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Queens officials are stepping up their response to rising anti-Semitism, with District Attorney Melinda Katz, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, and City Councilwoman Lynn Schulman outlining new efforts after visiting Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills multiple times following the May 5 Nazi graffiti attack. More Nazi graffiti hit Forest Park and Highland Park on Sunday, May 10.

Atidaynu Students Celebrate Mother’s Day Through Fragrance, Creativity, and Heartfelt Appreciation

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Some gifts are bought. Some are wrapped. Some are placed in a bag with tissue paper and a ribbon.

Seeing lonely and isolated Jews, “with family or not,” spurred Rebbetzin Mushky Mendelson of Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills to create the Central Queens Jewish Community Circle (CQJCC) in 2019.

On May 3, 2026, Yeshiva University hosted Antisemitism in the United States Today: Current Social Science Research, a landmark, allday conference that brought together some of the nation’s most influential scholars to confront contemporary antisemitism through a social science lens. Cosponsored by YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, the conference set a new standard in the effort to tackle antisemitism, directly addressing urgent challenges such as online bigotry and bias on college campuses.

When swastikas began appearing across Queens – spray-painted on synagogues, schools and homes – Daniel Rosen, president and co-founder of IMPACT, knew the Jewish community could not stay silent.

Queens College President Frank H. Wu will preside over the school’s 102^nd commencement exercises on Thursday, May 28, at 9 a.m. on the campus quadrangle. Over 4,000 degree candidates will be recognized, with the college awarding approximately 4,300 undergraduate and graduate degrees to an estimated audience of 7,000 ticketholders.