Alan Dershowitz calls Jewish Mamdani voters 'self-haters' in radio interview
The Harvard law professor and attorney said Jewish communities must organize beyond election cycles, while sharply criticizing those who voted for Mamdani.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz asserted during a recent radio interview that any Jewish voter supporting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a "self-hater." The comments came during a discussion about Mamdani's political actions, particularly his decision not to appoint any Jewish lawyer to a judicial commission. Dershowitz, who is Jewish himself, accused Mamdani of being an antisemite, citing the Mayor's wife's alleged antisemitism and his father's "problems with Jews."
The legal expert expressed outrage at the behavior of Jewish voters in the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Park Slope neighborhoods who supported Mamdani. Dershowitz likened the "idiots" who voted for Mamdani to "most of them ended up in the gas chambers" when Adolf Hitler received seven thousand votes in 1932.
Dershowitz urged Jewish community members not to support political figures who marginalize, discriminate against, or hate Jews, and who falsely label Israel as a "genocidal state." He argued that any self-respecting Jew would see this support as undermining their safety and collective interests. Regarding Mamdani's rhetoric about arresting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Dershowitz noted that such interference would violate federal criminal statutes and lead to arrest for the accuser, as Netanyahu did nothing wrong.
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