{"id":247015,"date":"2026-05-28T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/247015\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:31:10","slug":"hundreds-rally-in-support-of-nyc-kosher-bagel-shop-trashed-in-antisemitic-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/247015\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds rally in support of NYC kosher bagel shop trashed in antisemitic attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds rallied Thursday in support of a kosher bagel shop in Queens that was trashed<\/a> by an antisemitic\u00a0maniac in Muslim garb \u2014 with demonstrators declaring \u201cenough is enough\u201d and urging police to catch the culprit.<\/p>\n

Roughly 300 demonstrators flocked to Bagels & Company, a popular Israeli-owned business in Jamaica Estates, where the vandal was caught on camera wildly smashing potted plants and tossing chairs and tables Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d\u00a0said Elan Kornblum, president of Great Kosher Restaurant School, who attended the rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing kosher restaurants, and Jewish owned businesses vandalized, on a weekly, and sometimes even daily basis, is not only heartbreaking, it is deeply frightening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bagels & Company, a popular Israeli-owned business in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Kevin C Downs for NY Post<\/p>\n

The crowd of demonstrators \u2014 Jewish activists, influencers and students among them \u2014 bought bagels to boost the shop and spoke out against a recent rise in antisemitic incidents.<\/p>\n

Jaw-dropping footage shows<\/a> the mad man trashing the outside of the bagel shop for roughly five minutes at around 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

He slipped away but the incident was is being investigated as a possible hate crime, law enforcement sources said Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shall not stand.\u201d,\u201d said Daniel Rosen, president of IMPACT,\u00a0 a non-profit that fights antisemitism. <\/p>\n

Hundreds gathered at a rally to support the vandalized kosher bagel shop. Khristina Narizhnaya, for New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m calling on all elected officials to take action, and enact stronger penalties for hate crimes, against businesses, help cover the cost damages caused by these attacks,\u201d said Rosen, whose group planned the rally.<\/p>\n

Hila Ashkenazi, who owns the bagel shop, said cops in the neighborhood are working to arrest the suspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are working, they are patrolling. I hope they\u2019re going to catch him soon,\u201d Ashkenazi said.<\/p>\n

He added that he was blown away by the community support.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad, but we stand, still, and again, we have each other to support,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been amazing support. Since the morning [of the vandalism], people showed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One demonstrator waved a flag in support of Israel. Khristina Narizhnaya, for New York Post<\/p>\n

Gina Friedlander, local resident, meanwhile waved a sign declaring: \u201cWe stand for Israel and for bagels.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here today because I refuse to stay silent while Jewish Americans are targeted, intimidated, and being told that their fear is somehow not real,\u201d said Mizrahi, Jewish-Iranian singer, whose parents immigrated from Iran to escape anti semitism. \u201cNew York City belongs to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antisemitic incidents have increased in New York City since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on a Jewish settlement sparked an Israeli counter attack in the Gaza strip, sparking tension in the US.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Antisemitic attacks in the city spiked<\/a>\u00a0by 182% in January compared to the same month last year, accounting for the bulk of Big Apple hate crimes, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n

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