Mamdani’s antisemitism plan draws criticism as rabbis say it avoids key driver of hate

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a multimillion-dollar strategy to combat antisemitism, drawing criticism from prominent Jewish leaders who described the announcement as an attempt to deflect attention from the mayor’s own rhetoric while avoiding one of the defining sources of modern anti-Jewish hostility: the demonization of Israel and Zionism.

Mamdani announced what his administration called the nation’s first municipal strategy dedicated to combating antisemitism, declaring...