The United Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order endorses Zohran Mamdani for Mayor in New York City.
Jewish New Yorkers recognize the escalated attacks on our immigrant neighbors as a grave indicator of right-wing authoritarianism. Mamdani stands for social justice for oppressed people, pledging to strengthen New York City’s sanctuary city status against Trump’s overreach with ICE raids on immigrants.
Rising anti-semitism will not be resolved by the same politicians that have been paid by billionaires. The status quo politicians perform cheap platitudes to the Jewish community. They say they are against anti-semitism and Trump’s fascistic agenda, but have shown that they are part of the problem when they practice cronyism and get caught in corruption scandals of their own.
Mamdani has been falsely accused of anti-semitism and “not for Jewish Rights” by his opponents. The cynical attacks are obviously made to spark racial hatred and Islamophobia. An image put online by a SuperPAC which funds his opponent, the disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo, appears as if he has a darker, longer beard. Zohran is correct to say that the image “is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support Cuomo’s campaign.”
It was not Mamdani that blamed Orthodox Jews for the increase of COVID cases. Those anti-Semitic remarks were declared by then Governor Cuomo. Anti-Semitic attacks grew after Cuomo’s comments during the pandemic.
Mamdani is the best candidate to fight against rising anti-semitism by the ultra-left and ultra-right. Trump is using hatred and fear to keep us divided while he cuts the working-class’s hard earned benefits like healthcare in order to pay for his tax-cuts for his billionaire donors. Mamdani is a proponent of “Freeze The Rent” for rent-stabilized apartments. Mamdani will fight Trump’s attempts to gouge the working class through unity, not division.
Board of Directors,
United Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order.