Rabbis press Mamdani to cool rhetoric against Israel if he wants relationship with Jewish New Yorkers to improve

A group of rabbis urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday to change his approach to the city’s Jewish community, raising alarm that his outspoken opposition to Israel and prominent Jewish figures is stoking racism. A group of 10 Reform, Conservative, and Modern Orthodox rabbis met with the mayor this week and issued…