Jewish New York’s reckoning with Zohran Mamdani: ‘He’s become a vehicle for our tensions’

A tour of the mayoral hopeful's Jewish outreach reveals an electorate fractured over Israel and grappling with his historic candidacy in radically different ways

Securing Jewish votes was never going to be a straightforward ride for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral hopeful who is on track to become the most prominent Palestine supporter to assume elected office in the US - in the most Jewish city outside Israel, no less.

The notion that he could sparks outright panic in some quarters.