empty
Blue and White: Shmuel Sackett

Mamdani Did What 95% Of Jews Did

Everyone is complaining that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani boycotted the Israel Day Parade....

Read more: Mamdani Did...

Blue and White: Shmuel Sackett

Eytan Ben Eytan

Israeli Politics

Colors: Green Color

By the time you read this, we may well know the result of the Special Election for the City Council. But if you think there will be a respite from politics, guess again. The big election this year will be the Primary on June 22. The winner has already started running for re-election and potential opponents are already gearing up. They will start collecting signatures to get on the ballot in less than three weeks.

Everyone is complaining that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani boycotted the Israel Day Parade. The problem, however, is that Mamdani did exactly what 95 percent of Jews in the New York Metropolitan Area did: stayed away from the parade! How many Jews living in Boro Park, Williamsburg, Monsey, Far Rockaway, Flatbush, Lakewood, and Passaic attended the parade? Actually, there’s no need to even go to those neighborhoods. How many people from what are known as the Zionistic towns went to the parade? Outside of the parents who went to see their kids marching, how many Jews went to Fifth Avenue from Kew Gardens Hills, the Five Towns, New Rochelle, West Hempstead, Teaneck, and Englewood? Why do we insist on pointing the finger at Mamdani when Goldberg, Cohen, Shamilov, Sharabi, and Dweck stayed away?

Many of us would not consider ourselves political individuals and do not put going to the polls on our list of priorities. Nonetheless, casting your ballot gives you a voice on issues ranging from housing and education to employment and healthcare. Being involved in the voting process allows you make a real difference in the makeup and decisions within your community. Casting a vote has dire consequences for the quality of life that both you and your family experience today and in the years ahead. From riding the bus or train to raising minimum wage to getting better textbooks in school, your vote decides how these issues will play out. Casting your ballot affords you the opportunity to delegate how your hard-earned tax dollars are divvied out for necessities like medical expenses and social services that many take for granted.

According to the IDF, 340 women have become widows and 780 children have become orphans since the tragic day known simply as “the 7th of October.” While most of us are trying to put the events of that day and its aftermath behind us, these young people cannot. Their lives have changed and will never be the same. 780 children will not have their father to play with, to learn from, or to walk them down the aisle. 340 women lost their soulmate, their best friend, and their partner in life.

Make no mistake about it: This is not your “regular” war. Iran is the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic world, and for decades, they have financially supported terror regimes across the Middle East. They have just one goal in mind: to bring their ancestor Haman’s dream to fruition. Over 2,500 years ago, the King of Persia (modern-day Iran) approved his minister’s plan to “destroy, kill, and exterminate all of the Jews, from young to old, children and women.” And while - Baruch Hashem - that plan failed, today’s modern-day Haman is convinced he can be the one to complete the job.

Page 1 of 20

Latest News

Most Read