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Actually, many Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews support Mamdani

JL;DR SUMMARY Estee Konor and fellow writers counter a previous article's portrayal of New York's Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish communities as uniformly opposed to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and uniformly Zionist. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismNew York CityStereotypesDiversityFascismSolidarityMizrahi JewsSephardi JewsZohran MamdaniJews For Racial & Economic Justice

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Jan. 24."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Hannah Aliza Goldman is an artist and producer based in Brooklyn, NY."
Queens, New York, United States
"Rafael Shimunov the co-host of Beyond The Pale: Radios Home For The Jewish Left on WBAI 99.5 FM NY, and a Bukharian Jewish artist and activist from Queens, New York, where he, as a child, arrived with his parents as HIAS refugees from Uzbekistan."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"It is critical we learn the lessons the people of Minneapolis are teaching us: when fascists attempt to divide our majority to remove the last obstacle to permanent rule, our greatest and perhaps final defense is not insularity, but solidarity."
Uzbekistan
"Rafael Shimunov the co-host of Beyond The Pale: Radios Home For The Jewish Left on WBAI 99.5 FM NY, and a Bukharian Jewish artist and activist from Queens, New York, where he, as a child, arrived with his parents as HIAS refugees from Uzbekistan."

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