“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise,” read the Hebrew plaques above the door of New York City’s Park East Synagogue — as they have since the historic building was erected in 1890 — while over two hundred protesters jeered “go to hell” and threatened to “globalize the intifada” at the Jews — sorry, “Zionists” — who had the audacity to enter their congregation last month.

Comprised of boomer liberals, keffiyeh-clad leftists, face-mask-wearers-even-though-it’s-2025, and a handful of anti-Israel Neturei Karta Haredi cultists (presumably kept around to circumvent allegations of antisemitism), the crowd was protesting, ostensibly, an event the synagogue was holding to facilitate immigration to Israel (with neighbors like these, it’s not difficult to imagine why the synagogue felt this need). While lame duck Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul immediately denounced the protest (“vile,” “sick,” “shameful,” etc.), Zohran Mamdani’s spokeswoman turned to the Mayor elect’s typical prevarication: how he “discouraged the language used” blah blah blah and “believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.” Apparently, for progressives in 2025, violating international law includes moving to Israel, or even just considering it.