‘Kill a Jew, go to heaven’ graffiti scrawled in large NYC park

Graffiti that says, “Kill a Jew, go to heaven,” is scrawled on a boulder in Riverside Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Micah Lasher, who is Jewish and represents the area in the New York State Assembly, says the NYPD and Parks Department are investigating and removing the threat from the New York City park.

“This is in the park where I raised my kids, in one of the most Jewish neighborhoods in the city,” Lasher, who is running for Congress, says.

I share this appalling message reluctantly, but it is important for people to see the kind of antisemitic hate that has become commonplace. This is in the park where I raised my kids, in one of the most Jewish neighborhoods in the city. My thanks to the NYPD and the Parks… pic.twitter.com/QAgyVJoDMF

— Micah Lasher (@MicahLasher) March 15, 2026

The graffiti comes as anti-Israel activist rhetoric has become increasingly extreme, Diaspora Jews contend with regular threats and violent incidents, and Jews in New York City continue to be targeted in hate crimes far more than any other group in the city.

Swastika graffiti also regularly appears on streets on the Upper West Side, a historically Jewish neighborhood.

Also, over the weekend, graffiti in San Jose, California, called for the “eradication of Jews” and said, “Kill all Jews.”

https://abc7news.com/post/san-jose-state-investigating-graffiti-found-campus-calling-eradication-jews/18711774/