Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council, is not pleased about the New York City primary election results. Muslim activist Zohran Mamdani shocked the electorate with a late campaign victory in the Democrat primary.
Rabbi Litvin notes many anti-semitic episodes littering Mr. Mamdani's path to victory. Rabbi Litvin says the potential New York City mayor has often espoused the phrase Globalize the Intifada, a chant that is interpreted to mean exterminate Jewish people everywhere.
Rabbi Litvin notes many anti-semitic episodes littering Mr. Mamdani's path to victory. Rabbi Litvin says the potential New York City mayor has often espoused the phrase Globalize the Intifada, a chant that is interpreted to mean exterminate Jewish people everywhere.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Shocking outcome in New York's mayoral primary last night. A
man named Zoren Mamdani is poised to be the Democratic
nominee for mayor. I guess he'll run against Eric Adams,
the current mayor come the fall. Rabbi Shlimah Litvin joins
me from Kentucky Jewish Council. It's good to have you
back on. I wanted to get your thoughts on this man,
(00:20):
who obviously is pitching out some pretty crazy ideas. What
is your take on this Muslim man who could potentially
be the new leader of New York City.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
So I don't care what his background is. I find
much more disturbing than where he's from the fact that
he's a socialist, and we know where those policies end.
They end with scapegoating others because the policies fail, and
far too often the Jewish community. Much more horrifying than that. However,
as devastating as his economic policies will be to the
(00:52):
largest city in the world, are his policies on the
Jewish people. He gladly says, globalize the Intifada carl for
violence against Jews everywhere around the world, is not an
anti Semitic claim twenty five percent of American Jews live
in the city he's going to be mayor of. Unless
(01:12):
a miracle happens, twenty five percent of the community. The
community here at Kentucky relies in the community in New
York for many things. In the average city in America.
If you have a mezuza, it says in Deteronomy, you
shall inscribe this in the door post to your home,
a religious item that every Jewish family has, it probably
came from New York. If you have kosher food, which
(01:34):
is carried in stores all across Kentucky, it probably came
through New York. So New York is not only the
home of twenty five percent of the American Jewish community,
but a vital home hub for all American Jews. And
you have a candidate here who calls for violence against Jews,
who openly says his foray into politics was founding a
(01:55):
Student's for Justice in Palestine, a radical anti Semitic group
with links to Hamas, which, by the way, the chapter
that he founded was banned from their campus last year
for anti Semitism, and the fact that that did not
trouble four hundred and thirty two thousand voters in Democratic primary.
(02:15):
The fact that this hateful figure is now endorsed by
Chuck Schumer, is endorsed by the head of Democratic Party.
It's worth noting we had a similar candidate hearing Kentucky recently.
We had running in the sixth district for Congress, a
radical anti Semitic candidate who espoused anti American views and
called for violence against people, and to their credit, the
(02:38):
Democratic Party in Kentucky didn't support him. The governor of
Kentucky didn't support him. You have the option, even if
someone has from your party, to say we cannot endorse
their hateful views. And the exact opposite is happening here. Yeah,
Burnie Year's the Democratic Party were lining up Bernie finding
this radical anti.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Cer Bernie Sanders AOC, these other prominent Democrat figures are
wrapping themselves all around this guy. But I did see
in the one of the debates that they held with
all the candidates on stage, he was asked about his
views on protecting Jewish people, and he said that was
absolutely his intention to protect all New Yorkers Jewish people,
(03:18):
And he seemed like he was wanting to be a
mayor for all the people. Is what is he lying?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Absolutely, I think so. I think his record speaks very
loudly to it. When he goes on an interview with
the San Piker, who says that America deserved nine to eleven,
who said that he doesn't care if there were sexual
assaults on October seventh of Jews and Israel because they
had it coming, who calls for violence against Jews in
the United States, when he said that the term globalized
(03:51):
the in tofado again, a call for violence against my kids,
against my family. He're in Kentucky, when he said that
it's not anti Semitic, especially when he says it in
the weeks after someone tried to gun down to Jews
in Washington, murder to people in Washington, someone through fire
bombs at Jews in Colorado. That's literally globalizing the end
(04:11):
to fadom. I can tell you that terrorists today are celebrating.
