When New Yorkers gave Zohran Mamdani close to half the votes in the Democratic primary for mayor, they turned a local race into contest with global impact. Mamdani is of Indian Muslim background.

As a state assemblyman, he’s been an outspoken critic of Israel. 

About nine percent of New Yorkers are Muslim but 12 per cent are Jewish. 

So how has this election reflected these differences? 

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ETAN NECHIN is New York correspondent for Ha’aretz News.