CJA's CALL TO THE RABBIS,
FOR GUIDANCE &
LEADERSHIP
1.
THE 8 RABBIS OF THE UJA-NY BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
--
Park Ave Synagogue (C)
-- Manhattan
Rabbi Steven Exler --
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (O)
-- Bronx
Rabbi Benjamin
Goldschmidt --
Altneu Synagogue (O) -- Manhattan
Rabbi Daniel Graber
--
Forest Hills Jewish Center (C)
-- Queens
Rabbi
Jonathan Morgenstern
--
Young Israel of Scarsdale (O)
-- Westchester
Rabbi Jonathan Blake
-- Westchester Reform Temple (R)
-- Westchester
Rabbi Carie
Carter
--
Park Slope Jewish Center (C)
-- Brooklyn
Rabbi Diana
Fersko
-- Village
Temple (R) -- Manhattan
cc:
CJA's August 12, 2025 e-mail to UJA-NY Manager of Gov't
Relations --
"Mamdani,
the NYC mayoral race -- & the civic and Jewish obligations
of UJA-NY Board Chair Marc Rowan & Board Members"
for Graber
for Fersko
CJA's August 15, 2025 e-mail to 8 Board of Director
Rabbis -- &
here
"TO THE 8 RABBIS OF THE UJA-NY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS --
Mamdani, the NYC mayoral race -- & the civic and Jewish
obligations
of UJA-NY Board Chair Marc Rowan & Board Members"
CJA's August 29, 2025
e-mail to 8 Board of Director Rabbis
--
"MAMDANI -- & the Jewish & Civic Responsibilities of the 8
Rabbis of the UJA-NY Board of Directors
& of Rabbi
Ammiel Hirsch, ESQ., President of the NY Board of Rabbis"
CJA's August 29, 2025 e-mail to 8 Board of Director
Rabbis --
"The Jewish & Civic Responsibilities of the NY Board of
Rabbis to EVIDENCE
of Zohran Mamdani's Corruption as a
NYS Assemblyman,
Destroying Constitutional, Lawful,
State Governance, Unreported by the Press"
2.
Rabbi
Ammiel Hirsch, ESQ.
--
Steven Wise Free Synagogue (R) -- Manhattan
click here for:
webpage pertaining to NYT
& "Light of Freedom Award"
recipients Bari Weiss & Nellie Bowles
cc
to Rabbi Hirsch:
CJA's August 15, 2025 e-mail to UJA-NY 8 Board of Director
Rabbis --
&
here
"TO THE 8 RABBIS OF THE UJA-NY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS --
Mamdani, the NYC mayoral race -- & the civic and Jewish
obligations
of UJA-NY Board Chair Marc Rowan & Board Members"
cc to Rabbi Hirsch:
CJA's August 19, 2025 e-mail to JBS (Jewish Broadcasting
Service) --
"Protecting the Jewish Community & Israel from Mamdani,
whose election as NYC mayor is being rigged by the NYT &
other NY press"
cc to Rabbi Hirsch:
CJA's August 20, 2025 e-mail to Micah Halpern --
"Proposal for Your Journalism, in ALL Venues, starting with
the story 'The NYT & other NY press
are dovetailing their anti-Israel bias to election-rig for
Mamdani to be NYC's next mayor'"
CJA's August 29, 2025
e-mail to Rabbi Hirsch
--
"MAMDANI -- & the Jewish & Civic Responsibilities of the 8
Rabbis of the UJA-NY Board of Directors
& of Rabbi
Ammiel Hirsch, ESQ., President of the NY Board of Rabbis"
CJA's August 29, 2025 e-mail to Rabbi Hirsch
--
"The Jewish & Civic Responsibilities of the NY Board of
Rabbis to EVIDENCE
of Zohran Mamdani's Corruption as a
NYS Assemblyman,
Destroying Constitutional, Lawful,
State Governance, Unreported by the Press"
cc to Rabbi Hirsch:
CJA's September 1, 2025 e-mail to
Zionist Rabbinic Coalition Chair Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt --
"Mamdani is a danger to Israel &
the Jewish People --
& cannot survive reporting of his
corruption as a NYS assemblyman, as the NYT & other NY press
know,
in reporting nothing about it. HERE's THE ACTION PLAN,
consistent with yours --"
cc to Rabbi Hirsch:
CJA's September 3, 2025 e-mail to Rabbi & Jerusalem Post
Columnist Stewart Weiss --
"Answering, with Action,
your column "Zohran Mamdani will turn New York
into
ground zero of anti-Israel action" (Jerusalem Post, July 13,
2025)"
3.
