(JTA) — A Texas man raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in the Boston area has been charged with threatening Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.
Jeremy Fistel, 44, was arraigned Thursday in Queens on a 22-count indictment that includes charges of making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment.
Prosecutors say he barraged Mamdani with hateful phone calls and online messages over a seven-week span beginning in June, calling him a “terrorist,” telling him he did not belong in America, and warning him not to start his car, suggesting it would explode…