The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) has condemned recent vandalism targeting a Kosher bagel shop in Jamaica Estates.
The NYPD is investigating a potential hate crime after CCTV footage showed an unidentified vandal throwing a number of objects toward Bagels & Company, an Israeli-owned store located in Jamaica Estates.
The incident, which took place at around 1 a.m. on Friday, May 22, lasted for around five minutes while the suspect hurled plants, chairs and tables at the building. It appears that the suspect is wearing a traditional Muslim garment known as a thobe, according to footage of the incident posted on social media.
CAIR-NY Executive Director Afaf Nasher strongly condemned the incident and called for a full police investigation.
“We urge community leaders, elected officials, and residents to reject antisemitism and all other forms of bigotry,” Nasher said in a statement. “Law enforcement authorities should conduct a thorough investigation and hold anyone responsible accountable.”
Nasher added that CAIR-NY and the American Muslim community “stands in solidarity” with victims of antisemitism, anti-black racism, Islamophobia and all other forms of bigotry.
QNS has attempted to reach Bagels & Company on several occasions.
The attack comes after a wave of antisemitic incidents across the borough, including a spate of attacks at the beginning of the month that saw four teenagers deface several Jewish properties with swastikas in Forest Hills.
Elected officials and Jewish community leaders gathered on May 5 at Congregation Machane Chodosh, an orthodox synagogue located at 67-29 108th St. was targeted in the attacks, to denounce a rise in antisemitism across the city. During the antisemtic attacks in early May, the teens vandalized the synagogue’s memorial dedicated to the victims of Kristallnacht, an anti-Jewish pogrom carried out by the Nazis in 1938.
According to recent city statistics, antisemitism accounted for 60% of all hate crimes reported to the police in April 2026. Reports of antisemitic hate crimes dropped by 30% compared to April 2025, according to the police, dropping from 43 reported incidents last year to 30 this year.
However, the Anti Defamation League asserted that New York still leads the nation in antisemitic hate crimes, pointing to a reported 1,160 incidents that took place in 2025. That marked a 19% decline from 2024 but more than double the reported incidents from 2022.