Opinion

Across the NY/NJ area, in the past eight months, a new coalition of over a dozen coordinated grassroots groups has been organizing consistent rallies against both rising Jew-hatred and the political encroachment of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The beginning of a New Year is always a time of thoughtful reflection that inherently comes along with all-day davening. Coincidentally, or perhaps by design, this year’s Rosh HaShanah lands on the same weekend as the 25th anniversary of September 11 and 50 days before New Yorkers vote for governor. If you want a new year that is actually new, start with the people who have been running this state into the ground.

At 9:11 p.m. on September 11, 2026, with Yankee Stadium packed for a Subway Series game built around the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a man sprinted out of the left-field seats waving a Palestinian flag. The clock was not a coincidence. Security chased him into center field and tackled him on the grass. Fans above the Mets bullpen pelted him with beer cans. Then the stadium did what New York used to do without being told: it erupted in “USA” chants.

Norman Finkelstein alleges that Israel has committed genocide by attempting to annihilate the Palestinians in Gaza. Moreover, in a recent podcast, Finkelstein denied that heinous abuses were committed by Hamas on and after October 7, 2023. Finkelstein has a long history of anti-Israel activities. In an essay dated October 7, 2023, in response to the Hamas-led massacre of Israeli civilians on that day, Finkelstein wrote, “We honored the heroic resistance of Gaza… The stars above in heaven are looking kindly down. Glory, glory hallelujah.”

The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America on Sept. 11, 2001 has come and gone. Despite criticisms and pleas from many of the families of the victims as well as others, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the ceremony held at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in what was Ground Zero on that awful day. After days of massive attention focused on the commemoration of the attacks, the media and the political class quickly moved on to other contemporary issues and crises.

Congressional candidate Brad Lander showed up last Saturday outside Madison Square Garden to protest a Hindu nationalist speaker. He came as a friend of the left, introduced himself as the Democratic candidate in New York’s 10th Congressional District, and said he was there to stand with the crowd. What he received in return was exactly what he deserved after a lifetime of pandering to a mob that will only see him as one thing: a Jew.