When the late folk singer Harry Chapin wrote “What Made America,” one line read, “It’s funny when you get that close / It’s kind of hard to hate.”
Somebody needs to tell that to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife.
In the kind of collision for which New York City is famous, Rama Duwaji, Mamdani’s wife and a supporter of anti-Israel terrorists, ended up briefly — very briefly — sitting next to a Jewish woman at a coffee shop on Sunday, according to theNew York Post.
The encounter veered from friendly to frosty once Duwaji learned she was next to Melanie Shiraz, 27, who just happens to be Miss Israel.
I’m not sure who first posted thisMiss Israel, Melanie Shiraz, was sitting in a Williamsburg coffeeshop next to Rama Duwaji, Zohran Mandani’s wife.
Once Duwaji found out that Melanie is Israeli, she suddenly refused to engage with her.
Rama Duwaji and Zohran Mamdani are…pic.twitter.com/YjugdVCPX3
— Eye On Antisemitism (@AntisemitismEye)May 5, 2026
Duwaji, who often has much to say on pro-Palestinian issues, is not talking about the brief encounter, but Shiraz is explaining her side of the story.
“So, guess who sat next to me at a cafe in New York?” Shiraz posted on Instagram, according toNewsweek.
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