September 15, 2026

The schools appear to have been careful not to refer to the event as a “protest,” describing it in their communications as a “communal prayer” and a “student-led communal Shacharit.” Their messaging about the reason for the demonstration, too, has been vague. The emails viewed by Jewish Currents do not mention Mamdani’s criticism of Israel or his condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two major points of tension between the mayor and the Jewish establishment.

Despite the cautious tone, it is hard to read this mustering of day-school students outside Gracie Mansion as anything other than an act of protest against Mamdani, and an implicit charge that he poses a particular threat to observant Jews in the city. “It is time for us to stand up and be heard,” the email to Ramaz parents read. “It is time to show up proudly as Jews, as New Yorkers, and as Zionists.”

    • stoly
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      It turns out that the problem has never been racism, but who is allowed to dish it out.

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        Or to control who society punishes rather. Racists are always going to be able to dish out more racism. Nothing we can do about that sadly.

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        Ok, but that doesn’t really work as a sentence or a question

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        hey that would be difficult to do as a Sikh, look them up sometime their history is interesting and surprisingly short

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          And yet there’s still Sikh terrorists.

          Every religion produces extremists and people who try to twist the religion to justify their existing hate and politics. It’s a constant of humanity.

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            there are atheist terrorists. terrorists are more complicated than a video game spawner. they are produced when people have contradictions that can’t be resolved without violence