With the election of Hamas-supporter Zohran Mamdani as the city’s new mayor, Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli suggests God is calling the Jewish people home.

Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister for diaspora affairs, described Mamdani’s victory as “a critical turning point for the city of New York” that “shakes the very foundations of the place that offered freedom and opportunity to countless Jewish refugees”.

Unlike his opponents in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani has offered perspectives on Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism that have upset and even alarmed some voters. But his outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Jewish communities will persist.

Zohran Mamdani repeatedly denounced antisemitism, expressed support for Jewish community in New York - Anadolu Ajansı

At a Krakow summit, Jewish leaders and politicians, including Boris Johnson, warned that anti-Israel hate endangered Europe’s Jewish future.

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews.

Andrew Cuomo has centered the accusation that Mamdani would endanger Jews in his closing pitch to voters. But a group of canvassers wearing “New York Jews for Zohran” T-shirts said that Cuomo misunderstood the city’s Jewish population, according to The New York Times.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey governor, prevailed Tuesday in a hotly contested race that trained its focus on Jews and antisemitism in the homestretch. Sherrill took 57% of the vote over GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli with more than 63% of the total vote reporting at 9:30 p.

A new survey finds most US Jews view Israel as vital to Jewish continuity, support Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, and credit him with securing the hostage release deal.