Jacob Kornbluh
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Senior political reporter at the Forward. Email:
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đ¨ SCOOPđ¨: NYC Mayor Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism.
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Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Phylisa Wisdom, a progressive Jewish leader, to lead the Office to Combat Antisemitism.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/798609/mamdani-phylisa-wisdom-antisemitism-office/
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Council Speaker Julie Menin, introducing buffer zones outside synagogues legislation, addresses Mamdani + othersâ concerns about limiting protests: âEnforcement is not based on speech or viewpoint. It is based on conduct that endangers others.â
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SCOOP: Mayor Mamdani visited today Holocaust survivor and artist Olga Spiegel at her Manhattan apartment to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. More details âŹď¸
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Mamdani visits Holocaust survivor at her apartment on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited with Holocaust survivor Olga Spiegel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/801033/zohran-mamdani-holocaust-survivor/
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EXCLUSIVE: Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch affixed a mezuzah to the front doorframe of her office at One Police Plaza. Details âŹď¸
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Jessica Tisch affixes a mezuzah to her NYPD office on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jessica Tisch, New York's Jewish police commissioner, affixed a mezuzah to the doorframe of her office to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/800892/jessica-tisch-mezuzah-nypd-office/
13 days ago
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âď¸ VIDEO: Mayor Mamdani seen with a shovel assisting a car stuck in the snow in the Hasidic-populated neighborhood of Williamsburg.
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NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin announces legislation to establish safe perimeter around as part of five-point plan to combat antisemitism. Mamdani says heâs waiting for review to determine legality of buffer zones before committing to supporting the legislation
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NYCâs first Jewish City Council leader could govern as a check on Mamdani. Hereâs her plan to fight antisemitism
Menin plans to introduce a bill that would ban demonstrations around entrances and exits of houses of worship.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/798240/julie-menin-mamdani-antisemitism-buffer-zone-synagogue-protest/
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Julie Menin says in her inaugural speech: âWe live in a day with the first Muslim mayor of New York City and now the first Jewish speaker of the Council serving at the same timeâŚ. âAs the first Jewish Speaker, I want my vision of leadership to be as focused on dissolving division.â
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Poll: 53% of non-Jewish voters say NYC needs leaders who challenge U.S. support for Israelâs government, even if it upsets some voters. 55% of non-Jewish voters say concerns about feeling threatened by Mamdaniâs statements on Israel are overreaction fueled by politics.
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Jewish New Yorkers say concerns about Mamdani are real, new poll shows. Most other voters say theyâre overblown.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's views on Israel are well-known but remain unsettling to NYC Jews, a new poll confirms.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/795103/mamdani-israel-jews-nyc-mayor-poll/
about 1 month ago
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Rep. Dan Goldman was visibly emotional at start of remarks at his reelection campaign launch in Chinatown this morning: âItâs been three years of really good work.â The two-term incumbent is facing a tough primary challenge by Brad Lander, the former comptroller endorsed by NYC Mayor Mamdani.
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NYPD commissioner Tisch: Antisemitic incidents in NYC declined in 2025, down 3% from 2024, but it still made up the majority â 57% â of all hate crimes reported. âThese numbers remain far too high, and antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face.â
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đ¨ BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani says that he will keep open the recently-created Mayorâs Office to Combat Antisemitism. âThat is an issue that we take very seriously, and as part of the commitment that we've made to Jewish New Yorkers, to not only protect them, but to celebrateâŚâ
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Mayor Mamdani at inauguration: âI know there are some who view this administration with distrust or disdain⌠and while only action can change minds, I promise you this: if you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. âRegardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with youâŚâ
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In today's transition news: Mayor-elect Mamdani appointed Steve Banks, who is Jewish, as corporation counsel, the city's top lawyer. His pick for schools chancellor, Kamar Samuels, is married to a Jewish woman, Meg Cassedy-Blum Samuels.
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Mamdani announces appointment of Sam Levine, who is Jewish, as commissioner of the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Levine was previously director of the FTCâs Bureau of Consumer Protection.
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đ¸ Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani just attended and spoke at the @NYJewishAgenda Hanukkah celebration in Manhattan.
about 2 months ago
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Mamdani responding to renewed criticism re: refusal to condemn âglobalize the intifadaâ slogan: âI continue to discourage the use of that phrase, a phrase that I do not use myself, and I continue to focus on the work at hand of keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe in the city.â
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about 2 months ago
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đ¨đ¸ NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens this evening to pay his respects to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. Mamdani also made a private prayer at the grave.
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Exciting news! Alyssa Katz has joined the Forward as new editor-in-chief.
