Rivi Ben Noon Glickstein, the wife of 58-year-old Rami Glickstein, told Jewish News Syndicate that the attacker shouted “What is your religion?” at the couple visiting the city from Israel, threw his kippah on the ground, spat on it, and proceeded to beat him repeatedly.
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“For me, it’s like 1939,” Rivi told JNS.
Mamdani’s evident sympathy for terrorism has now put the Jewish community on edge.
“All hell is going to break loose if he gets elected,” Fine told the Washington Examiner. “That wouldn’t happen in Florida, especially not after the law that I have passed.”
Under Fine’s legislation as a Florida state senator, a terrorist guilty of assaulting a Jew would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. However, in New York, Mamdani “would probably throw his arm around him and take a picture with him,” Fine added.
While many, including members of Congress like Fine and top diplomats like the Consul General of Israel, have condemned the attack, Mamdani has yet to break his silence on the matter.
“[The attack stems directly from the] daily incitement taking place around the world against Jews and against Israel,” Ofis Akunis, Israel’s Consul General to New York, told JNS. “Lies, verbal violence, calls for another Oct. 7 massacre, and the unrestricted spread of blood libels, such as the false Gaza narrative, influence many people, some of whom do not hesitate to commit physical attacks.”
Fine shared similar thoughts with the Washington Examiner, confirming that this is a consequence of Mamdani’s hate speech.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, New York City has recorded 976 antisemitic attacks in 2024, a surge that began after Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani announced his run for mayor. With the election just days away, critics warn that Mamdani’s outspoken anti-Israel rhetoric could embolden extremists who believe they’ll have a sympathetic mayor and a weakened police force.
Despite branding himself a “tax the rich” progressive, Mamdani is reportedly worth more than $3 million. Supporters label any effort to link his rhetoric to rising antisemitic violence as “Islamophobic,” but opponents argue the connection is clear.
On the campaign trail, Mamdani has vowed to repeal the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, a move that would make it harder to prosecute such attacks as hate crimes. He has also called for the arrest of high-ranking Israeli officials visiting the city, publicly embraced the slogan “globalize the intifada,” a call that critics say advocates the destruction of Israel. Mamdani has even appeared alongside figures previously convicted of antisemitic crimes, including Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
While at Bowdoin University, Mamdanni founded the largest student group behind the antisemitic and hostile climate against Jews and conservatives in higher education, Students for Justice in Palestine.
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Mamdani’s love for jihadists doesn’t end there. His campaign intern, Haqeeda Malik, said in a video that Mamdani’s campaign is “all jihad.”
A few days after the video came to light, Mamdani posed next to the unindicted co-conspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in a photo he shared on social media. Mamdani’s hatred of Jews and the West as a whole is undeniable, leaving no room for doubt that his actions have, will, and could result in severe tragedies to the Jewish community.
