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Hundreds gathered to support Bagels & Co., a kosher restaurant in Queens, N.Y., after it was attacked days earlier, May 28, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Daniel Rosen\/Impact.<\/p>\n
Daniel Rosen, who founded the nonprofit Impact after Oct. 7, organized the \u201cfoodies united\u201d rally with Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, Young Israel Holliswood, Chazaq, Great Kosher Restaurant Foodies, Yeshiva University High School for Girls and Emet Outreach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Islamist tried to hurt this business, and our response as a community is to help this business,\u201d Rosen told JNS.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to send a message. This shall not stand,\u201d he said. \u201cYou cannot come into our neighborhood, do terrible things and then expect us not to have an organized response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hila Ashkenazi, owner of the eatery, told JNS that it was not the first incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attacker actually came another time right before Shabbat and messed up some chairs outside,\u201d she said. \u201cI fixed it and thought nothing of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s purposely coming on Shabbat,\u201d she told JNS.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Hundreds gathered to support Bagels & Co., a kosher restaurant in Queens, N.Y., after it was attacked days earlier, May 28, 2026. Photo by Rebecca Szlechter.<\/p>\n Still, Ashkenazi refuses to be intimidated.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not scared. I\u2019m never scared,\u201d she said. \u201cI was in the Israeli army, teaching self-defense. They should be scared of me.\u201d<\/p>\n Askenazi, who began working at Bagels & Co. in 2001 and became the owner six years ago, described it as more than just a business.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is home for everyone,\u201d she told JNS. \u201cThis is family for the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hundreds gathered to support Bagels & Co., a kosher restaurant in Queens, N.Y., after it was attacked days earlier, May 28, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Daniel Rosen\/Impact.<\/p>\n Throughout the afternoon, supporters walked in and out of the packed bagel shop, many stopping to hug the owner or pose for pictures with the Israeli flags.<\/p>\n Rabbi Dov Lerner, of Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, said that the gathering showed the strength of the local community.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m filled with pride to be connected to people in the community, all coming together for a local business,\u201d he told JNS. \u201cWe feel like we\u2019re supporting each other.\u201d<\/p>\n Many attendees said that they came simply to stand against Jew-hatred and support a neighborhood staple.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are here in unity to help our brothers, who were attacked by antisemites,\u201d a participant told JNS. \u201cWe\u2019re here to stand together and help this business.\u201d<\/p>\n Aaron Herman, CEO of Impact, said that the rally was intended to turn fear into action.<\/p>\n \u201cFoodies Unite is more than just an event. It is a line in the sand,\u201d Herman told JNS. \u201cIt is about organizing, empowering and mobilizing our communities to support one another and push back against antisemitism wherever it appears.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hundreds gathered to support Bagels & Co., a kosher restaurant in Queens, N.Y., after it was attacked days earlier, May 28, 2026. Photo by Rebecca Szlechter.<\/p>\n As music played outside and customers continued filing into the crowded shop, organizers said that the message of the afternoon was simple: that the community would not be intimidated.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we stand united,\u201d Herman told JNS, \u201chate loses.\u201d<\/p>\n Antisemitic hate crimes spiked 182%<\/a> in New York City in January, in Zohran Mamdani\u2019s first month as mayor of the city, according to New York City Police Department data. In April, Jews were the targets of about 60%<\/a> of hate crimes in the city, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"( May 28, 2026 \/ JNS ) Israeli and American flags waved outside Bagels & Co., a kosher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-247329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bagels](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780025258_970_.webp\")
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