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Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism (www.thejc.com)
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed the Zionist leader of a liberal Jewish community group to lead his Office to Combat Antisemitism.

Phylisa Wisdom, who will be leading City Hall’s fight against Jew-hatred, has led the New York Jewish Agenda since 2023.

The group opposed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, an anti-Israel initiative Mamdani has previously expressed his support for.

The group been instrumental in calling out antisemitism over the years. Last month, after a protest outside a synagogue saw activists chant “we support Hamas”, NYJA condemned it as “unambiguous and unacceptable antisemitism”.

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[–] EvilTankieSupreme@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Wisdom, 39, has aligned herself with some of the positions Mamdani has taken on countering antisemitism, including opposition to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which considers most forms of anti-Zionism as antisemitic.

Brad Lander, a former New York City comptroller who is running for Congress and who has criticized Israel extensively, stated that Wisdom “is the perfect person for the job.”

A good move in the current context. The anti-zionism-is-anti-semitism zionists are already complaining about her. 🤭

He should also appt an islamophobia czar.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world -1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago) (1 children)

Im gonna point out that it seems someone based in Europe made this post. Not suspicious at all /s

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 minutes ago

Kinda sus you live in Europe