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Alyssa Katz Named Next Editor-in-Chief of the Forward
Alyssa Katz has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, the nationâs most influential and widely-read Jewish publication. The appointment was announced today by Forward Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishm...
https://forward.com/communications/789964/alyssa-katz-named-next-editor-in-chief-of-the-forward/
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đ¨ SCOOP: Mamdani is meeting this afternoon with the New York Board of Rabbis to discuss his agenda. I also write about last night's appearance at the Satmar events âŹď¸
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Exclusive: Mamdani to meet with New York rabbis to discuss his agenda, as Jews remain divided over him
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is meeting with a dozen New York rabbis about his agenda and his vision on public safety.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/789475/mamdani-rabbis-nyc-mayor-satmar-hasidim/
about 2 months ago
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Last night, outgoing NYC Mayor Eric Adams signed executive order that prohibits city agencies from engaging in BDS and blocks city officials from divesting from Israel Bonds and other Israeli companies.
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đ¨ SCOOP: Senate Democratic Leader Schumer will introduce today a resolution ârejecting Nick Fuentes and his white supremacist views, condemning [Tucker] Carlsonâs platforming of hate, and condemning antisemitism and white supremacy...â Schumer wants it to be bipartisan.
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SCOOP: In bid for Nadlerâs seat, Jack Schlossberg makes Jewish security his Day One priority. Read more about his new âJack-Fast-Trackâ plan to force immediate House floor vote to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $500MâŹď¸
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Exclusive: In bid for Nadlerâs seat, Jack Schlossberg makes Jewish security his first priority
Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, pitches an aggressive plan to counter antisemitism as the primary field grows for Jerry Nadler's seat.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/784393/jfk-grandson-jack-schlossberg-jerry-nadler-antisemitism/
3 months ago
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Mamdani asked if he thinks Mayor Adams is âtrollingâ him by traveling to Israel? Mamdani has said he wouldnât visit the country as mayor. Mamdani: âI think the mayor is free to spend his remaining days and weeks and months as he so pleases.â
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3 months ago
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đ¨ CNN exit poll: 38% of New York City voters said the candidate's position on Israel was a a major factor in their vote. 30% a minor factor. 29% not a factor at all. David Chalian: âOf course, that cuts both ways, since there was a real contrast in positions on Israel.â
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âGod of Israel will help you win,â this Jewish woman told Cuomo when he arrived to vote.
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3 months ago
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UPDATE â some political drama over the Mamdani endorsement: Three leaders from the Satmar Ahronim sect just sent out this statement endorsing Cuomo.
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PHOTO â Happening now in Williamsburg: Zohran Mamdani handshake with Rabbi Moshe Indig, a political leader of the Satmar Ahronim sect.
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đ¨ BIG đ¨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed. Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon. Here is more background âŹď¸
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Why Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
The Satmar Hasidic communityâs endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor shows the broad coalition built by the democratic socialist and Muslim.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/779920/satmar-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-endorsement/
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How Mamdani built bridges to Jewish New Yorkers, from Williamsburg to Park Slope. Mamdani told me he âdeeply appreciatedâ the opportunity to meet with a broad spectrum of Jewish New Yorkers, calling it âmeaningful.â
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How Mamdani built bridges to Jewish New Yorkers, from Williamsburg to Park Slope
From Satmar Hasidic leaders to progressive congregations, Zohran Mamdani has undertaken an intensive outreach effort to Jewish New Yorkers.
https://forward.com/news/780196/mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-jews/
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Jake Wasserman
3 months ago
I went to Germany to speak with both Jews and non-Jewish Germans who are doing the work of bringing memory culture to life â and to learn how Germany's commitment to remember the Holocaust is being strained by the post-Oct. 7 and far-right politics. Thanks to
@boellus.bsky.social
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How Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis
Germanyâs Holocaust remembrance culture has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany loses its memory?
https://forward.com/culture/779542/germany-memory-culture-afd-holocaust-democracy/
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On Unholy podcast,
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
asks Hillary Clinton if sheâd vote for Zohran Mamdani? HC: âYou know what? I don't vote in this city. I'm not involved in it. I have not been at all even asked to be involved in it, and I have not chosen to be involved in it.â
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BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews. In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
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Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, in an open letter backing Cuomo: "One shudders to think of the sort of people Mamdani would bring into his administration. How many of Mamdaniâs team have ripped down hostage posters, or worse?"
