NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's stellar transition team include Ellen Lippman, who recently retired from Kolot Chayeinu, the Brooklyn congregation where Mamdani attended Rosh Hashanah services, on the social services committee; and Rachel Timoner, whose Park Slope synagogue Congregation Beth Elohim hosted Zohran for a meeting with congregants, and Jason Klein, who helms the LGBTQ synagogue Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, on the immigrant justice committee. Of particular note is ex-Orthodox trans woman Abby Stein, who appeared in "Jews for Zohran" campaigns and shares the Bronx High School of Science graduate's vision for a just and peaceful world.