A recent Fox News poll found that 38% of Jewish New Yorkers intend to vote for Zohran Mamdani for mayor, setting aside whatever reservations they might have about the candidate’s views on Israel. At least a few of those voters will support the 34-year-old state Assembly member not despite those views, but because of them.
That’s their right as Americans and as Jews. But I feel sure that for almost any Jew among the 42% who plan to vote for Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor, or the 13% who support Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, Mamdani’s views are more than disturbing.
Readers of this column, particularly those inclined to vote for Mamdani, should at least pause to consider the reasons.
A good place to start is to concede that nothing in the public record suggests Mamda