni: Rabbi Goldfeder, who is founder and director of National Jewish Advocacy Center and a professor at Touro Law School, explains that despite concerns surrounding NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s response to antisemitic incidents in NYC, the NY City’s Jewish community has strong legal protections in place to deal with Mamdani’s support of antisemitism.

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Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, the lawyer in this interview, wrote a must read article on how to deal with Mamdani on the eve of the mayor’s race:
https://www.israpundit.org/how-the-law-will-protect-jewish-new-yorkers-even-under-a-mamdani-administration/

I highly recommend reading it.

January 19, 2026 | 6 Comments »

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  1. Backlash after Republican who called Mamdani a ‘terrorist-lover’ is picked to helm NYC Council antisemitism task force

    Antisemitism task force chair sparks backlash
    Inna Vernikov, a Jewish Ukrainian-born Republican, was tapped to lead the City Council’s new antisemitism task force on Thursday. The bipartisan group is also co-chaired by Eric Dinowitz, a Jewish Democrat.

    Vernikov’s appointment raised some eyebrows, as she has previously made headlines for controversial moves. In 2023, she was arrested for bringing a gun to a pro-Palestinian protest. (The charges were dropped.)

    During the mayoral election, Vernikov called Mamdani a “terrorist-lover” and said that “jihad” was “coming to NYC” if he won. In another post responding to a letter that Mamdani wrote in Yiddish, Vernikov said, “he wants you to burn in an oven.”

    City Council Speaker Julie Menin was questioned about naming Vernikov on Thursday. She said the caucus voted for a bipartisan task force, but added that she would “pay very close attention” to Vernikov’s conduct, reported Politico.

    Mamdani also answered a question about Vernikov’s rhetoric on Bloomberg News. “The difficulty of this is that I know that there are so many in this city who have to deal with similar kinds of smears,” he said. “It is all too easy to allow that to color the way that you approach any one issue.”

    https://www.jta.org/2026/01/30/ny/backlash-after-republican-who-called-mamdani-a-terrorist-lover-is-picked-to-helm-nyc-council-antisemitism-task-force

  2. In the not so long run a lot of Jews will leave New York for neighbouring towns or the youngsters with any sense for Israel.

    Zionism became practical when the Russians upped the pressure as Alexander III made his tutor, Pobiednostov, the CEO of the Russian Church admin (Procurator of the Holy Synod) and he created the pogroms and harassment policy – chiefly no credit: a third will die, a third will go and a third will convert or otherwise assimilate. Well when Germany tried the same 30 Nobel laureates past and future left mostly for the US.