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May 20, 2026

Progressive Rabbis Have Grown Quick to Point Out Israel’s Flaws, but Slow to Defend It

Blind spot.

Following Zohran Mamdani’s recent distribution of anti-Israel propaganda to commemorate “Nakba Day,” a number of mainstream Jewish organizations decided to boycott the mayor’s Jewish Heritage Month reception this week. Some liberal rabbis, however, did attend, along with representatives of the Satmar Hasidim. One of the former, in his speech, invoked the “inextricable connection [between] Jewish identity and Palestinian dignity.”

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