A Jewish advocacy group slammed Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for posting a “sick” video mocking Hannukah and “cosplaying Jews.”
The mayoral front-runner shared a video on his X account last year from the Geeta Brothers Duet Group, showing two men wearing wigs dancing behind a menorah, playing with dreidels and celebrating with Punjabi-style music.
“Zohran Mamdani posts Indian men cosplaying Jews, spinning dreidels and lighting the menorah,” pro-Jewish group Stop Antisemitism wrote in a post to X Saturday, which included the controversial song.
“Our holidays and traditions are sacred and not for your comedic pleasure _ZohranKMamdani — this is sick.”
Mamdani, 33, shared the campy song called “Hey Hannukah” during last year’s Festival of Lights.
“Happy 3rd night of Hanukkah from Astoria and Long Island City,” the Queens lawmaker wrote on X at the time.
The video is from the 2015 parody album “Punjabi Christmas Album Hits” from the Geeta Brothers — a side project of Sikh-Canadian musician and comedian Jus Reign.
Mamdani shared a similar video from the same comedy group on Christmas Eve 2024.
“Wishing you all a very merry Christmas from Astoria and Long Island City,” the self-described “nepo-baby” wrote, sharing a video for the song “Jingle Bells,” in which the performers wear similar wigs.
The tone-deaf post is not the only reason Jewish New Yorkers are outraged over the rise of the socialist pol.
Some Big Apple voters were gobsmacked when they received pro-Mamdani text messages that invoked the horrors of the October 7th attack in Israel.
“My friend Idan was murdered on October 7 at the Re’im music festival. The war is personal to me, as it is to many in our community,” a text shared with The Post read.
“The war is personal to me, as it is to many others in our community. Idan believed in peace, just like Zohran does,” the text read. It’s unclear who sent them.
The state assemblyman has previously come under fire for refusing to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
Earlier this week, the Bronx Science graduate, who was born in Uganda to Indian parents, alienated Black New Yorkers when it was revealed that he claimed he was African American on his application to Columbia University.
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