FUTURE OF JEWISH
America’s relationship with Israel is fading.
Avi Mayer
July 19, 2025

…But perhaps most shocking has been the realization that, far from rendering him unelectable, Mamdani’s stances against the Jewish state may now be a political asset: A plurality of young voters in New York say that his support for BDS and his refusal to disavow the chant “Globalize the Intifada” (which, respondents were told, “some interpret as a call to violence against Jews”) make them “much more likely” to vote for him. What once seemed unthinkable now appears increasingly plausible: a post-Zionist America. To be sure, we aren’t anywhere near there, at least not yet. Critiques of Israeli policy, no matter how strident or widespread, do not automatically lead to the wholesale rejection of Israel or the negation of Jewish self-determination. READ MORE

JNS Dan Diker: Lessons in populist propaganda and totalitarian takeover Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 campaign for New York City mayor, framed as a progressive crusade for economic justice, bears conspicuous similarities to Hamas’s 2006 electoral campaign in the Palestinian legislative and presidential elections. Both Mamdani and Hamas’s campaigns leverage populist economic grievances to mask radical ideological agendas, blending reformist rhetoric with revolutionary objectives.