""I, unlike any of the candidates, have said Jews must protect themselves," Sliwa, the Republican candidate in New York City's mayor's race, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in a recent interview. "If you depend strictly on Gentiles, history is replete with instances where you're going to be horribly disappointed.""
""I'm not going to be your Gentile mashiach like Eric Adams and Cuomo tend to," he said, using the Hebrew or Yiddish word for messiah. "I thought Jewish people were smart. How is it you keep expecting Gentiles to protect you? They have failed you. We've never had more antisemitic attacks. Who's in charge? Gentiles.""
""I will teach you to defend yourself," he told the Queens newspaper. "You have Shmira. You have Shomrim. You have Jewish patrols.""
Curtis Sliwa promotes a public-safety approach that emphasizes Jewish self-protection and volunteer security participation rather than sole reliance on non-Jewish authorities. He cites historical disappointment when communities depended strictly on Gentiles and criticizes expectations that others will ensure Jewish safety. Sliwa highlights existing groups such as Shmira, Shomrim and Jewish patrols and offers to teach self-defense. He draws on his Guardian Angels background and recalls defending the Chabad-Lubavitch community during the 1991 Crown Heights riots. He frames volunteer organizations as vital components of his public-safety vision and aims to attract voters concerned about antisemitic attacks.
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