Lincoln Square
Synagague Rabbis (O) -- Manhattan
Rabbi Shaul Robinson
Assistant Rabbi Daniel Gottesman
Assistant Rabbi Efraim
Tepler
cc:
CJA's
August 17, 2025 e-mail to Times of Israel Journalist Haviv
Rettig Gur --
cc: TOI, JNS, Jewish Voice, Tratt
"URGENT: Honest Reporting Required about Mamdani & the NYC
mayoral race
that NY's largely anti-Israel press is concealing, in toto,
to rig his election & dispirit
& deter Jewish, pro-Israel opposition"
CJA's August 28, 2025 e-mail Rabbis Robinson, Gottesman,
Tepler
--
"Mobilizing
NY's Jewish, & Pro-Israel, & other communities for an EASY
WIN vs Mamdani --
as his corruption as a NYS assemblyman
is A SCANDAL HE CANNOT SURVIVE"
& for forwarding to Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
cc:
CJA's September 3, 2025 e-mail to Rabbi & Jerusalem Post
Columnist Stewart Weiss --
"Answering, with Action,
your column "Zohran Mamdani will turn New York
into
ground zero of anti-Israel action" (Jerusalem Post, July 13,
2025)"
4.
Rabbi Justin Pines, ESQ. -- CEO JBS
CJA's August 19, 2025 e-mail to JBS (Jewish Broadcasting
Service) --
"Protecting the Jewish Community & Israel from Mamdani,
whose election as NYC mayor is being rigged by the NYT &
other NY press"
cc:
CJA's August 20, 2025 e-mail to Micah Halpern --
"Proposal for Your Journalism, in ALL Venues, starting with
the story 'The NYT & other NY press
are dovetailing their anti-Israel bias to election-rig for
Mamdani to be NYC's next mayor'"
cc:
CJA's August 20, 2025 e-mail to Law Professor, Commentator,
Journalist Thane Rosenbaum --
"URGENT: The NYT & other NY press are dovetailing their
anti-Israel bias
to election-rig for Mamdani to be NYC's next mayor.
Will you endorse its reporting by JBS, on whose Board of
Advisors you sit -- and/or yourself report it?"
5.
NEW YORK BOARD
OF RABBIS
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP --
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, ESQ., President –
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (R) – Manhattan
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, ESQ., Executive Vice
President
Rabbi Diana Gerson,
Associate Executive Vice President
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Vice President – Park
Avenue Synagogue (C) – Manhattan
Rabbi Jason Herman, Vice President – Hudson Yards
Synagogue (O) – Manhattan
Rabbi Deborah Bravo, Vice President – Makom NY
(R) – Nassau
Rabbi
Howard Stecker, Treasurer -- Temple Israel
of Great Neck – (C) – Nassau
Rabbi Steven
Exler, Treasurer – Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
(O) – Bronx
Rabbi
Rachel Ain, Financial Secretary – Sutton Place
Synagogue (C) – Manhattan
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, Financial Secretary –
Central Synagogue (R) – Manhattan
Rabbi Susie Heneson Moskowitz, Recording
Secretary – Temple Beth Torah (R) - Suffolk
Rabbi Sara Hurwitz, Recording Secretary –
Yeshivat Maharat (O) – Bronx
Rabbi Manes Kogan, Corresponding Secretary –
Hillcrest Jewish Center (C) – Queens
Rabbi Chaim
Steinmetz, Corresponding Secretary – Kehilath
Jeshurun (O) – Manhattan
CJA's August 29, 2025
e-mail
--
"The Jewish & Civic
Responsibilities of the NY Board of Rabbis to EVIDENCE of
Zohran Mamdani's Corruption
as a NYS Assemblyman,
Destroying Constitutional, Lawful State Governance,
Unreported by the Press"
cc NY Board of Rabbis
CJA's September 1, 2025 e-mail to Zionist Rabbinic Coaltion
Chair Rabbi
Stuart Weinblatt --
"Mamdani is a danger to Israel &
the Jewish People -- & cannot survive reporting of his
corruption as a NYS assemblyman, as the NYT & other NY press
know, in reporting nothing about it. HERE's THE ACTION PLAN,
consistent with yours --"
cc NY Board of Rabbis
CJA's September 3, 2025 e-mail to Rabbi Stewart Weiss --
"Answering, with Action, your column "Zohran Mamdani will
turn New York
into ground zero of anti-Israel action"
(Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2025)"
6.
