The New York Mets have scheduled heritage and community celebration nights for more than a half-dozen ethnic and cultural groups during the 2026 season. Jewish Heritage Night is not among them.
The glaring omission was first noted by Kevin Deutsch on his Substack blog, “After October 7,” which covers Jewish-related news.
The team’s official promotional calendar includes themed evenings honoring Italian, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Korean, Irish, Dominican and Mexican communities, alongside Black Legacy Night and a Pride celebration. Jewish Heritage Night, which has appeared on the Mets’ schedule in previous seasons, is absent from both the team’s promotional materials and theme-game listings. According to team materials, the Mets have not hosted a Jewish-themed promotion since 2023.
The gap has drawn criticism from Jewish fans and pro-Israel advocates in a city that is home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel.
The omission is notable given the team’s ownership. Steve Cohen, who purchased the Mets in 2020, is Jewish and has been publicly engaged on issues affecting the Jewish community, including antisemitism.
Jewish fans who have noticed the absence say the contrast with the rest of the promotional calendar is hard to ignore.
New York City is home to an estimated one million Jewish residents. The Mets’ fanbase draws heavily from Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island — areas with significant Jewish populations that have historically been among the team’s most loyal constituencies.
The team has offered no public explanation.
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We don’t need a Jewish heritage night.We need less assimilation and more קירוב רחוקים.
A Jew does not belong mixing in non Jewish cultural events.
Cry me a river. Get over yourselves. Who cares.
B”H it’s better this way. Yidden shouldn’t be having “cultural celebrations” made by nochrim.
Of course we don’t need it, but that’s no excuse for them not scheduling it. Their omission is clearly motivated by antisemitism, so we must protest it and force them to schedule it.
Then we should not attend, and if the attendance is low enough that they say next year we won’t have it, that’s fine. Then they’ll have a non-antisemitic reason. But if the attendance is high even without us, that will prove that they were wrong and they must keep scheduling these things.
As the Satmar Rov said in a different context, a Yid must not be a zionist, but a goy must be. A goy who is anti-zionist is an antisemite.
Given the wide spread anti-Semitism in New York, it would be asking for trouble. Remember New York has a mayor who in the past said that Oct. 7 is a model for how Jews should be dealt with in New York (he backed down in return for campaign support from the Democratic establishment).
To BZJ, Flatbush Yid, ujm who cares? That’s not the point here. The fact is, if you follow the news, the Mets have gone woke. They traded away some of their best players for the simple reason that they were Trump supporters. The loudmouth on the team, Lindor, has a wife who worked for the Momdani campaign. And not having a Jewish Heritage Night is just another nod to the progressive anti‑Semites.
They are making Havdalah!!! Let us make Kiddush…..kedusha!
We don’t need them to celebrate us. Also it’s like the worst team in baseball
rebEmes. Agree with your statement..Especially the 2nd half! Now we see why you’re RebEmes