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New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams. Credit: Steve Sanchez Photos/Shutterstock.
New York mayoral frontrunner Adams gets high marks from Orthodox community
“The Flatbush Jewish community, our leadership, residents, yeshivah leaders, parents and business owners all agree that, for our community, the No. 1 issue in the election was public safety,” said community leader Chaskel Bennett.
Faygie Holt
June 24, 2021
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams receives the endorsement of the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition. Source: Eric Adams/Twitter.
Brooklyn Jewish community throws weight in Democratic primaries for New York mayor race
The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
Faygie Holt
June 11, 2021
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks to the media during the announcement of his candidacy for mayor of New York City, February 2021. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
Yang backtracks support for Israel after facing criticism
His original tweet sparked #YangSupportsGenocide; as a result, Muslim organizers canceled a pre-planned food drive with him to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
May 13, 2021
Andrew Yang speaks with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Aug. 9, 2019. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
New York mayoral candidate Yang voices solidarity with Israel amid ongoing violence
Democrat Andrew Yang on Twitter: “I’m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks and condemn the Hamas terrorists.”
May 11, 2021
Andrew Yang speaks with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2019. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
New York mayoral candidate Yang says BDS is ‘nonviolent,’ but ‘anti-Semitic’
Andrew Yang was asked to clarify his stance on the BDS movement following conflicting remarks he made at a forum on March 18 that was hosted by Emgage, a Muslim-American advocacy organization.
March 22, 2021
Andrew Yang in 2019. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
Yang walks back tough anti-BDS stance during Muslim Democratic Club forum
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said he has an issue with organizations that don’t disavow “very, very violent tactics” towards Israel, though he doesn’t have an issue with individuals or activists “making a case for what they think is right.”
Feb. 26, 2021
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks to the media during the announcement of his candidacy for mayor of New York City, February 2021. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
Anti-Israel activist accosts mayoral candidate Yang for anti-BDS stance
Andrew Yang, now a candidate for New York City’s top job, has said that “a Yang administration will push back against the BDS movement, which singles out Israel for unfair economic punishment.”
Feb. 24, 2021
Andrew Yang speaks with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2019. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
Andrew Yang got it right on BDS
While differences exist between the anti-Jewish boycotts of the 1930s and current BDS campaigns, we dare not ignore the parallels.
Stephen H. Norwood and Rafael Medoff
Jan. 31, 2021
Entrepreneur and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang at the second Democratic presidential debate in Detroit on July 31, 2019. Source: Screenshot.
Andrew Yang backtracks on whether Palestinian refugees should have ‘right to return’
In response to a question by “The New York Times”: “Should all Palestinian refugees and their descendants have the right to return to Israel?” Yang simply answered “Yes.”
Feb. 10, 2020