ZIONIST RABBINIC COALITION
Rabbi
Stuart Weinblatt, Chair – B’nai
Tzedek -- Maryland
Rabbi Sue Silberberg – Program & Operations Director
(Rec)
Rabbi Ammiel
Hirsch (Manhattan) – Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (R)
Rabbi Jason Herman (Manhattan) Westside Jewish
Center (O)
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz (Manhattan) – Kehilath
Jeshurun (O)
Rabbi Ariel Boxman (Florida) -- Temple Shalom (R)
Rabbi Daniel Cohen (Connecticut) –Agudath Shalom (O)
Rabbi Pamela Ehrenkranz (Connecticut) – CEO of UJA-JCC
Rabbi Edwin Goldberg (Texas) – Beth Shalom of
Woodlands (R)
Rabbi Fred Guttman (North Carolina) – Temple Emanuel (R)
Rabbi Rosette Barron Haim (Ohio) – Celebrating Jewish Life
(R)
Rabbi Neal Katz (Texas) – Beth El (R)
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz (California) – Valley Beth
Shalom (C)
Rabbi Asher Lopatin (Michigan) – Jewish Federation/ Kehillat
Etz Chayim (O)
Rabbi Lisa Malik (Pennsylvania)
Rabbi Aaron Melman (Illinois) – Beth Shalom (C)
Rabbi Chaim Posner (Maryland) – Beth Tfiloh (O)
Rabbi
Joel Sisenwine (Massachusetts) – Temple Beth Elohim (R)
Rabbi Brian Strauss (Texas) – Beth Yeshurun (C)
Rabbi Michael Swarttz (Massachusetts) – Beth Tikvah (Rec)
Rabbi Jeremy Wiederhorn (Connecticut) – TCS Westerport (C)
Rabbi Alison Wissot (California) –Temple Judea (R)
Rabbi David Woznica (California) – Stephen Wise Temple (R)
Rabbi Eric Yanoff (Pennsylvania) – Adath Israel (C)
Rabbi Weinblatt's August 14, 2025 autoreply e-mail to CJA's
webportal message
CJA's September 1, 2025 e-mail to Founder & Chair Rabbi
Weinblatt --
"Mamdani is a danger to Israel &
the Jewish People -- & cannot survive reporting of his
corruption as a NYS assemblyman, as the NYT & other NY press
know, in reporting nothing about it. HERE's THE ACTION PLAN,
consistent with yours --"
cc Zionist Rabbinic Coalition
CJA's September 3, 2025 e-mail to Rabbi Stewart Weiss --
"Answering, with Action, your column "Zohran Mamdani will
turn New York
into ground zero of anti-Israel action"
(Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2025)"
CJA's September 14, 2025 e-mail --
"Where
is your ACTION PLAN for preventing Mamdani from becoming NYC
mayor and for ending
the knowingly false journalism by
the NYT & other press that has destroyed NY’s
constitutional,
lawful governance and is destroying
Israel?"
CJA's September 14, 2025 e-mail --
"E-Mail
to Zionist Rabbinic Coalition Advisory Board Members Rabbis
Michal Swarttz & Aaron Melman -- RE: Action Plan --
Mamdani & The NYT & Other Press"
7.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
father of fallen solider
Sergeant Ari Weiss
CJA's September 3, 2025 e-mail --
"Answering, with Action, your column "Zohran Mamdani will
turn New York
into ground zero of anti-Israel action"
(Jerusalem Post, July 13, 2025)"
CJA's September 15, 2025 e-mail --
"Your yesterday's
Jerusalem Post column, concealing that Mamdani's win as NYC
mayor is being rigged
by the NYT & other press --
including the Jerusalem Post "
* * *
September 17, 2025
"With
ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a
heated mayoral race"
JTA (Grace Gilson)
"New
York rabbis show mixed support for mayoral candidates"
JTA (Grace Gilson)
www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-867838
October 20, 2025
"Prominent
NYC rabbi rips Zohran Mamdani as a ‘danger’ to Jewish New
Yorkers"
NY Post (Carl Campanile)
October 20, 2025
"Prominent
NYC rabbi urges congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani
in Shabbat sermon"
JTA
October 21, 2025
"We
need a 'Great Schlep' from Park Avenue to Park Slope to turn
out Jews against Zohran Mamdani"
JTA (Elliot
Cosgrove)
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"The
Shanda" --
The Abandonment & Betrayal of
Jews & Israel by their Own...
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ELECTIONS 2025 -- INFORMING THE VOTERS
ALERT: Corrupt
candidates & incumbents are on the ballot