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Mamdani says part of his plan to counter antisemitism is implementing an existing curriculum in the public school system called âHidden Voicesâ that âwould celebrate the breadth and the beauty of Jewish life in our cityâs history.â
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INTERVIEW: Mamdani has created âgreat fear,â and Jewish voters are âmore motivated than I have ever seen,â Cuomo says
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Mamdani has created 'great fear,' and Jewish voters are 'more motivated than I have ever seen,' Cuomo says
Andrew Cuomo believes heâs made an effective case to Jewish voters, particularly those opposed to Zohran Mamdani or concerned about his statements on Israel. In an interview on Friday, Cuomo insisted ...
https://forward.com/news/778666/mamdani-has-created-great-fear-and-jewish-voters-are-more-motivated-than-i-have-ever-seen-cuomo-says/
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In a phone interview, Cuomo tells me in response: âI think Mamdani has created great fear among the Jewish community and many other communities. He is affirmatively offensive. It has nothing to do with his being Muslim. It has to do with what he says.â
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Mamdani today: âTo be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity⌠I thought that if I behaved well enough or bit my tongue enough in the face of racist baseless attacks, all while returning back to my central message, it would allow me to be more than just my faith. I was wrong.â
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đ¨ IN YIDDISH â Zohran Mamdani is making a direct appeal to Hasidic voters in an open letter published in all weekly Yiddish-language newspapers this week, highlighting his plans to combat antisemitism and his proposals on affordability and childcare vouchers.
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Mamdani on why he hasnât praised the Gaza ceasefire or have an opinion on Hamas disarming: âCalling for a ceasefire means ceasing fire. That means all parties have to cease fire and put down their weapons.â Mamdani adds post-war plan should also address occupation apartheid.
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Looking forward to talking about this race with my colleagues
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,
@jacobkornbluh.bsky.social
and
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â join us!
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PHOTOS: Zohran Mamdani â with a yarmulka â attended Yom Kippur Kol Nidre services at the Lab Shul, a non-denominational congregation in Manhattan. He was seated between Rep. Jerry Nadler and Brad Lander. đ¸
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đ¨ on Yerev Yom Kippur, Andrew Cuomo apologizes to the Orthodox community for singling them out and for unfair treatment during the COVID-19 outbreaks. âI am truly sorry⌠On this holy day of atonement, I am committed to learning from these lessons.â
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Mamdani: The ADL doesnât speak for New York Jews in interview with
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, Mamdani panned ADLâs Jonathan Greenblatt, who said the Democratic nominee for mayor has failed to meet with or address concerns of most Jewish New Yorkers.
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The ADL doesnât speak for New York Jews, says Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, NYC mayor hopeful, said the ADLâs Jonathan Greenblatt doesnât represent the concerns of New York City Jews.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/771832/zohran-mamdani-adl-israel-jews-nyc-mayor/
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NEW: Mamdani tells me re: Cuomoâs recent comments on ending the Gaza war: âThe only thing New Yorkers hate more than a politician they disagree with is one that they can't trust. It is all in service of his own ambition.â Clarification is âan affront to their basic common sense.â
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NEW: Cuomo insists his position on Gaza war "hasnât shifted one iota." In an interview, Cuomo told me he still backs Israelâs goal of eliminating Hamas â and hopes Jewish voters take note of Mamdani's recent statements on the conflict, Netanyahu.
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Why does Andrew Cuomo have to keep clarifying his position on Israel and Gaza?
Andrew Cuomo, NYC mayoral candidate, is clarifying statements he made to The New York Times about Israel and the Gaza war.
https://forward.com/news/770293/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-israel-gaza-election-nyc-mayor/
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Cuomo says he is not planning to meet with Netanyahu when he visits NY next week to address UNGA. Cuomo also clarified NYT comments re: Gaza war: âOf course we want the war to stop..and of course, we need to eliminate Hamas. And the sooner it ends, the better.â
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In gaggle, Cuomo explained his NYT comments on Gaza war: "I am a proud supporter of Israel... The situation is horrific. The carnage is horrific. I pray for an end to the violence. I pray for the hostages to be returned, and Hamas has to be eliminated."
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Cuomo joins growing Democratic chorus urging end to Gaza war
Less than a year ago, Cuomo was ready to defend Netanyahu in court â now he says he ânever stood with Bibi.â
https://forward.com/fast-forward/769462/cuomo-israel-gaza-netanyahu-nyc-mayor/
5 months ago
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In a statement, likely GOP challenger, Rep. Elise Stefanik says Hochul now owns âevery radical positionâ Mamdani holds, including âevery heinous pro-Hamas antisemitic position.â
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Hochul re: Mamdani endorsement: âWe discussed the need to combat the rise of antisemitism urgently and unequivocally. Iâve been glad to see him meet with Jewish leaders across the city, listening and addressing their concerns directly.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
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Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/opinion/hochul-endorsement-mamdani.html
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