Rabbi Elie Weinstock

It was an honor to welcome Rabbis from across Nassau County to hang and bless our new mezuzah in my district office in Garden City.  The mezuzah offers an important protection and blessing for our office and the work we do for families across NY-04.

The term ‘Shylock’ is one of the most recognizable antisemitic slurs in the English language. It’s a centuries-old trope that has fueled discrimination, hatred, and violence against Jews for generations. I condemn Donald Trump’s dangerous use of this blatantly antisemitic slur and his long history of trafficking in antisemitic tropes. American Jews deserve leaders who will fight antisemitism in all its forms, not ones who fuel it from the behind the Presidential seal, elevate antisemites to some of the highest positions of power, and exploit the horrific rise in antisemitism to suppress constitutionality-protected free speech. I have often said that if Donald Trump was serious about fighting antisemitism, he could start with the antisemites in his own administration. Today’s speech shows that antisemitism in the Trump Administration is the rule not the exception, and emanates from the very top. If Donald Trump were serious about fighting antisemitism, he could start with himself.

Rep. Dan Goldman, a Jewish Democrat who’s endorsed Zellnor Myrie for mayor of New York City, responds to the controversy over Zohran Mandani’s comments. “Put simply, one cannot credibly assert opposition to antisemitism while defending the phrase ‘globalize the intifada.’”

Pictured after prayers at the Ohel, from left to right: Rabbi Yossi Vogel, Rabbi Motti Seligson, Rabbi Sholom Dutchman, Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Rabbi Eli Weinstock, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Frager.