{"id":416155,"date":"2025-12-01T00:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/416155\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T00:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:43:12","slug":"ny-rabbi-schools-zohran-mamdani-on-gaza-peace-after-hateful-mob-descends-on-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/416155\/","title":{"rendered":"NY rabbi schools Zohran Mamdani on Gaza peace after hateful mob descends on synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

An influential New York rabbi said he schooled Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on peace in Gaza after his father\u2019s synagogue was targeted by a hateful mob of anti-Israel protesters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of <\/a>The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and the founding rabbi at The Hamptons Synagogue, said he told Mamdani to his face that he is \u201cout of touch with the greater Muslim world\u201d as leaders of the religion want a two-state solution.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Marc Schneier appreciated Zohran Mamdani for contacting him and backing his idea for legislation to ban protests in front of places of worship. Yoav Ginsburg\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Schneier said he schooled Mayor-elect Mamdani on peace in Gaza. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to him, \u2018Not only are you out of touch with the Jewish community, you\u2019re out of touch with the greater Muslim world,\u201d Schneier said Sunday on 77 WABC \u201cThe Cats Roundtable\u201d radio program.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou, Mr. Mayor-elect, you refused to recognize Israel\u2019s right to exist as a Jewish state,’\u201d he claimed he told Mamdani during an interview with WABC\u2019s John Catsimatidis. Mamdani is a practicing Muslim.<\/p>\n

Schneier said he regularly speaks to Muslim leaders across the globe, including in Saudi Arabia and Asia.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has drawn criticism for supporting the boycott<\/a>, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel and his vow to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>for alleged war crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Schneier said he would never \u201cbifurcate\u201d anti-Zionism and antisemitism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demonization of Israel will only lead to attacks on Jews like we witnessed last week, particularly when you use antisemitic tropes like genocide, occupation, and apartheid,\u201d the rabbi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI challenged him\u2026 from a Muslim-Islamic perspective that he is out of step with the greater Muslim world today that recognizes the Jewish State of Israel. He needs to get on the peace train before it\u2019s too late,\u201d Schneier said.<\/p>\n

Schneier said he regularly speaks to Muslim leaders across the globe. John Roca for NY Post<\/p>\n

He said Mamdani is a product of his father, Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani<\/a>, who has spewed anti-Israel rhetoric and lectures on colonialism.<\/p>\n

But the rabbi appreciated Mamdani for contacting him and backing his idea for legislation to ban protests in front of houses of worship after the troubling mob demonstration at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Schneier\u2019s father, Arthur Schneier, was mobbed by anti-Israel protesters who chanted \u201cglobalize the intifada\u201d and sinisterly allegedly urged the \u201cresistance\u201d to \u201ctake another settler out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani has drawn criticism for supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. Yoav Ginsburg\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/p>\n

Some 200 demonstrators had gathered outside the historical synagogue and heckled Jews attending an event by Nefesh B\u2019nefesh, a Zionist organization that helps Jews immigrate to Israel \u2014 including in disputed territories such as the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The NYPD was put on blast for failing to properly patrol the protest, with demonstrators allowed to approach the entrance of the synagogue. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch personally addressed the synagogue to apologize.<\/p>\n

Schneier said he also confronted Mamdani, who is now a state Assemblyman, on legislation to block protests in front of houses of worship.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Why don\u2019t you sponsor legislation that would no longer permit any protests, any demonstrations in front of a house of worship in New York City \u2013 whether a synagogue, a church or a mosque?,\u201d Schneier said he asked Mamdani.<\/p>\n

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch personally addressed the synagogue to apologize. James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n

\u201cHe kept saying, `Rabbi, I love that idea \u2026 You have my number. Let\u2019s continue this conversation. Let\u2019s work on this legislation,’\u201d the rabbi claimed.<\/p>\n

He said he\u2019s heartened that Mamdani has contacted him several times since that initial call and that they can have a civil conversation and \u201cagree to disagree.\u201d <\/p>\n

A rep from the Mamdani transition repeated a statement saying the mayor-elect was interested in hearing more about Schneier\u2019s pitch on restricting protests in front of houses of worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An influential New York rabbi said he schooled Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on peace in Gaza after his father\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":416156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4526,99,373,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,177687,188711,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-416155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-gaza-strip","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israel-hamas-war","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-rabbis","21":"tag-synagogues","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa","29":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115641544236518413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416155","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=416155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}