The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) slammed Johnson’s insensitivity towards Chicago’s Jewish community
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has come under fire after appearing in a photo wearing a keffiyeh during an Arab Heritage Month celebration.
The image, posted on Instagram on Wednesday by the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), shows Johnson with a keffiyeh draped over his shoulders while standing alongside CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab.
“This is outrageous,” the Chicago Jewish Alliance wrote on X. “For the mayor of Chicago to stand there—cloaked in a symbol now synonymous with Jewish bloodshed, flanked by an organization that justifies it—is more than tone-deaf. It’s a betrayal.”