( New York Jewish Week ) — On Monday, New York Mayor Eric Adams convened a roundtable of Jewish college students at City Hall to hear about their experiences with antisemitism.
Sitting next to New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, perhaps the most pro-Israel Democrat in Congress, Adams listened attentively to the Jewish students as they described their experiences with harassment and discomfort on campus.
Adams pledged to support and protect them, and the rest of the Jewish community — even as he acknowledged the legal limits on how he could crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters…