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 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 Ammi
el 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
R
abbi 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) 
R
abbi 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...

* * *

ELECTIONS 2025 -- INFORMING THE VOTERS 
ALERT: Corrupt candidates & incumbents are on the ballot

 

 

 

 

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