“Back then, the only moments when security was visible outside my synagogue or Jewish day school were when the mayor came to speak. The police were there to shield him. Today, at every appearance by the mayor, we find ourselves needing protection for ourselves.”
These remarks, delivered on Friday by Manhattan Rabbi Yosie Levine, encapsulate the new reality for Jewish New Yorkers: they face threats tied to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s aggressive anti-Zionist stance, they adjust in their daily lives, and they challenge an emerging and daunting status quo.
