Key Highlights
- The video, posted to Mamdani's X account on Saturday, featured the mayor-elect joining Patinkin, his wife and his son as they celebrated the first night of Hanukkah.
- During the video, Mamdani helped Patinkin prepare dinner using a Jewish cookbook and Patinkin's family recipes. After the food was prepared, Mamdani joined Patinkin in the Hanukkah prayer, and the actor invited him to light the menorah.
- ADL CHIEF WARNS NYC MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI POSES A 'CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER' TO JEWISH COMMUNITY New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
- (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey) "I wanted to do the Shehecheyanu because that's about new beginnings," Patinkin said in the video.
- "And this is a new beginning that we in this family are incredibly grateful for, the city is grateful for, the world is grateful for." "Your mayoral tenure or whatever it’s called has now been blessed," Patinkin added before the group sat down to eat. During the dinner, Patinkin remarked on what he admired about Mamdani as a politician.


