BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Radio host Sid Rosenberg sharply criticized Satmar community figures Thursday after Mayor Zohran Mamdani was presented with a mezuzah during a Chol Hamoed Sukkos gathering in Williamsburg.

The backlash followed a social media post by Satmar askan Rabbi Moishe Indig, executive vice president of the Jewish Community Council of Williamsburg and publisher of Der Blatt. Indig wrote that Mamdani joined community leaders, federal, state and city elected officials, and law enforcement leaders at the sukkah of Rabbi Shalom Landau “to celebrate the festive holiday of Sukkos.” He said a mezuzah was presented to the mayor “as a blessing for divine protection for all New Yorkers.”

Rosenberg, host of “Sid & Friends in the Morning” on 77 WABC, replied on X that those involved were “an embarrassment to any decent Jew.” He asked whether a mezuzah had also been given for Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, used profanity, and alleged that Duwaji had liked images tied to the murder and rape of Jews. He called the community’s dealings with the mayor an “unholy relationship” and referred to Mamdani as a “terrorist.”

The Indig post drew heavy engagement, including more than 200 replies, with many users condemning the mezuzah presentation and questioning Satmar outreach to the mayor. Others argued that community leaders have little choice but to maintain a working relationship with City Hall on policing, housing and religious accommodations.

Published reports in March said Duwaji, a Syrian American artist, liked Instagram posts that celebrated or defended the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023, including material that treated accounts of sexual violence that day as a hoax. Mamdani has described his wife as a private person. Rosenberg’s post went further than those reports, asserting that she liked graphic images of Jewish victims.

Mamdani, the city’s first Muslim mayor, has been a persistent target of Rosenberg, who earlier this year called him an “America-hating, Jew-hating, Radical Islam cockroach,” later said the wording was over the top, and has continued to attack the mayor’s record on Israel and antisemitism. Jewish groups have criticized Mamdani for his past reluctance to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada.”

The Williamsburg stop was part of a broader Sukkos schedule. The Williamsburg JCC welcomed the mayor the same day and said he took part in a kinyan with a gartel connected to public sukkahs on city property. Separately, Mamdani visited sukkahs in Crown Heights, where reception was mixed.

Satmar leaders, who are non-Zionist and have long prioritized local government relations over Israel policy, hosted Mamdani in Williamsburg during the 2025 campaign as well. Indig and Landau had not publicly responded to Rosenberg as of Thursday afternoon. City Hall also had not commented on the mezuzah presentation.

The exchange has widened an online argument over how far Satmar askanim should go in engaging a mayor many Jews regard as hostile to Israel and to Jewish security.