Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen was relentlessly attacked after posting a family photo in which he was proud of his Hindu-Jewish family and called it “HinJew.” Social media users commented that this was just an Indian-American family and their children were not Jewish. “Love my HinJew blended family. Baltimore, there is nothing better than being City Council President! Besides being a dad to them,” Cohen wrote.Reactions to the photo on X have been mostly racist and hateful.“I mean, they’re not really Jewish anymore, are they?” one wrote.“You are referring to Indian Hindu families. They are not Jewish. You know that,” wrote another. “Your kids are 0% Jewish,” a third user wrote in reference to the children.Another wrote: “You are Jewish and they are Hindu. It is important to stay organized.”Before becoming City Council president, Cohen served as a 1st Ward alderman. He was sworn in to the Baltimore City Council on December 8, 2016, and served throughout his term as a member of the Education, Workforce and Youth Committee, including serving as its chairman from 2016 to 2020, and as a member of the Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and the Public Safety Committee from 2016 to 2020. Cohen is running for re-election in 2020. and met no opposition.Dr. Reena Ardeshna is a psychiatrist at MedStar Harbor Hospital. She received her medical degree from Drexel University School of Medicine and completed her internship/residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Ardeshna is board certified in neurology.
