Nearly two months have passed since Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic Party’s mayoral primary in New York City. While America’s major Jewish groups underestimated the 33-year-old candidate’s rising popularity before the June primary, their restrained criticism of the anti-Israel ideologue ahead of November’s general election suggests that some of our nation’s most prominent Jewish institutions are absorbing his presumptive mayorship with unspoken acceptance.

The New York state assemblyman’s dangerous positions are well-established. From his refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state to his participation in pro-Hamas rallies, voters cannot fault Mamdani for his lack of transparency when it comes to his hatred of Israel.

An electoral win for Mamdani would result in antisemites being giv

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