‘Jews for Zohran' Mamdani group tied to niece of lefty China-based billionaire
Marxist tycoon Neville 'Roy' Singham's niece Alicia Singham Goodwin serves as political director of lefty nonprofit Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, which in January launched Jews for Zohran.
'We, like, had our own voter file . . . and for phone banks that were only Jewish voters, and had, like, Jews talking to Jews,' Singham Goodwin, 33, said in a July 1 interview on WBAI. 'We developed early on these talking points about antisemitism and a way for volunteers to engage.'
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Jews for Zohran is now working with city Comptroller Brad Lander and Rep. Jerry Nadler to persuade more Jewish pols — such as Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Dan Goldman — to back Mamdani for mayor.
Former Queens Democratic City Councilman Rory Lancman called the effort 'frightening' given Mamdani's defense of the 'globalize the Intifada' slogan.
3 Alicia Singham Goodwin serves as political director of lefty nonprofit Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
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'The demonization of Israel leads to the demonization of Jews who support Israel, which is overwhelmingly the majority of Jews in the U.S.,' Lancman told The Post. 'Receiving the endorsement of Jewish elected officials represents a normalization of the demonization of Israel and the demonization of Jews that naturally flows from that.'
Singham Goodwin's mom is Roy Singham's sister, Shanti Singham, who has her own Chinese ties: a department chair at state-controlled East China Normal University in Shanghai, she's promoted the country's Confucius Institutes in Africa.
3 The 'Jews for Zohran'' Mamdani campaign is a bid to give the Israel-bashing candidate cover from anti-Semitism accusations and win over Jewish voters.
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Singham Goodwin's father, Daniel Goodwin, was longtime counsel and an executive at Roy Singham's software firm Thoughtworks. The couple donated $4,200 to Mamdani's campaign and super PAC from their luxury penthouse in Morningside Heights.
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A leader in the NYC Democratic Socialists of America, Singham Goodwin's social media shows her posing with Mamdani and with her uncle's wife Jodie Evans, founder of the Singham-funded leftist group CodePink.
3 Jodie Evans and Neville Roy Singham
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Since the $785 million sale of Thoughtworks in 2017, Roy Singham has installed himself in Shanghai and bankrolled groups pushing Beijing's agenda. House Republicans have sought to question him over potential ties to groups involved in recent protests against immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.
Neither Singham returned requests for comment.
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