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Antisemitic incidents in New York City in 2025 were more than six times higher than the next most-targeted category: the 52 cases motivated by sexual orientation.
By Shula Rosen
A rabbi was punched and verbally abused in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said.
According to Queens Shomrim, the community patrol group received a report of the assault at about 2:30 p.m. Volunteers arrived quickly and, after the suspect fled, located him at a nearby train station and alerted police. The NYPD later arrested the suspect, and charges are pending.
New York City Comptroller Mark Levine said the attacker approached the rabbi on the street, used an antisemitic slur, and struck him.
A group of Queens lawmakers said in a joint statement that the rabbi was physically attacked, verbally harassed, and threatened because he is Jewish. The statement added that he did not suffer serious injuries. His identity was not immediately released.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the incident, calling it an act of hate and saying such behavior would not be tolerated.
The assault took place as landmarks across the city were illuminated in yellow to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Data released by the NYPD last month showed that antisemitic incidents accounted for the majority of suspected hate crimes recorded in the city in 2025.
Police documented 330 antisemitic cases out of 576 total suspected hate crimes, representing 57 percent of the total. That figure reflects an average of one suspected anti-Jewish incident approximately every 26 hours.
According to the same data, antisemitic incidents were more than six times higher than the next most-targeted category: the 52 cases motivated by sexual orientation. Jews make up about 10 percent of New York City’s population.
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