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🗓️ 23 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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In this powerful interview, New York City Mayor Eric Adams opens up about his personal journey, his deep faith, and his commitment to protecting the Jewish community in New York and beyond. From his struggles growing up with undiagnosed dyslexia to his health transformation, Mayor Adams shares how resilience and spirituality have guided his life and leadership.
We also discuss:
His personal story of overcoming adversity and faith in God
The rise of antisemitism post–October 7 and how NYC is responding
His now-legendary speech declaring “We are not all right”
The responsibility of young Jews to stand tall and fight hate
Why this upcoming election is so critical for New York’s future
His visits to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s resting place and the spirituality that drives him
Mayor Adams delivers a clear message: Jews should not live in fear — no more fleeing, this is the generation that must fight back.
Watch until the end for an emotional story about how his words gave strength to Israeli soldiers preparing for battle.
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0:00.0 | This obviously isn't the typical episode of meaningful people, right? Usually it's a rabbi, someone |
0:04.9 | Jewish, religious, and here I sat down with the mayor of New York, someone who isn't Jewish, |
0:09.3 | but someone who has been such an unequivocal voice for the Jewish people, someone who has stood |
0:16.4 | up for us time and time again, and now an election is coming up. So I want to sit down with |
0:20.5 | Mayor Adams and hear from him what can be done for the Jewish people, what he thinks about the issues that are near and dear to our heart. You'll hear that in this episode. I want to thank the mayor and his staff for welcoming us into Gracie Mansion. It was such a beautiful experience. Of course, I want to give a big thank you to our plus members that make episodes like this possible to be free for all of you. If you want to become a plus member today, head to mmplus.org for extra exclusive bonus content and a brand new dedicated app for you. Become a meaningful one of plus member right now at mmplus.org. This episode is sponsored by PZ deals. you know as I was pulling up the up the Gracie Mansion, I get out of my car, and I have a microphone, I have a mixer, and it was like a lot of stuff we had to bring. You know, I had Monty Berkowitz also coming to film, but he had some stuff. I had some stuff anyways to get there. I'm like, I really needed a bag. And I'm like, you know what? never again am I showing up to a shoot like this. I went on Peasy Deal's app right then, right there. |
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1:38.1 | Thank you. Thank you. At this time, a lot going on in the world. I want to have a conversation with |
1:43.2 | you about stuff that are near and dear to my audience, |
1:45.5 | the Jewish people, the Orthodox people, and we're very thankful and grateful for the voice you've been for us. And we're going to talk about that, obviously, post-October 7th, but even pre-October 7th. You've been such a friend to the Jewish people, and we really appreciate that. Um, but for starters, you know, just being in Gracie Mansion, it's my first time here. |
1:44.5 | Okay. friend to the Jewish people and we really appreciate that. But for starters, you know, just being in Gracie Mansion, it's my first time here. |
2:03.6 | Okay. |
2:04.6 | And it's news to me, I heard that the mayor actually, you know, lives here. |
2:09.6 | So when you became mayor, it's sort of like, it's probably, what's that feeling like? |
2:14.6 | It's probably very exciting, but it's it's also like okay now I got to move |
2:25.9 | right and they say that the two of the most stressful things you can do is one |
2:39.8 | starting a new job and two moving yeah you know and you right. It is extremely overwhelming and particularly, I love, you know, living in Brooklyn. I have a home in Brooklyn on Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyveson, |
2:46.2 | and it was an adjustment. Here on the first quarter is sort of the public space. |
2:53.1 | And then upstairs is the living quarter. |
2:55.9 | Yeah. |
2:56.9 | Quarters for the mayor. |
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