‘Serial Liar’: ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt Slammed for False On Air Claims About NYC Candidate Mamdani

Ahmad Austin Jr. Aug 19th, 2025, 10:32 am

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt faced intense backlash after falsely claiming Zohran Mamdami never visited a synagogue during his campaign in an interview on CNBC.

In a Monday appearance on CNBC’s , Greenblatt leveled multiple criticisms at the New York City mayoral candidate — most notably over Mamdami’s previously refusal to condemn the term “globalize the intifada” and his stance on Israel. Greenblatt said:

This candidate has gone to Harlem to meet the Black community; Washington Heights, to meet the Latino community; Chinatown, to meet the Asian American community. Not once to a Jewish neighborhood.

CNBC host Andrew

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