"Greenblatt appeared on MSNBC hours after Mamdani's electoral victory to announce his anti-semitism watchdog had launched a Mamdani Monitor to track with the new mayor's policies and explained to Jewish Insider that the move came because the Democrat's campaign promoted antisemitic narratives. During his Morning Joe appearance on Wednesday, Greenblatt said that Mamdani had publicly stated he will not work with the ADL and cited the mayor-elect's commitment to boycotts of Israel before he made a direct appeal into the camera to Jewish New Yorkers: We have your back and we will hold Mayor-elect Mamdani accountable! As he added that his organization had seen levels of anti-Jewish hate that literally have broken records every year that his job was to keep Jewish people safe."
"JOE SCARBOROUGH: We're all shocked and we all find this abhorrent. And I'm sure that the next mayor would say the same thing, wouldn't he? JONATHAN GREENBLATT: You have to ask him. SCARBOROUGH: I think he has said the same thing. I don't know, I think you have to. I think you look at the fact that he has gone to one high holiday service after another. He is talking to the Jewish community. GREENBLATT: That's not exactly right. He went to anti-Zionist synagogue, which is like going to the black breakout at CPAC and saying, you understand African Americans. I mean, come on."
Jonathan Greenblatt announced an ADL Mamdani Monitor to track Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policies, citing alleged antisemitic narratives from the campaign. Greenblatt told Jewish New Yorkers the ADL will hold Mamdani accountable and said anti-Jewish hate has reached record levels, listing recent violent incidents. Scarborough pushed back, questioning whether Mamdani supported violence and noting Mamdani's outreach to Jewish communities and attendance at holiday services. Greenblatt countered that Mamdani visited an anti-Zionist synagogue and compared that outreach to a superficial gesture toward another community, framing the exchange as a public dispute over intent and accountability.
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