Brad Lander has spent years of his political career trying to prove that being Jewish does not require being a supporter of Israel. Last weekend, he was shown that people don’t care.

Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th Congressional District and a prominent figure on the progressive left, has positioned himself firmly in the Israel debate. He has called Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, opposed American military aid to the Jewish state, and aligned himself politically with its most outspoken critics, including Mayor Zohran........

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