It's OK. Call me a settler.

Mamdani doesn't get to disavow h*teful chants when the same messages have come out of his mouth.

And though he protests mildly, he also stated that the Nefesh B' Nefesh event at the Park East Synagogue on the Upper East Side was "an inappropriate use of a sacred space.”

I have so much to say, but for now I'll just say this.

I'm enraged, and I can't imagine anything more sacred than a discussion about aliyah and living in Israel.

Our ancient land, which is the cornerstone of our Jewish religion, has its arms open wide for all Jews around the world to find their way home.

To call considering returning to one's indigenous homeland "an inappropriate use of a sacred space" is just wildly offensive and racist.

The group that organized the protest, the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation, said on Instagram: “Nefesh b Nefesh is an affiliate of the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel, mainly responsible for the recruitment of settlers to Palestine from North America. Since 2003, they have recruited over 80,000 settlers of which over 13,000 served in the IOF.”

It's OK. Call me a settler.

Tell me that I'm ev*l.

Hurl v*le chants and post disgusting things in my comments.

As an Anglo immigrant to Israel, I'm living the dream of my ancestors.

We're building a haven for Jewish people around the world who have to put up with antisemitism like yours.

I'm sitting in my home in the middle of the country, cooking and getting ready for Shabbat.

I baked the same challah as the generations before me.

I will light the same candles and whisper the same blessings.

We will sing the same songs and pray the same words.

And while we do it, we will be home, finally, after returning from exile.

So scream, spit, and weep into your keffiyas.

You want to talk about sacred spaces?

It would be my pleasure.

What is more sacred than coming home?

Photo credit of the protest: Jerusalem Post, Selçuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images