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Friend,
Today is Election Day. Here in New York City, I’m
closely watching the mayoral race, where Bend the Arc endorsed Zohran
Mamdani and Trump just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
Today is also the fourth day of 42 million Americans going
without their full SNAP benefits because of the Trump
administration.
The contrast could not be more stark: New York is about to elect a
candidate who put affordability and solidarity across difference at
the center of his campaign.
The MAGA party is literally taking food out of the mouths of hungry
children, the elderly, the disabled, and the working poor — including
Jews across all of these groups.
The lesson is clear: First and foremost, ensuring Jewish
safety and fighting antisemitism means defeating the fascist MAGA
movement that threatens all of us.
One way we do that is
electing political leaders who will stand up to Trump, like Zohran
Mamdani. You
can donate to fund our final shifts to get out the vote
here.
Another way is putting
pressure on our elected officials to get desperately needed resources
into the hands of hungry families around the country. Our friends at
Mazon have an action you can take: Email
Congress to fund November SNAP benefits and address the hunger
crisis.
And we have to stay united
with our allies and strengthen our pro-democracy movement. This
includes seeing through how the Right uses smokescreen
antisemitism — pretending to care about Jewish safety, while
taking away freedoms from all of us.
New York City is the most Jewish city in the country.
We’re about to show the country what Jews actually care about and
what Jewish safety really means. And that fear-mongering, racism, and
Islamophobia can’t separate Jews from our values or the multifaith,
multiracial coalition we need to win.
I’m proud of my city, of Bend the Arc (especially our local
chapters), and of all of us. Thank you for being part of this
powerful, truth-telling, fascist-fighting Jewish movement that knows
thriving for any of us requires thriving for all of us.
In solidarity,
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