Amy Spitalnick
Role at the time: Jewish Council for Public Affairs chief executive, interviewed by the Forward
Challenged the characterization
Responding to
Should Zohran Mamdani attend New York City’s 9/11 memorial?
"coded language to smear all Muslim leaders as terrorists"
Why we used this label
Challenges the rhetoric, not every attendance objection or criticism of Mamdani.
Attacks on Mamdani test Jewish efforts to confront Islamophobia as 9/11 anniversary nears (opens in a new tab)Spitalnick interview paragraphs; ADL parenthetical after Jonathan Jacoby's discussion of Mamdani Monitor
Original interviews and a reported ADL refusal concerning this story. September 10 is the publication date, not a verified interview or refusal time; noon UTC represents day precision.