{"id":398326,"date":"2025-11-23T03:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/398326\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T03:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:49:32","slug":"exclusive-nypd-commissioner-jessica-tisch-apologizes-to-famed-synagogues-congregants-for-botched-response-to-antisemitic-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/398326\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch apologizes to famed synagogue’s congregants for botched response to antisemitic protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch issued a heartfelt apology to the congregation of an historic Manhattan synagogue Saturday \u2014 conceding cops should have done a better job of keeping away hateful anti-Israel protesters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tisch told a crowd of 150 congregants attending service at Park East Synagogue<\/a> that this week\u2019s protests are legally allowed outside houses of worship \u2014 no matter how vile the topic <\/a>\u2014 but said the NYPD failed to keep the front entrance clear and ensure \u201cpeople could easily enter and leave shul.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is where we fell short, and for that, I apologize to this congregation,\u201d the 44-year-old top cop said during a 10-minute speech which drew a standing ovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plan didn\u2019t include a frozen zone at the entrance. As a result, the space right outside your steps was chaotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Saturday issued a heartfelt apology to members of a prominent Manhattan synagogue which was the site of a hateful anti-Israel protest this week, conceding cops should have done a better job keeping an unruly mob away from people attending an event there. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cYou deserved an NYPD posture that recognized the sensitivity of this location, the climate we\u2019re living in, and the heightened fear within our community,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, you had turmoil. I say all of this as someone who understands what this moment feels like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliot Felig, who attended the service, said he was impressed by Tisch\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was extremely well received and spoke from the heart, and I think everyone was appreciative of her acknowledging that the effort by the NYPD \u2014 while sincere \u2014 fell a little short,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Other congregants who attended included Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who called Tisch a \u201cwoman of valor,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n

Synagogue Rabbi Arthur Schneier had previously said he was \u201cvery, very touched\u201d by Tisch\u2019s support following the Wednesday night incident.<\/p>\n

Some 200 demonstrators gathered outside the Manhattan synagogue and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B\u2019nefesh, a Zionist organization that helps Jews immigrate from North America to Israel.<\/p>\n

Many chanted \u201cGlobalize the intifada\u201d and sinisterly urged the \u201cresistance\u201d to \u201ctake another settler out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anti-Israel protestors and counter-protesters gathered outside the Park East Synagogue Wednesday. Yoav Ginsburg\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Counter protestors were also on the scene, calling the masked demonstrators \u201ccowards\u201d and \u201cpussies\u201d for not showing their faces.<\/p>\n

Cops set up metal barricades to keep protestor at bay, but some of the barricades were left too close to the synagogue entrance \u2013 putting event attendees coming and going in potential risk.<\/p>\n

Pal-Awda NY\/NJ, the anti-Israel activist group leading the protest, said it was demonstrating against an effort to \u201crecruit American settlers to illegally occupy stolen Palestinian land.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were no reported arrests.<\/p>\n

Pal-Awda NY\/NJ, the anti-Israel activist group leading the protest, said it was demonstrating against an effort to \u201crecruit American settlers to illegally occupy stolen Palestinian land.\u201d Yoav Ginsburg\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

After Mayor Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, learned a protest was planned, he texted his hand-picked commissioner and other NYPD honchos before it started and told them to make sure \u201cit didn\u2019t get out of hand, sources said.<\/p>\n

However, Adams \u2013 who is leaving office at year\u2019s end and made the request from Uzbekistan in Central Asia where he\u2019s currently visiting \u2013 wasn\u2019t happy with the results despite Tisch\u2019s assurances the NYPD was up for the job.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe mayor was fuming mad when he saw what happened,\u201d said a source close to Adams. \u201cProtestors got right to the entrance, and it got nasty. Private security at the synagogue even had to intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mayor\u2019s Office denied any rift between Tisch and Adams and instead pointed blame at the protestors and NYPD supervisors at the Manhattan North precinct for their handling of the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blame lies at the feet of those spreading their hateful message, and while the mayor and police commissioner were clear about the need to ensure the entrance to the synagogue was clear of protestors beforehand, the plan executed by the commander on the ground did not meet expectations,\u201d said Adams spokesman Fabian Levy.<\/p>\n

Mayor Adams was \u201cfuming mad\u201d with how the NYPD handled the protest, sources said. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city deeply apologizes to congregants of Park East, as well as anyone with a conscience who witnessed this despicable behavior, and as long as Mayor Adams is serving this city, he is committed to never allowing the desecration of our houses of worship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch earlier Wednesday accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s offer to stay on as top cop next year.<\/a><\/p>\n

The socialist pol and Tisch are worlds apart on Israel, for deeply personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Tisch, who hails from one of the city\u2019s most prominent Jewish families, is a Zionist, while Mamdani is a longstanding vocal critic of Israel who has pledged to order the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city.<\/p>\n

Mamdani through his spokeswoman said the protestors should have behaved better but suggested the the event the synagogue hosted, which offered information on immigrating to Israel,\u00a0violated international law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night\u2019s protest and will continue to do so,\u201d Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec told Jewish Insider on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cHe believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Doree Lewak and Georgett Roberts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch issued a heartfelt apology to the congregation of an historic Manhattan synagogue Saturday \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":398327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5289,99,12939,5249,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,80,40739,188711,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-398326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-eric-adams","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-jessica-tisch","12":"tag-manhattan","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-nypd","21":"tag-politics","22":"tag-protesters","23":"tag-synagogues","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-us-news","30":"tag-usa","31":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115596975291140755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398326","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=398326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}