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Mayor appoints liberal Zionist chief amid antisemitism concerns

5/4/2026

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed a liberal Zionist advocacy leader as executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.
A poll of 665 Jewish voters found most view his anti-Israel stance as outside the community’s mainstream.
The poll gave him a 32% good-or-excellent rating, a 40% poor rating, 82% were worried about rising antisemitism, 58% linked the rise to anti-Zionism normalization, and 84% supported safe-perimeter legislation for houses of worship.

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Story summary

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed a liberal Zionist advocacy leader as executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.
A poll of 665 Jewish voters found most view his anti-Israel stance as outside the community’s mainstream.
The poll gave him a 32% good-or-excellent rating, a 40% poor rating, 82% were worried about rising antisemitism, 58% linked the rise to anti-Zionism normalization, and 84% supported safe-perimeter legislation for houses of worship.