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Oct 16, 2026
Rachel B. VogelsteinHOST
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Rachel B. VogelsteinHOST
And we are honored to be joined by Rabbi Diana Gerson, the Associate Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Rachel B. VogelsteinHOST
She is focused on advancing the board's leadership role in confronting family violence, domestic violence, and sexual abuse, and the exploitation of children by reaching across faith communities.
Rachel B. VogelsteinHOST
Welcome to all of you.
Brooke SussmanGUEST
an anecdote that was offered to me by... rabbi in Cincinnati, both of whom.
Brooke SussmanGUEST
During World War II, when the Jewish boys were serving in Europe and the only thing they had were K-rations, and many of those K-rations were pork, these boys came back to the New York Board of Rabbis and said, how can we survive? Are we allowed to eat the K-rations? And the responsum that came back was, you are allowed to eat the pork product.
Brooke SussmanGUEST
You are not permitted to suck the marrow from the bone.
Brooke SussmanGUEST
So in other words, you do anything to survive, but because it's treif, it's not Jewish, don't really enjoy it.
Madison MaynardHOST
The statement drew immediate sharp condemnation from pro-Israel Jewish organizations and city leaders.
Madison MaynardHOST
Prominent figures, including leaders from the New York Board of Rabbis and the Union for Reform Judaism, criticized the mayor for failing to adequately detail the massacre of Israelis or capture the hostages, calling the tone insensitive to a community and deep mourning.
Madison MaynardHOST
In contrast, progressive Jewish advocacy defended the statement, arguing it was appropriate to acknowledge both the initial attacks and the devastating civilian toll in Gaza over the last three years.
Madison MaynardHOST
The fallout highlights the ongoing friction between City Hall and local Jewish leadership, which previously escalated after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Meir Mondani during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Hasan PikerHOST
Mayor Zohran Mamdani ignited intense anger from Jewish groups on Wednesday when he issued a statement marking the third anniversary of the deadly October 7 attacks on Israel that focused largely on the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
Hasan PikerHOST
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the president of the New York Board of Rabbis, said Mr. Mamdani's statement was morally perverse and like sticking a knife into the pain of the Jewish community in New York and in America.
Hasan PikerHOST
I feel like I'm so fair and balanced.
Hasan PikerHOST
I mean, look, I told you, his, his statement was good.
SafanCORRESPONDENT
His statement going on to say in part, "We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
SafanCORRESPONDENT
The suffering did not begin nor end that day." The mayor went on at length describing the Israeli response in Gaza as an ongoing genocide, condemning US military support for Israel, adding, "We must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue." The New York Board of Rabbis calling the mayor's statement insensitive at best.
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This is a day of mourning for us.
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Just give us that day.
Kyle WarrenHOST
Since the Holocaust, to recycle your anti-Zionist talking points, the city with the largest Jewish population outside Israel deserves a mayor who can honor the dead without exploiting them.
Kyle WarrenHOST
Rabbi Mark Shiner, if I'm pronouncing that correctly, the former president of the New York Board of Rabbis blasted Mamdani's response as one that chose to incite hatred rather than honor the victims of October 7th and promote peace.
Kyle WarrenHOST
Mayor Mamdani cannot give Jewish New Yorkers even a single day to mourn without gaslighting us and appropriating the trauma of October 7th, he said.
Kyle WarrenHOST
He expresses sympathy at rising anti-Semitism while accusing Israel of deliberately killing children, bombing hospitals, and committing genocide.
Steven GartenHOST
He is also the founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Am, serving the Jewish community of western Monmouth County in New Jersey.
Steven GartenHOST
He has been on the board of directors of the New York Board of Rabbis, as well as serving at the International Synagogue in Kennedy Airport.
Steven GartenHOST
He has served on the board of directors of ARTSA, the Association of Reformed Zionists.
Steven GartenHOST
And he continues to teach in Monmouth County, New Jersey, at a variety of post-secondary institutions, teaching about Judaism, Jewish philosophy, and Jewish history.
Bobby CuzaHOST
And this is, and this is obviously, you know, very-
Courtney GrossHOST
The board believes, like, w- the statement from the UJA Federation and the New York Board of Rabbis says, in part, "It fails" ...
Courtney GrossHOST
It says, it gives him a s- a tiny little compliment at the beginning, but we'll, like, you know, we'll move on from that.
Courtney GrossHOST
It says, [laughs] "It fails to address a central issue that the mayor himself has perpetuated.