When good people stay silent, evil fills the void. That truth is ringing louder than ever in New York City today, as Zohran Mamdani—a man who has made his disdain for Israel and its people crystal clear—has been elected mayor of America’s largest city. This is not just a local story. This is a warning sign for the entire country.
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, a respected religious leader and president of the New York Board of Rabbis, has courageously spoken the truth about Mamdani’s radical and dangerous ideology. In a sermon that has now gone viral, Rabbi Hirsch declared what many of us have feared: Mamdani’s worldview is not only hostile to Israel, it is hostile to Jews. Period.
This is not about political disagreement or differing policy opinions. This is about a man who, according to Rabbi Hirsch, believes that the Jewish state has no right to exist—not in part of the land, not in all of it. Mamdani is not simply a critic of Israeli policy. He is a dogmatic opponent of Israel’s very existence. That should trouble every American, whether Jewish or not.
Why? Because history has shown us again and again that when hatred toward Jews is allowed to grow, it does not stop with the Jewish people. It spreads. It infects. It poisons the entire society. Rabbi Hirsch made that point clear when he said, “What starts with Jews never ends with Jews.” And he is absolutely right.
Mamdani has proudly promoted slogans like “Globalize the intifada”—words that glorify violence and terror. He founded a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, a group known for its aggressive, often hateful activism against Jewish students on college campuses. He supports the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which seeks to isolate Israel economically and culturally. The BDS movement isn’t about peace—it’s about wiping Israel off the map.
And yet, despite all of this, Mamdani won the mayor’s race. Shockingly, he even captured a third of the Jewish vote. How did this happen?
It happened because too many people have been lulled into silence. Too many have been afraid to speak out, afraid to be called names, afraid to push back against the narrative of the radical left. But silence is no longer an option. As Rabbi Hirsch said, a phalanx of police officers cannot make Jews safe if the culture becomes hostile to them. It is not enough to secure buildings; we must secure hearts and minds.
This is about more than New York. This is about defending the soul of America. Our nation was built on the idea of religious freedom and the right of all people to live in peace. But that peace cannot survive when elected leaders sympathize with terrorist rhetoric and deny the right of an entire nation to exist.
We must call this what it is: antisemitism dressed up in progressive language. Mamdani’s beliefs are not just misguided—they are dangerous. And they are part of a larger leftist movement that seeks to tear down traditional values, undermine Western civilization, and replace it with a radical, lawless, and godless worldview.
The American people must not stand by and watch this happen. We must support brave leaders like Rabbi Hirsch who are willing to speak the truth, even when it is unpopular. We must demand that our elected officials stand with Israel, stand with the Jewish people, and stand for peace rooted in truth—not lies.
This is a time for courage, not complacency. If we fail to act now, we may wake up one day to find that the freedoms we cherish are gone. New York City has sent up a flare. The rest of the country would do well to pay attention.
