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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Queens

This illustrative photo shows an entrance to Queens College on April 15, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
March 23, 2024, 2:35 am
Queens College Hillel demands administration take action after pro-Hitler graffiti
Jewish organization’s chapter at NYC school warns recent vandalism ‘threatens the safety of Jews,’ as college president says ‘absolutely no place’ for antisemitism on campus
By Luke Tress
New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks, center, speaks at Hillcrest High School, where students rioted against a Jewish teacher who showed support for Israel, November 27, 2023. (Screenshot via JTA)
December 1, 2023, 2:26 am
NYC education officials defend school where student protest targeted pro-Israel teacher
A November 20 demonstration at a Queens high school descended into mayhem with an educator sequestered for her own safety, raising concerns of dangerous levels of antisemitism
By Luke Tress
Rabbi Marc Schneier, right, and Imam Shamsi Ali (AP Richard Drew, via JTA)
November 20, 2023, 12:57 am
Rabbi, imam try to help NY Jewish, Muslim students find common ground. It doesn’t go well
A meeting at Queens College led by interfaith partners Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Shamsi Ali exposes deep splits between the two communities amid Israel-Hamas war
By Luke Tress
An unidentified New Yorker (l) confronts a man tearing down posters of hostages taken by the Hamas terror group on October 27, 2023 (Screencapture/X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 28, 2023, 3:25 pm
‘Paulie’ confronts NY man who ripped down Israeli hostage posters
Video goes viral of non-Jewish man defending his Jewish neighbors
By Ben Sales
Surevillance camera footage showing a group of teens suspected of two antisemtic attacks in New York on April 7, 2023. (Screenshot/Youtube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 10, 2023, 10:28 am
Teens wanted by NY police for antisemitic attacks during Passover
Group harassed and threatened Jews in Queens by shouting racist insults, throwing stones, brandishing razor blade, NYPD says
By Luke Tress
New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, February 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
March 19, 2022, 7:52 am
NY governor picks up endorsements from 14 rabbis, Orthodox leaders in Queens
Kathy Hochul vows to ‘always be an ally to the Jewish community,’ says she’ll make combatting rise in antisemitic hate crimes ‘a top priority’
By Jacob Henry
Illustrative: People pass a large menorah sponsored by the Lubavitcher Center, during the celebration of Hanukkah in Philadelphia, December 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
December 1, 2021, 11:48 pm
New York hate crimes unit probing vandalism of menorah in Queens
Governor Kathy Hochul condemns ‘disturbing act,’ says ‘Jewish New Yorkers should be able to celebrate Hanukkah without being subjected to acts of antisemitic hate’
By Ben Sales
The Forest Hills Jewish Center has been a fixture on Queens Boulevard since the late 1940s. (Jewish Week)
November 6, 2021, 4:08 am
Queens fixture the Forest Hills Jewish Center to sell its building and relocate
Congregants vote overwhelmingly in favor of selling the building, which dates back to the 1940s, and upgrading to newer facilities that will better suit a modern crowd
By Stewart Ain
Medical workers deliver a patient to the Maimonides Medical Center on September 14, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 27, 2020, 4:42 am
3 New York Hasidic Jews die of COVID-19 as cases in Orthodox communities mount
Patients pronounced dead hours after arriving at Borough Park hospital; source familiar with victims laments communal denial that led to spike
By Jacob Magid
The streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 23, 2020. (Daniel Moritz-Rabson/JTA)
September 25, 2020, 4:25 am
NYC authorities warn of crackdown as infections mount in Hasidic areas
City official says upped enforcement measures and public information campaigns planned, with possibility of shutting schools and businesses starting next week
By Shira Hanau
A woman walks out of a pharmacy in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park on September 23, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 25, 2020, 2:31 am
As a new outbreak grows in Brooklyn, mask-wearing appears to remain scarce
Virus cases are spiking in some New York Orthodox communities, but various factors are preventing widespread adoption of a practice experts say can help keep COVID away
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative photo: Preparations are made for an evening meal at Masbia, a nonprofit soup kitchen and food pantry in a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn on September 18, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 23, 2020, 6:01 am
NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas
Health officials point to 6 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with spiking numbers as contributing one-fifth of all new cases in city, sparking fears of repeat of deadly spring
By Shira Hanau
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men use social distancing as they pray outside the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, in Brooklyn, New York, March 20, 2020. (AP/Mark Lennihan)
April 2, 2020, 5:09 pm
Poorer NYC neighborhoods, including Jewish enclaves, hit hardest by virus
Crowded sections of Brooklyn and Queens suffer much higher rates of infection than wealthy areas, likely because larger families tend to live together
By AP
Masbia kosher supervisor Pesach Gittleson assembles boxes containing food for people who may be quarantined or unable to obtain food due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Alexander Rapaport via JTA)
March 12, 2020, 12:44 am
Preparing for ‘worst-case scenario’: US Jewish aid groups scramble amid outbreak
Kosher soup kitchens work to feed families whose needs might grow as quarantines, school closures and work cancellations become more widespread
By Josefin Dolsten
Yemeni-American woman with flag hijab. (Adam Zucker)
July 23, 2019, 11:14 pm
Jewish filmmaker charts how American-Muslim life has deteriorated under Trump
Galvanized by the president’s travel ban, director Adam Zucker challenges US citizens to stand up to racism against Muslims in a documentary that premiered July 22
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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