Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews

The Forward ^ | July 2, 2025 | Jacob Kornbluh

[CondoleezzaProtege]

he needs to go. but reminder of how lame it is for RNC/GOP to dismiss municipal elections in major big blue cities.

Eric Adams is the only real choice.

[jjotto]

Zionist Organization of America’s Morton Klein and legendary Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind have both endorsed Sliwa.

[kenmcg]

There we go again. Get the Jewish vote! Never happen, the RAT party is the party of the progressive, socialist, commies, which will always get the Jewish vote.

[Bob434]

Apparently he doesnt realize that jews always pick the worst possible candidates for some unknown reason.

[mbrfl]

In some ways Sliwa is a lot like Trump - who he apparently dislikes - in that he says whatever’s on his mind without worrying about political correctness. Trump has managed to turn that into an asset, but few are able to pull it off.

If you examine the controversial comments regarding Jews that are mentioned in the article, most are not really criticisms of Jews per se. He is a bit harsh on some of New York’s Hasidic community leaders, but that’s more a criticism of their politics than their religion or ethnicity.

His comment that “being anti-sematic is in my DNA” was actually an honest but somewhat awkward attempt at a mea-culpa on his part, acknowledging attitudes about Jews that he doesn’t intellectually agree with but was raised with and has to still guard against from time to time. But as usual, his political opponents don’t portray it that way.

And as the article mentions, he was in a long term relationship with a Jewish woman and has two sons by her, an inconvenient truth to those accusing him of antisemitism.

[joshua c]

maybe jews are marxist first

[No name given]

Obviously.

[No name given]

Unless New Yorkers want a newer younger version of Barack Obama on steroids.

[nickcarraway]

Adams is a Democrat.

[nickcarraway]

He’s been on the radio since the 90’s. I remember hearing him back then. He’s also a wackadoo.

[nickcarraway]

I guess we can’t blame them. Because they’re only 2% of the population. So a lot more gentiles are voting for these people.

[catnipman]

silwa has zero chance of anything except perhaps siphoning enough votes from eric adams to get zohran elected ... period ...

[catnipman]

“Adams is a Democrat.”

adams dropped out of the democrat party and is now running as an independent ...

[mbrfl]

There are a lot of stupid things one can say in 35 years.

[Az Joe]

Agreed

[wardaddy]

Good luck with that windmill

But I think the Jewish proportion in nyc ain’t what it was a generation ago

Someone educate me who knows

When I lived yonder “all over Manhattan “

Midtown was the most Christmas enthusiasm place I ever lived

Ironically I guess

It was so cool then

Usually cold and occasional snowy

But December in fifth and Madison and 57th was very very in spirit

I think boomer Jews from UWS and UES got old moved to Florida and Scottsdale

[wardaddy]

I don’t think they are now though some were obviously in 1915-1920 in the motherland

But they started as young Jews fearing and revolting against Czarist excess like pogroms by embracing anarchy ideology

Then Menshevik and ultimately Bolshevism

And the Trotsky obviously

And folks love to criticize them

But honestly if u suffered pogroms which were mini holocausts and then the real thing how would u react?

I’d sure fear the plural power and nationalism and whatnot given how its gone

You couple that with a frequent ambivalence or rejection of the hereafter and hence a focus on humanism and making the world better in their version

And tikun olam

And “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” bent

You end up here so yes I give them a pass for what led them to this point but I can also wish to utterly defeat them to the dustbin ideologically

Without hurting them physically

It’s all in the nuance

Probably my favorite people to hang out with but so infuriating

I’m more fond of boho Israelis who though libtards culturally love the S out of Donald Trump

And yes the stereotype about Jewish gals is true

Good hair and bosomy

At least in my experience

Goldman
Schwartz
Winslow
Shulmeister

All occupy fond memories in my senior hearts corners

All but one Deep South Jews which is another species

More palatable but there is another rant

Anyhow La Chaim maybe we can turn a few

We sure got plenty here and most are well intended

One is in my top five pals here

[Wayne07]

“Adams was a registered Republican from April 1995 to November 2002, according to the city Board of Elections.”

He has been everything. Republican, Dem, Independent.

[Bob434]

Comparatively speaking. That’s true. But we sully don’t vote for those sho,have persecuted us like the Jews seem to do for some unknown reason. They seem to go for the candidates that are hostile towards them. At least the liberal jews do.