Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Jewish Leaders Condemn ‘Antisemitic’ New York Times Article for ‘Whitewashing’ a ‘Pogrom’
Jewish leaders, speaking to The Daily Signal, condemned a New York Times article for having "whitewashed" a "pogrom."
As Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin met with rabbis in New York City's Orthodox community, promising support for yeshivas (Jewish schools) and racking up endorsements, America's newspaper of record published an article explaining "How the Hasidic Jewish Community Became a Political Force in New York."
Emma Fitzsimmons, the Times' City Hall bureau chief, recounted the Crown Heights riots of 1991, a pivotal moment that helped future mayoral candidate Rudy Giuliani's law-and-order message gain support among the Orthodox Jewish community. Those riots broke out after a police-led Orthodox Jewish motorcade accidentally struck and killed a black child, prompting some black New Yorkers to harass and attack Hasidic Jews in the city—killing one and terrifying the community.
Fitzsimmons described the riots as "clashes" between two groups, as opposed to a vicious attack on the Jewish community.
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