During the Oct. 22 New York City mayoral debate, Democratic candidate and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani attempted to reassure Jewish voters that he would protect them.

His opponent, Andrew Cuomo, interjected. Hundreds of rabbis, he noted, had signed a letter warning about the normalization of antisemitism and anti-Zionism and tying it to candidates like Mamdani,. The New York assemblyman is an outspoken critic of Israel who has repeatedly said he is "not a Zionist."

"It was not several rabbis, Zohran," Cuomo said at the Wednesday debate. "It was 650 rabbis."

As of the the following afternoon, nearly 1,000 rabbis from around the country had signed the letter saying Mamdani's positions and rhetoric threaten Jewish safety. Nearly 100 of the signees were New Jersey rabbis from a variety o

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