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Connecting the Queens Jewish Community Approaching its 50th anniversary, Laniado Hospital – Sanz Medical Center reflects on five decades...
A city that was a center of culture, finance, and political power, with a large and thriving Jewish community, elected an anti-Semitic mayor. The impact on two residents of that city would change the Jewish world forever. What are the lessons we can learn from that today?
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, my wife and I gathered along with several thousand other Rehovotites to pay our final respects to Sergeant Ronal Ben Moshe. Ronal fell with six of his comrades in the Israel Defense Corps Battalion 605, part of the 188th Brigade Combat Team, fighting to detoxify Gaza from the curse of Hamas. Like most of the attendees, we didn’t know Ronal personally. Nevertheless, he was our child. We learned about the strength, wit, energy, heroism, and big smile that characterized this 20-year-old. Our eyes glistened as we listened to his officers, father, brother, sisters, and many friends eulogize him. His loss is devastating to his loved ones, and every one of us shares in their grief.
At a recent meeting of Queens Jewish community activists, the conversation focused on Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic mayoral primary victory last month, how many votes it would take to defeat him in the November general election, and overcoming the reluctance of many Orthodox Jews to register as Democrats.
The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic Primary is the culmination of a decade-long parasitic takeover by socialists of one of the two major political parties in the country. This did not happen overnight, and it won’t be defeated overnight. This transformation—marked by a surge in far-left extremism—has alienated many voters, yet empowered divisive figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and set the stage for a potential AOC presidential run in 2028.
In a stirring demonstration of American–Israeli unity and determination, innovators, policymakers, investors, and academics gathered in Manhattan for Hack the Hate: Innovating Against Antisemitism in the Digital Age. Held on June 18, this high-impact event spotlighted cutting-edge technologies and transformative partnerships designed to counter the alarming surge in antisemitic violence, hate speech, and digital disinformation.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York Democratic Primary was not about anti-Semitism but about generational change. That should give us even more cause for concern.