Those who hate America are celebrating. And it's worth noting
that he lost with the Hispanic community, with the African
American community, with hard working, everyday Americans in New York.
He won with rich, privileged socialists whose parents paid one
(04:31):
hundreds of thousand dollars for them to go to Jahati
producing the universities like Columbia, and whose parents are paying
for their rent, and who don't need to use the bus.
So this idea that he has to free the bus
and fill it with homeless won't affect them because they
never used a bus using daddy's credit card day uber
from place to place. These policies are not going to
(04:52):
harm his voters. They're going to harm every day working
Americans who aren't living off their parents Largesse.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I have seen a lot of people responding today saying
it was only the year two thousand and one. When
people use the phrase never forget, the same phrase, ironically enough,
used after the Holocaust, never forget, and then they say
twenty twenty five, obviously we've forgotten. That's the meme message
that's out there today. What has happened to the notion
(05:20):
that people would never forget what happened on nine to eleven.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, his average voter doesn't remember nine to eleven. His
average voter is a kid who's in twenty two. A
twenty two year old doesn't remember nine eleven. A twenty
four year old doesn't remember nine to eleven. A twenty
four year old doesn't remember when we were attacked by
ultimate evil, and that is why when the same evil
attacks Israel, they don't see it. They span with evil.
(05:48):
You had in Lexington, the the lex for Palestine Iratical
islam As. The group held a protest against America taking
out Iran's nukes, and by the time they had held
their protest, the war was over and Iran had already surrendered.
Had called up America said hey, we're going to shoot
some rockets to make ourselves sound better, and then we're done,
(06:08):
so quicker than they could support the enemy. The enemy
had already surrendered. It's not just that they don't remember,
they never learned about it. Instead, what they were told
in school was America's wrong. America wins because they're wrong,
not because our values and morals have led us to
be the most blessed country in the world, the most
powerful country in the world, the richest country in the world,
(06:29):
but rather that America is wrong. Anything America does is bad,
and every other country's grievances are correct. That Iran is
right to have grievances, Hamas is right to have grievances,
Everyone's right to have grievances, and we should just punish
ourselves all the time because every ill in the world
came from us, when very much the contrary is is true.
(06:50):
So if not, they've forgotten our history. They were intentionally
miseducated by their universities, very often by socialist professors like
Zhorhanman Dani's father who teaches at Columbia, who helped lead
the anti Semitic protests at Columbia, the protest that turned violent,
not violent against aggressors, but violent against janitors and employees
(07:10):
of the university. So when they're coming from that environment,
when we allow that environment to go on, we can't
question why a twenty four year old rich kid living
in Manhattan on his father's dyme has forgotten nine to eleven.
He never learned it existed. He never learned the American
values that were attacked. He never learned why we were covered,
(07:32):
the American strength of why we recovered, and he never
learned the morals and values our countries are based on
and why they hate us.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
It looks like the Democratic Party is a rudderless ship
and they're looking for different messaging, and the youth is
coming with their own, like you said, ill informed message.
But that's what the Democratic Party is doing, is maybe
just setting up for farther down the road. We don't
know if Eric Adams can win this election this fall
or someone else. Who knows between now and November what happened,
(08:01):
But this looks like a reboots for the Democratic Party,
and so it'll be interesting to see if this sort
of sentiment grows in other blue cities.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So I can tell you in Buffalo, when a socialist
candidate who was not nearly this hateful towards the Jewish
community lost his primary, the Democratic establishment stood behind him
and he had won his election. In this case, the
Democratic Establishment seems to be endorsing overwhelmingly Zorham. They decided
(08:33):
that if they are, as you called it, a rudderless ship,
they decided to tie their ship to a terrorist one.
