In this article, Jacob Kornbluh analyzes the results of the NYJA/Forward survey of city council candidates including their perspectives on Israel, BDS, antisemitism, and other issues of interest to the Jewish community.
“The majority of Jews in New York City support liberal policies and priorities and those running for City Council must understand this,” said Matt Nosanchuk, president of the New York Jewish Agenda. “By a wide margin, the candidates who responded hold views that align with the city’s mainstream Jewish voices. We were particularly heartened to see the willingness of candidates to travel to Israel to learn first-hand about the conflict from Israelis and Palestinians.”