Overview
- The mayor held an hour-long closed-door roundtable at City Hall with 10 rabbis Monday to discuss antisemitism and community safety.
- Participants from Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Modern Orthodox synagogues told Mamdani his frequent and harsh public criticism of Israel is harming Jewish New Yorkers and making cooperation harder.
- Rabbis urged the mayor to change the tone and frequency of his Israel comments and to shift the public conversation toward concrete areas for collaboration on safety and shared projects.
- Meeting participants said Mamdani listened and pledged to reflect with his team while City Hall described the discussion as open, positive and constructive.
- The outreach comes as NYPD data cited in reporting show anti‑Jewish hate crimes rose 8.5% in the mayor’s first seven months and made up 57% of reported hate crimes, and some major rabbinic organizations said they were not invited to the roundtable.