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Pittsburgh’s mayor struggles politically amid lack of support from city’s Jewish community 

JL;DR SUMMARY Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is facing political challenges primarily due to a controversial statement he made regarding the anniversary of the Hamas attacks. 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 CommunityHamas AttacksPittsburghMayoral RaceJewish AdvocacyPolitical BacklashEd GaineyCorey O'connor

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"Pittsburghs mayor struggles politically amid lack of support from citys Jewish community Last fall, Pittsburghs Democratic mayor, Ed Gainey, sparked an uproar after he signed onto an insensitively worded joint statement addressing the one-year anniversary of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks, drawing widespread backlash from Jewish community leaders and prominent elected officials."
Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania, United States
"Experts say that Gainey will need to perform well in Pittsburghs 14th Ward, which includes the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, if he hopes to prevail in the primary, which is now 10 weeks away."

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