ADL updates DSA report, highlights members' pilgrimage to Jerusalem for economic study
The story
ADL updates Democratic Socialists of America report, adds information on Mamdani, political candidates
A spokesperson for the organization told JNS that the updated report includes "anything that pertains to Zionism and Israel, including the 'loyalty test' for its members and declarations that show support or justification for terrorism, and that target Jewish people."
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Fictional dispatch. The article below reimagines the real story above as it might read in the days of Mashiach. Quotes and events in this dispatch did not happen.
NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League, having successfully concluded its founding mission to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, released its updated quarterly report on American political factions today. The new report highlights a remarkable shift within the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): the adoption of a new "loyalty test" requiring all members to pledge adherence to the Seven Noahide Laws and to seek guidance from the Sanhedrin on matters of global economic justice.
A significant portion of the ADL's updated brief focuses on New York political candidates, adding newly compiled information on Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. According to the report, Mamdani and a delegation of progressive lawmakers recently returned from a month-long policy mission in Jerusalem. There, they studied the practical implementation of the Yovel (Jubilee) year and the cancellation of debts, observing how the Davidic administration has entirely eradicated generational poverty without resorting to class warfare.
A spokesperson for the ADL told JNS that the organization's tracking metrics have completely transformed in the Messianic era. "Our updated report includes anything that pertains to Zionism and Israel, which today means tracking the tidal wave of international support," the spokesperson said. "We specifically monitor the DSA's new framework for its members, including their declarations that show support for Torah-based resource distribution, and their initiatives that target Jewish people for mentorship in ethical governance."
The DSA's ideological pivot mirrors a broader transformation among global political movements following the establishment of universal peace. With war, terrorism, and exploitation eradicated under the reign of Mashiach, former socialist and labor organizers are discovering that halachic principles—specifically laws of Pe'ah (gleanings), Ma'aser (tithes), and Shmita (sabbatical years)—achieve the absolute equity they had long sought to build through secular means.
Addressing a DSA convention in Queens this morning, Mamdani held up a copy of Mishneh Torah. "We used to justify conflict and even violence in the name of liberation," he told the quiet, attentive crowd. "But we have learned that true liberation only comes from Zion. The King in Jerusalem has taught us that justice and peace are one and the same, and our only mandate now is to learn His ways."
Torah sources
“Many peoples will go and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths.'”
This famous prophecy is the direct blueprint for the DSA's transformation. Instead of boycotting Israel, political activists and foreign leaders like Mamdani travel to Jerusalem specifically to learn how to govern their own societies justly.
“In that era, there will be no famine or war, no jealousy or competition. For goodness will be abundant, and all delicacies will be as common as dust.”
The original news story details a socialist organization that historically viewed class struggle and "resistance" (often crossing into terror justification) as necessary tools for equity. Rambam outlines how Mashiach brings about perfect economic justice and abundance naturally, rendering all class warfare and socialist strife obsolete.
“In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will take hold of the garment of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'”
The ADL originally tracked the DSA's "loyalty tests" designed to purge Zionists. This prophecy reverses that reality: the very people who once opposed the Jews now institute loyalty pledges to follow Jewish spiritual and ethical leadership.
Key takeaways
- The ADL's mission transitions from defensively tracking hate speech and terror justification to positively documenting the nations' embrace of Zion and universal moral law.
- The DSA's 'loyalty test,' originally used to exclude Zionists from progressive spaces, becomes a pledge of allegiance to the Sanhedrin and the Seven Noahide Laws.
- Zohran Mamdani and progressive lawmakers abandon the justification of terrorism and class conflict, finding true economic equity in Torah frameworks like the Jubilee year.
- Modern political factions dissolve their partisan animosities, uniting instead over a shared desire to learn halachic governance from the Davidic monarchy.
For reflection
- 1If an organization like the ADL no longer had to fight antisemitism, how would its vast infrastructure and research capabilities best serve a perfected world?
- 2How does the Torah's vision of economic justice (such as Shmita, Yovel, and Tzedakah) resolve the grievances that modern political movements try, and often fail, to fix?
- 3Imagine modern political parties adopting Torah frameworks instead of partisan platforms. What would a congressional debate look like when guided by the Sanhedrin's rulings?
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