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I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here's how we walk forward together.

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove reflects on the election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor and the divisions it has revealed within the Jewish community. 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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Jewish CommunityNew York CityDialogueAnti ZionismUnityAhavat YisraelZohran MamdaniElectionsDivisionAbraham And Isaac

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New York City, New York, United States
"Zohran Mamdani will become the 111th mayor of New York City."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Elliot Cosgrove is senior rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan."

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