{"id":221597,"date":"2026-05-06T05:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221597\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T05:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:49:10","slug":"queens-unites-against-antisemitism-after-synagogue-swastika-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221597\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens unites against antisemitism after synagogue swastika vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOREST HILLS, Queens (PIX11)\u2013 A show of solidarity as the Jewish community in Queens searches for solutions following several antisemitic incidents in Forest Hills and Rego Park.<\/p>\n

A rally was held Tuesday evening at the Congregation Machane Chodosh on 108th Street. It is where one of five swastikas was spraypainted around 1:30 Monday morning. Surveillance video shows that there are three to four people responsible.<\/p>\n

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New York City Comptroller Mark Levine said, \u201cTo do this here, on this house of worship, to this community is disgraceful beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin spoke about the need for buffer zones around schools and houses of worship during protests.<\/p>\n

One of her bills was vetoed by Mayor Mamdani. Menin also spoke about the need for education in schools, adding \u201cstudies show that 34-percent of young people believe the Holocaust was a myth, or was exaggerated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rabbi Yossi Mendelson, with the Congregation Machane Chodosh, is pushing for what he calls a \u201cmindful minute of meditation\u201d at the start of every school day in New York City Public Schools. \u00a0He said, \u201cEach student is invited to take a moment to meditate, reflect, or pray according to their heritage and their tradition to nurture their own moral integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NYPD has not released the surveillance images of the people suspected of the vandalism. There have been no arrests.<\/p>\n

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