Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters

Mamdani has forged new relationships across a fractured Jewish electorate, despite skepticism over his record on Israel and antisemitism A surprise endorsement of Zohran Mamdani by a faction of the Satmar Hasidic community has set off a firestorm within the community, exposing sharp internal divisions about the Democratic nominee struggling to earn the trust of many Jews in the race for New York City mayor. On Sunday, Rabbi Moshe Indig, a political leader of the sect led by Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum from Kiryas Joel and known as the Ahronim, publicly declared his support for Mamdani at a meeting he organized...