Zohran Mamdani, newly sworn-in mayor of New York City, suggested Friday that the widely-adopted definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) does not actually protect Jewish New Yorkers, amid the backlash he has faced for new Day 1 executive orders that have angered many Jewish and civil rights groups. The self-described democratic socialist also dismissed allegations that the timing of his executive orders, which came just hours after he was sworn in, were illustrative of what critics have argued is a record of hostility towards Israel and the Jewish...

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