JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (PIX11) \u2014 A 17-year-old student is accused of sending antisemitic emails about killing Jews to multiple people in his Queens high school, according to police and sources.<\/p>\n
The teen allegedly sent threatening messages to several people at Renaissance Charter School at 35-59 81st. St. in Jackson Heights at around 12:34 p.m. Monday, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n
More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n The emails referenced killing Jews, sources said. It was unclear to whom the messages were sent.<\/p>\n The student was arrested a few hours later and charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime and making a terroristic threat, police said.<\/p>\n There have been 22 hate crime incidents reported citywide this year, according to NYPD data.<\/p>\n Last week, a New Jersey man allegedly rammed his car<\/a> into the Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Crown Heights, authorities said. Dan Sohail, 36, of Carteret, is accused of driving his dark-colored 2012 Honda Accord into the synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway five times at around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n The building was packed with people attending a religious service. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n Another man is accused of punching a Queens rabbi<\/a> and hurling antisemitic slurs like \u201cF\u2014Jews\u201d on Jan. 27, which was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, authorities said.<\/p>\n Eric Zafra Grosso, 32, allegedly attacked the rabbi near Queens Boulevard and Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills between 2:20 p.m. and 3 p.m., according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She joined PIX11 News in 2022. See more of her work here.<\/a> <\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n