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Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism (www.thejc.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43076490

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed the Zionist leader of a liberal Jewish community group to lead his Office to Combat Antisemitism.

Phylisa Wisdom, who will be leading City Hall’s fight against Jew-hatred, has led the New York Jewish Agenda since 2023.

The group opposed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, an anti-Israel initiative Mamdani has previously expressed his support for.

The group been instrumental in calling out antisemitism over the years. Last month, after a protest outside a synagogue saw activists chant “we support Hamas”, NYJA condemned it as “unambiguous and unacceptable antisemitism”.

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[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

NYJA is a liberal Zionist organisation that supports Israel’s right to exist but is opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

Love2triangulate. Why does this office even exist?

Her predecessor as leader of the Office to Combat Antisemitism was Rabbi Moshe Davis, who was at the helm since the post’s creation by former mayor Eric Adams last May.

So its a bullshit scam office but he's too chicken to just delete it. Did no one from JVP want the bullshit job or did Phylisa actually deliver him some voting bloc?

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

lol I didn't even know this office was created a year ago. Then there is literally no excuse not to abolish it

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's the simple reason of avoiding the headlines and the media attack cycle.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Success!

As we know, playing nice with Nazis always works out

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's honestly is good press for Mamdani. Makes Phylisa look better than she is.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why not just have someone good or abolish the position entirely

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Because the headline you posted makes Mamdani look like a moderate.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He’s not too chicken, he sincerely wants to hire Zionists

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As in Phylisa probably delivered some liberal-zionist votes and is being rewarded. If you remember Brad Lander, he deliberately formed a liberal-zionist + anti-zionist coalition for Mamdani.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

"Liberal Nazis for Mamdani"