Hundreds in New York call on the UN to combat antisemitism — Jerusalem Post
In New York, United States, hundreds of representatives of the Jewish community gathered at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near UN headquarters. Participants called on world leaders who arrived for the UN General Assembly to respond seriously to the rise in antisemitism and antisemitic violence. The Jerusalem Post reports on the rally.
Call to world leaders
The rally was organized by the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. It featured representatives of various religious communities, as well as people who survived antisemitic crimes in different parts of the world, including those connected to the Nova festival and Bondi Beach.
Eric Goldstein, CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, said that world leaders gathered in New York to discuss global challenges are not paying sufficient attention to the spread of antisemitism around the world.
Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was killed in a 1994 terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, called on world leaders to immediately combat antisemitism.
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Speeches and counterprotest
George Zamot, a UPS driver who intervened during a July stabbing attack on the Upper West Side, also spoke at the rally. A Jewish man and a man of Asian descent were injured in that incident.
Shalev Biton, who survived events connected to the Nova music festival, spoke at the rally and translated the words of Younes Alkarnawi, a Bedouin man who saved his life. Some speakers also spoke about moments of solidarity that emerged after the tragic events.
Several speakers criticized New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and expressed doubts about whether he can be a mayor for the city’s Jews who do not share his position on Israel. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned what he described as deliberate passivity in combating antisemitism.
At the end of the evening, some attendees left the plaza, while a small group of counterprotesters from the anti-Zionist organization Neturei Karta became louder. The rally took place after other public events against antisemitism in New York, including a prayer gathering near the mayor’s Gracie Mansion residence organized by two Orthodox Jewish schools.
