The Jewish Fear Industrial Complex

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

There is no bigger danger to Jews, apparently, than New York City’s Mayor-Elect, Zohran Mamdani. The morning after he was elected, the ADL announced the launch of the “Mamdani Monitor” to track antisemitism within Zohran’s administration. Debra Messing posted 91 Instagram stories in a single day about how she fears for her life as a Jew — not because of the rise of antisemitism within the MAGA movement or the mainstreaming of neo-nazi Nick Fuentes, but because of Zohran Mamdani, a man who is not antisemitic. This week, Matt Lieb (of Bad Hasbara) and Simone Zimmerman (of Israelism) help me navigate a literal industry — and ethnostate — propped up not only by fearmongering about antisemitism, but also by intentionally creating it. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Get 15% off a cuter, more sustainable way to clean at https://www.blueland.com/fruity. Get an exclusive 60% on Incogni! https://incogni.com/fruity Listen to Matt Lieb on Bad Hasbara. Follow Matt Lieb on Twitter. Listen to Simone on Beyond Israelism. Follow Simone on Instagram. Find me on Instagram. Find A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is so profoundly sad that Jewish Americans are now discussing worst-case scenarios.
0:06.5	When American Jews are making contingency plans to flee, we must recognize this as a five-alarm fire for our entire country that requires a whole-of-society approach to solve.
0:17.2	Jonathan Greenblatt, I'm going to look into the camera.
0:19.4	What the hell are you talking about?
0:26.5	Hello, hello, and welcome back to A BitFruity. I'm Matt Bernstein. On the night of the New York
0:33.8	City mayoral election, Yoni Hanowitz tweeted, serious post, my kid is having anxiety
0:40.8	that Mamdani won. He actually spelled it wrong, mandami won. I'm trying to calm him down and saying
0:47.3	it's going to be fine, but he doesn't believe me. I have no idea what to do. Do either of you have any advice for Yoni Hanowitz,
0:56.6	whose child is freaking out that Zoran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election?
1:02.5	Stop traumatizing your child.
1:04.4	I wish there was time travel, so you could go back in time and stop telling your child
1:09.0	that one of the 9-11 planes is running for mayor.
1:12.3	But unfortunately, there is no time travel. So now you have to live with the consequences of that.
1:18.6	In the lead-up to the 2025 New York City mayoral election, I thought I was losing my mind.
1:24.5	And I was. While I campaigned for Zoran Mamdani, alongside an organized coalition of other
1:30.0	Jewish New Yorkers, and while Zoran was visiting synagogues, hanging out with Jews of all
1:35.6	denominations, and repeatedly declaring his commitment to fighting anti-Semitism in the city.
1:41.5	And we will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish
1:47.1	New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of anti-Semitism. Prominent Jewish
1:53.6	leaders continued to warn that Zoran posed an existential threat to Jews. Not just in New York
1:59.7	City, but everywhere.
2:01.6	Lizzie Sivetsky, a popular New York-based Zionist influencer,
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