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NYC rabbi who spurred anti-Mamdani push turns his criticism toward Jews and Israel at Zionist gathering

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, leader of Manhattan's Park Avenue Synagogue, addressed the American Zionist Movement's national assembly, proposing a broadened approach to American Zionism. 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 CommunityJewish IdentityZionismAmerican JewryReform JudaismIsraeli PoliticsConservative JudaismZohran MamdaniElliot Cosgrove

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New York City, New York, United States
"In the lead-up to New York Citys mayoral election last month, Elliot Cosgrove emerged as one of the most outspoken rabbinic critics of Zohran Mamdani, the anti-Zionist activist who is now the mayor-elect."
Israel
"He criticized some Israeli policies in laying out why many in the liberal Jewish majority are feeling distanced from Israel."

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