Jewish leaders in New York City are accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of " fanning the flames of hatred and division" as an investigation is continuing Friday into a pair of stabbings in Manhattan’s Upper West Side that are being looked at as potential hate crimes.New York Attorney General Letitia James said both victims in Thursday’s attack are currently in stable condition.The suspect, identified as Raul Morales, 51, is accused of yelling "Allahu Akbar" while stabbing two men on Thursday afternoon, according to officials."When the mayor of New York repeatedly uses his platform to relentlessly single out and demonize Israel, the world's only Jewish state, and calls those who support it monsters, he contributes to a climate in which Jewish New Yorkers are increasingly targeted and unsafe," Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, said Friday."Mayor Mamdani, stop fanning the flames of hatred and division.
The consequences are not abstract.They are playing out on our streets.
But make no mistake, we're not going anywhere.The Jewish community of New York, the largest in the world outside Israel, will continue to walk the streets of the Upper West Side and all the streets of New York openly and proudly," he added.SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY YELLING ‘ALLAHU AKBAR,' STABBING 2 MEN IN NYC ATTACKNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a still image taken from handout video released on July 21, 2026.
(Reuters)Rabbi Yosie Levine of The Jewish Center also said Friday that, "When public officials repeatedly cast the Jewish community as a stand-in for actions of the Israeli government, they create a climate in which Jews become targets.""You know when I was growing up, the only time we saw security outside of my synagogue or outside of my Jewish day school was when the mayor came to speak.The police were there to protect him.
Today, every time the mayor speaks, we need the police to protect us," he...