And the only thing worse than being rudderless is going
in the wrong direction.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Rabbi lefton, appreciate talking to you again as always, and
you bringing your insights to the radio. Appreciate it. Happy
to be here, Thank you so much. That's Rabbi Shlomo
Litfen of Kentucky Jewish Council on the shocking primary victory
for the Muslim candidate Zorin Mamdani. What a story to
tell between now and November
Shocking outcome in New York's mayoral primary last night. A
man named Zoren Mamdani is poised to be the Democratic
nominee for mayor. I guess he'll run against Eric Adams,
the current mayor come the fall. Rabbi Shlimah Litvin joins
me from Kentucky Jewish Council. It's good to have you
back on. I wanted to get your thoughts on this man,
(00:20):
who obviously is pitching out some pretty crazy ideas. What
is your take on this Muslim man who could potentially
be the new leader of New York City.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
So I don't care what his background is. I find
much more disturbing than where he's from the fact that
he's a socialist, and we know where those policies end.
They end with scapegoating others because the policies fail, and
far too often the Jewish community. Much more horrifying than that. However,
as devastating as his economic policies will be to the
(00:52):
largest city in the world, are his policies on the
Jewish people. He gladly says, globalize the Intifada carl for
violence against Jews everywhere around the world, is not an
anti Semitic claim twenty five percent of American Jews live
in the city he's going to be mayor of. Unless
(01:12):
a miracle happens, twenty five percent of the community. The
community here at Kentucky relies in the community in New
York for many things. In the average city in America.
If you have a mezuza, it says in Deteronomy, you
shall inscribe this in the door post to your home,
a religious item that every Jewish family has, it probably
came from New York. If you have kosher food, which
(01:34):
is carried in stores all across Kentucky, it probably came
through New York. So New York is not only the
home of twenty five percent of the American Jewish community,
but a vital home hub for all American Jews. And
you have a candidate here who calls for violence against Jews,
who openly says his foray into politics was founding a
(01:55):
Student's for Justice in Palestine, a radical anti Semitic group
with links to Hamas, which, by the way, the chapter
that he founded was banned from their campus last year
for anti Semitism, and the fact that that did not
trouble four hundred and thirty two thousand voters in Democratic primary.
(02:15):
The fact that this hateful figure is now endorsed by
Chuck Schumer, is endorsed by the head of Democratic Party.
It's worth noting we had a similar candidate hearing Kentucky recently.
We had running in the sixth district for Congress, a
radical anti Semitic candidate who espoused anti American views and
called for violence against people, and to their credit, the
(02:38):
Democratic Party in Kentucky didn't support him. The governor of
Kentucky didn't support him. You have the option, even if
someone has from your party, to say we cannot endorse
their hateful views. And the exact opposite is happening here. Yeah,
Burnie Year's the Democratic Party were lining up Bernie finding
this radical anti.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Cer Bernie Sanders AOC, these other prominent Democrat figures are
wrapping themselves all around this guy. But I did see
in the one of the debates that they held with
all the candidates on stage, he was asked about his
views on protecting Jewish people, and he said that was
absolutely his intention to protect all New Yorkers Jewish people,
(03:18):
And he seemed like he was wanting to be a
mayor for all the people. Is what is he lying?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Absolutely, I think so. I think his record speaks very
loudly to it. When he goes on an interview with
the San Piker, who says that America deserved nine to eleven,
who said that he doesn't care if there were sexual
assaults on October seventh of Jews and Israel because they
had it coming, who calls for violence against Jews in
the United States, when he said that the term globalized
(03:51):
the in tofado again, a call for violence against my kids,
against my family. He're in Kentucky, when he said that
it's not anti Semitic, especially when he says it in
the weeks after someone tried to gun down to Jews
in Washington, murder to people in Washington, someone through fire
bombs at Jews in Colorado. That's literally globalizing the end
(04:11):
to fadom. I can tell you that terrorists today are celebrating.
Those who hate America are celebrating. And it's worth noting
that he lost with the Hispanic community, with the African
American community, with hard working, everyday Americans in New York.
