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News SCOOP: NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang to be endorsed by Queens Jewish lawmaker
Andrew Yang, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, is expected to get a boost in his effort to lock in the Jewish voting blocs with the endorsement of one of the youngest and most influential Jewish politicians in New York. Assemblyman Daniel Rosenthal told the Forward that he will endorse…
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News How ranked-choice voting might affect the historic influence of NYC’s Orthodox voting bloc
Andrew Yang promised he would not take action on secular education in yeshivas. Eric Adams visited a Brooklyn yeshiva to learn about how it teaches science, math and English. Ray McGuire hosted a roundtable with rabbis in which he boasted about his comfort level praying at the Western Wall. These are just a few examples…
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Fast Forward After visiting yeshiva, Eric Adams “impressed” by secular education
Eric Adams, one of the leading candidates running to be mayor of New York City toured a Brooklyn yeshiva on Monday that had been on a list of schools subject to investigation over adequate secular education standards and came away with a positive impression. ”I was really impressed by what I saw,” Adams told the…
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News NYC mayoral candidate Ray McGuire hosts roundtable with rabbis, asks for their prayers
Ray McGuire has a rich resume and a political war chest to compete in the crowded New York city mayoral contest. The former Citigroup executive has raised more than $5 million since announcing his candidacy in December. But as he is polling in the single digits behind leading candidates with more name recognition, McGuire may…
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Fast Forward Susan Lerner apologizes for calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc
Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause New York, apologized in an exclusive statement to the Forward for offensive remarks she made against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. In a February interview with the Gothamist, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ Her comments were widely…
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News NYC mayor: Calling Orthodox Jews an ‘extremist’ voting bloc is ‘horrible’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned offensive remarks by Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, against the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn. In an interview with the Gothamist in February, a local New York website, Lerner characterized the Orthodox community as an ‘extremist bloc.’ “I find her comments absolutely wrong,…
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News Scott Stringer trying to play both sides of the BDS debate in mayoral campaign
Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates in the New York City mayoral race, pretended not to know the views of his close progressive allies in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in an interview published on Thursday. Stringer, the city’s comptroller, was asked in an interview with Jewish Insider to address concerns…
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Opinion Why all American Jews should care about New York’s mayoral election
More than 30 people are running to be the next mayor of New York City, including a former Democratic presidential hopeful, several candidates with years of service in city government, and more than a few unknown longshots. Trying to follow the race, especially as it debuts a new experiment in ranked-choice voting, can be dizzying…
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
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