Columbia student: Mamdani as “scary” mayor for Jewish students

A Jewish student from Columbia University is expressed against the socialist and Democratic mayor of New York FRASTRUNNER ZOHRAN MAMDANITo say to Fox News Digital, a Mamdani victory would be “frightening” for the Jewish students of Columbia and through the city.

TJ Katz, a second year student at Ivy League School, sat with Fox to discuss how Mamdani led new York Could have an impact on Columbia and other universities, while the member of the 33 -year -old assembly and the town hall candidate leads the pack in the race.

“For my own beliefs and my own security on the campus, it’s scary,” Katz told Fox. “I think that as an individual as mayor of New York, I do not think he is going, all of a sudden, turn in a direction at 180 degrees where I will be in the streets, fearing that my mayor is against me for whom I am.”

A report from the New York Times discovered that the hope of mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani had identified as black on his request to the prestigious University of Columbia in 2009. (Getty Images)

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“What worries me much more is that if it adopts such a weak approach to condemn hatred, it will then inspire others to continue and do terrible things,” added Katz.

Mamdani, a Shiite Muslim Shiite, born in Kampala, Uganda, won a democratic primary election upset in June, defeating Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Among other candidates.

While the race is today, Cuomo, now as an independent, and seated Mayor Eric Adams will compete with Mamdani during the November elections.

The city of New York is the largest population of Jews in practice outside the nation of Israel. And Katz described Mamdani’s attitude towards the community as “definitively disturbing”.

Protest stickers were placed on the doors of the Butler library at Columbia University campus on May 7, 2025, in New York. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators organized a demonstration inside the Butler library on the campus of Columbia University, disturbing the week of the finals. (Indy Scholtens / Getty Images)

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“For him not to protect the Jewish population of New York, which constitutes such a strong and dynamic element of the community here, it is overwhelming and definitively worrying,” continued Katz.

Jewish students across the country and young Jewish voters also turned to the Republican Party while candidates like Mamdani are approved by longtime democrat senators like Elizabeth Warren. When a Fox News Reporter asked If socialist candidates like Mamdani were the future of the Democratic Party, Warren replied “you bet”.

In the 2024 elections, President Donald Trump saw a Drastic increase in Jewish voters swinging towards the GOP.

President Donald Trump is joined by the Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice-President JD Vance at a meeting at the Oval Blanche Office on February 4, 2025, in Washington, DC, (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) recently organized a national convention in Washington DC, which saw the largest collection of young people pro-Israeli voters This year. Hundreds of Jewish students from all over the county flocked for a non -partisan event, expressing concerns about the security of the campus for the Jews while we are heading for the next school year.

A main advisor to the ICC spoke to Fox News Digital, saying that there is a clear development towards pro-Israeli and conservative beliefs while Trump attenuates a volatile war in the Middle East and negotiates Treats with the best universities To fight against the rise of anti -Semitism.

The ICC advisor also said that students were more active than ever when it comes to defending pro-Israeli beliefs on campus.

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Katz agrees with the idea that pro-Israeli students are apparently more frank on the campus and declared that Jewish students take into account their beliefs when they voted in the polls.

President Donald Trump repels pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses, including Columbia University. (Getty Images)

“I think there is no doubt of the young most liberal Jewish voter who exists to the most conservative, that everyone felt a little of this change to the right,” Katz told Fox.

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“If an administration against another will really put proof of the pudding and show that they will come out, they will ensure that Jewish students on campuses, the Jews in all aspects of their lives feel safe, then it is undoubtedly where Jewish voters will go towards,” added Katz.

Fox News Digital contacted Mamdani but did not receive a response in time for the publication.

Preston Mizell is a Fox News Digital writer covering Breaking news. History advice can be sent to [email protected] and on x @Mizellpreston