Mamdani ate at the antisemitic restaurant – immediately after the October 7 memorial ceremony

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at a restaurant accused of antisemitism immediately after the October 7 massacre memorial ceremony. The restaurant, Ayat Hinds Hall, had previously faced criticism for a menu that included a section titled "From the River to the Sea" and a name meant as a tribute to anti-Israel protesters. The incident sparked severe public outcry.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked severe public outcry after dining last night (Wednesday), on the third anniversary of the Simchat Torah massacre, at the Ayat Hinds Hall restaurant. The restaurant had previously faced harsh criticism and was accused by residents of antisemitism, after one of its branches in Brooklyn featured a menu section titled "From the River to the Sea." The antisemitic markers are also found in the restaurant's name, which was chosen as a tribute to anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University. The establishment's owners claimed that the phrase was written on the menu months before the terror attack, and even stated that they support a two-state solution and condemn violence from both sides. The mayor's choice to dine at the venue sparked great anger, alongside harsh criticism and calls against him from pro-Palestinian protesters for having attended the memorial ceremony in the first place. This is despite the antisemitic post he published marking three years since the October 7 massacre, in which he wrote that "the suffering did not begin nor end on that day." Mamdani also accused the Israeli government of committing ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.