Israel’s sins are what require repentance

Manhattan: Here we go again. Another guest columnist rabbi, this time Marc Schneier (photo), making demands of Mayor Mamdani using Jewish law and custom as the basis (“Mayor Mamdani, repentance is calling you,” op-ed, Sept. 18). What unmitigated gall to demand that a Muslim adhere to Schneier’s interpretation of his own religious texts and customs. What galls me even more is the temerity to think he speaks for all Jews.

This bar mitzvah boy of 1962 feels exactly as the mayor does toward Israel. It committed war crimes in Gaza, and 2 million people suffer greatly because of it. I consider Israel a pariah country and think the leaders should be in prison. The U.S. shouldn’t give another penny of my tax money to them. Rabbi Schneier, feel free to call me an antisemite and tell me how I should observe Yom Kippur.

Schneier seems to think Jews in NYC should be afraid of Mamdani. This one isn’t. I fear people like Schneier. In the entire half page The News generously offered him, he didn’t once recognize that Israel is to blame for anything. Schneier hasn’t the strength to admit what everyone clearly sees. The sheer folly of demanding the mayor apologize for saying what most of the world knows is true would be laughable if his divisive words weren’t so caustic.

Bronx: To Marc Schneier: Israel is committing genocide, and calling it out is not antisemitic. I’m a Jew and I fully agree with the mayor on the subject. You need to repent for supporting genocide. You are a shande far di goyim.

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