When a Mayor Calls AIPAC Monsters: 370 Years of Jewish New York at a Crossroads

On June 18, 2026, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stood at a podium and called AIPAC monsters—not a gaffe, but the culmination of years of rhetoric about Jewish money, dual loyalty, and control. The communal response was immediate and unprecedented: the JCRC, ADL, and UJA-Federation all condemned him within hours. Meanwhile, Nefesh B'Nefesh reports a 300% increase in applications from New York since January 2025, with the profile shifting from ideologically committed Zionists to secular professionals who never imagined leaving. This episode traces 370 years of Jewish New York—from 23 Sephardic refugees in 1654 through the tenements of the Lower East Side to the postwar peak of 2.2 million—and asks whether the social contract that made it all possible is still intact. Episode #456825 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/456825