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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Noa Yachot

Jewish New York’s reckoning with Zohran Mamdani: ‘He’s become a vehicle for our tensions’

a man looks down at a candle while sitting at a vigil
Zohran Mamdani attends a vigil on the two-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, in New York, on 7 October 2025. Photograph: Milo Hess/ZUMA via Alamy

Securing Jewish votes was never going to be a straightforward ride for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral hopeful who is on track to become the most prominent Palestine supporter to assume elected office in the US – in the most Jewish city outside Israel, no less.

The notion that he could sparks outright panic in some quarters.

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