Fresh outrage and deep concern among New York City’s Jewish community was sparked following reports that Rama Duwaji, the wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, liked social media posts celebrating and supporting the horrific Hamas atrocities of October 7.

According to a report published by Jewish Insider, Dawaji’s social media activity on the very day of the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust included “liking” a post that featured screenshots of Hamas Nukhba terrorists. The images showed the terrorists riding in a commandeered Israeli military vehicle as they infiltrated southern Israeli communities to carry out their massacre. The chilling post, shared by radical left-wing groups, was captioned, “Opposing apartheid since 1948.”

Dawaji, a Syrian-American artist who married Mamdani in 2025, also reportedly liked a post published by The People’s Forum. That post called on residents to join protests against Israel and openly expressed support for continued “Palestinian resistance” – a thinly veiled euphemism for the terror attacks that occurred that morning. Another post she endorsed encouraged attendance at an anti-Israel demonstration, defending the “right to resist” what it termed occupation, while warning of consequences in Gaza if violence escalated.

When confronted with the deeply disturbing report, Mayor Mamdani attempted to distance his administration from his wife’s digital endorsements.

“My wife was a private person who did not hold an official role in my campaign or in City Hall,” Mamdani said during a press conference. “I, on the other hand, was elected to represent all 8.5 million residents of the city. Because of that responsibility, I believe it is my duty to answer questions about my own views, politics, and positions.”

During Mamdani’s first month in office, antisemitic hate crimes in New York City have skyrocketed by an alarming 182%. This surge in targeted hatred, coupled with widespread complaints of a deteriorating quality of life and rising crime across the five boroughs, has left many Jewish New Yorkers feeling alienated and unprotected by the current administration.