He won with rich, privileged socialists whose parents paid one
(04:31):
hundreds of thousand dollars for them to go to Jahati
producing the universities like Columbia, and whose parents are paying
for their rent, and who don't need to use the bus.
So this idea that he has to free the bus
and fill it with homeless won't affect them because they
never used a bus using daddy's credit card day uber
from place to place. These policies are not going to
(04:52):
harm his voters. They're going to harm every day working
Americans who aren't living off their parents Largesse.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I have seen a lot of people responding today saying
it was only the year two thousand and one. When
people use the phrase never forget, the same phrase, ironically enough,
used after the Holocaust, never forget, and then they say
twenty twenty five, obviously we've forgotten. That's the meme message
that's out there today. What has happened to the notion
(05:20):
that people would never forget what happened on nine to eleven.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, his average voter doesn't remember nine to eleven. His
average voter is a kid who's in twenty two. A
twenty two year old doesn't remember nine eleven. A twenty
four year old doesn't remember nine to eleven. A twenty
four year old doesn't remember when we were attacked by
ultimate evil, and that is why when the same evil
attacks Israel, they don't see it. They span with evil.
(05:48):
You had in Lexington, the the lex for Palestine Iratical
islam As. The group held a protest against America taking
out Iran's nukes, and by the time they had held
their protest, the war was over and Iran had already surrendered.
Had called up America said hey, we're going to shoot
some rockets to make ourselves sound better, and then we're done,
(06:08):
so quicker than they could support the enemy. The enemy
had already surrendered. It's not just that they don't remember,
they never learned about it. Instead, what they were told
in school was America's wrong. America wins because they're wrong,
not because our values and morals have led us to
be the most blessed country in the world, the most
powerful country in the world, the richest country in the world,
(06:29):
but rather that America is wrong. Anything America does is bad,
and every other country's grievances are correct. That Iran is
right to have grievances, Hamas is right to have grievances,
Everyone's right to have grievances, and we should just punish
ourselves all the time because every ill in the world
came from us, when very much the contrary is is true.
(06:50):
So if not, they've forgotten our history. They were intentionally
miseducated by their universities, very often by socialist professors like
Zhorhanman Dani's father who teaches at Columbia, who helped lead
the anti Semitic protests at Columbia, the protest that turned violent,
not violent against aggressors, but violent against janitors and employees
(07:10):
of the university. So when they're coming from that environment,
when we allow that environment to go on, we can't
question why a twenty four year old rich kid living
in Manhattan on his father's dyme has forgotten nine to eleven.
He never learned it existed. He never learned the American
values that were attacked. He never learned why we were covered,
(07:32):
the American strength of why we recovered, and he never
learned the morals and values our countries are based on
and why they hate us.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
It looks like the Democratic Party is a rudderless ship
and they're looking for different messaging, and the youth is
coming with their own, like you said, ill informed message.
But that's what the Democratic Party is doing, is maybe
just setting up for farther down the road. We don't
know if Eric Adams can win this election this fall
or someone else. Who knows between now and November what happened,
(08:01):
But this looks like a reboots for the Democratic Party,
and so it'll be interesting to see if this sort
of sentiment grows in other blue cities.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
So I can tell you in Buffalo, when a socialist
candidate who was not nearly this hateful towards the Jewish
community lost his primary, the Democratic establishment stood behind him
and he had won his election. In this case, the
Democratic Establishment seems to be endorsing overwhelmingly Zorham. They decided
(08:33):
that if they are, as you called it, a rudderless ship,
they decided to tie their ship to a terrorist one.
And the only thing worse than being rudderless is going
in the wrong direction.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
Rabbi lefton, appreciate talking to you again as always, and
you bringing your insights to the radio. Appreciate it. Happy
to be here, Thank you so much. That's Rabbi Shlomo
Litfen of Kentucky Jewish Council on the shocking primary victory
for the Muslim candidate Zorin Mamdani. What a story to
tell between now and November
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