{"id":323556,"date":"2025-10-22T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323556\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:16:14","slug":"adl-urges-nyc-mayoral-candidates-to-address-antisemitism-at-final-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323556\/","title":{"rendered":"ADL urges NYC mayoral candidates to address antisemitism at final debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head of a national Jewish civil rights group urged the candidates running for New York City mayor to address unrelenting antisemitism during Wednesday night\u2019s second and final debate before the Nov. 4 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when antisemitic incidents in NYC have reached unprecedented levels, we hope that leaders at all levels of government are unequivocal in condemning antisemitism,\u201d Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on all candidates in the upcoming election to clearly address questions during this week\u2019s mayoral debate about how they will protect New York\u2019s Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49707602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37448205\" width=\"883\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/independent-candidate-former-new-york-113608664_f4c1a2.jpg\" alt=\"Three candidates, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, and Zohran Mamdani, participate in a mayoral debate.\" class=\"wp-image-37448205\"  \/>ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt is urging NYC mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to address unrelenting antisemitism during Wednesday\u2019s second and final debate before the election. via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Democratic nominee and front-runner Zohran Mamdani faces off against ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa in the debate airing at 7 p.m. on NY1.<\/p>\n<p>Questions ADL wants NYC mayoral candidates to answer at debate <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2024, the NYPD reported that 54% of all hate crimes targeted Jewish New Yorkers. As mayor, what will you do to ensure the safety of your Jewish constituents?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a message for Jewish New Yorkers who are understandably anxious about the surge in antisemitic incidents in NYC?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your response to Jewish New Yorkers who consider the phrase \u2018globalize the intifada\u2019 to be a call for violence against Israelis\/Jews worldwide?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Greenblatt issued the plea Wednesday while the ADL released a preliminary analysis compiling hundreds of incidents of harassment, vandalism and physical violence targeting members of New York\u2019s Jewish community throughout the five boroughs thus far in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Recent threats included a would-be attacker who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/06\/us-news\/grinning-maniac-thought-he-was-hitler-reincarnated-made-twisted-promise-before-threats-to-shoot-up-nyc-synagogue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed to be <\/a>\u201ca reincarnation of Adolf Hitler\u201d threatened to kill worshippers at a synagogue in Manhattan on Shabbat and a plot to \u201cslaughter\u201d Jews at a Brooklyn religious center<\/p>\n<p>In February, three separate assaults on Orthodox Jews occurred within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In June, a Shabbat-observant man was beaten unconscious while the assailant shouted about Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Also in June, a student was extradited from Canada to the US after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/06\/us-news\/pakistani-man-charged-over-alleged-new-york-city-plot-linked-to-islamic-state\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">threatening to commit <\/a>an attack at a Jewish center in Brooklyn. He allegedly wrote, \u201cWe are going to attack nyc [sic] to slaughter them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADL reported<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/22\/us-news\/american-jews-faced-a-record-25-antisemitic-incidents-per-day-last-year-one-per-hour-with-most-related-to-hatred-of-israel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a record-breaking<\/a> 976 antisemitic incidents in the Big Apple in 2024 and 1,437 total in the Empire State \u2014 the most of any city and state in the country. New York has the largest Jewish population in the country and outside of Israel.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37448206\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jonathan-greenblatt-national-director-chief-90423380.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Greenblatt, national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), speaking during an interview.\" class=\"wp-image-37448206\"  \/>Greenblatt told The Post, \u201cAt a time when antisemitic incidents in NYC have reached unprecedented levels, we hope that leaders at all levels of government are unequivocal in condemning antisemitism.\u201d Michael Nagle<\/p>\n<p>An official tally of 2025 Jew-hating incidents won\u2019t be released until sometime next year, but the ADL said the trend of incidents is unrelenting \u2014 and troubling.<\/p>\n<p>Israel-bashing groups have also targeted synagogues and other Jewish institutions, the ADL reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme anti-Israel groups have played a significant role in creating a hostile environment for the Jewish community,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Al-Awda, an extreme anti-Zionist organization which the ADL reports has espoused antisemitic and pro-terror rhetoric, created a map of \u201cZionist networks,\u201d naming several synagogues and urging encouraging followers to disrupt events at the venues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheer scale and number of antisemitic activities in New York City this year is alarming,\u201d said Scott Richman, ADL NY\/NJ Regional Director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom violent attacks on visibly Jewish New Yorkers to threats targeting synagogues and dehumanizing rhetoric on campuses, antisemitism is no longer hiding in the shadows, it is out in the open, and it\u2019s making Jewish New Yorkers feel unsafe in one of the most important centers of Jewish life in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of a national Jewish civil rights group urged the candidates running for New York City mayor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":323557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5297,38408,12648,5340,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-323556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-andrew-cuomo","10":"tag-anti-defamation-league","11":"tag-antisemitism","12":"tag-curtis-sliwa","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa","28":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115417303305305359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}