Queens

50,000 flock to Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave

About 50,000 people visited burial site in Queens, NY over first week of July to mark 25th anniversary of Rebbe's passing.

Republican Jews endorsement of Katz bad for Trump and America

Are Jews annoying? City Council candidate thinks so

12-year-old arrested for drawing swastikas on Queens playground

12-year-old suspected of scrawling dozens of swastikas, anti-Jewish messages at school playground in Queens, NYC.

Good news for women!

NY Muslim leader: Wife-beating 'only in very rare circumstances'

'Target her dignity': New York sheikh discusses wife-beating in Islam: Permissible 'only under very rare circumstances'.

Watch: Blue light over New York City

Transformer fire in Queens sends blue light which floods the nighttime sky over New York City.

Attack on Jew in NYC deemed gang incident, angering community

Local Jewish community angered after police classify assault on Orthodox Jewish teen as 'gang incident', despite anti-Semitic phrases.

'Jewish friends urged me to deport Nazi from NY,' says Trump

President Trump tells Fox News Jewish New Yorkers, including friends, had urged him since 2016 campaign to deport SS guard living in NYC.

Queens NY must lead the fight against anti-Semitism 2018 and 2020

Boy, 14, attacked outside yeshiva in New York

Teen attacked outside yeshiva in Queens.

Thousands gather at Mets’ ballpark — for Jewish learning

Orthodox Union holds second annual 'Torah New York' in Mets Stadium in Queens.

3 dead in NY bus crash

Public bus and tour bus collide in Queens, sending one bus careening into nearby stores.

NY politician gets anti-Semitic hate mail

Queens Assemblywoman inundated with anti-Semitic, white supremacist mail after seeking to rename Trump State Park

Tillerson urged to deport Nazi guard living in Queens

New York congressman writes Secretary of State, demanding he take action to deport 92-year-old Nazi death camp guard Jakiw Palij.

'Your neighbor is a Nazi!'

New York yeshiva students protest outside Queens home of Nazi concentration camp guard Jakiw Palij.

Massive blaze in Queens, NY, destroys Jewish businesses

Massive fire in Queens, New York, destroys more than a dozen businesses, most Jewish owned, causing millions of dollars in damages.

NYPD arrests suspect in imam's shooting

New York Police Department has a person in custody in connection with the weekend shooting deaths of a Queens imam and his assistant.

Queens Muslims insist killing of imam is a hate crime

Bangladeshi Muslims say shooting of imam and his friend was an anti-Muslim hate crime. Local police say no evidence to support that.

ADL expresses solidarity with NY Muslims following imam's murder

Anti-Defamation League expresses solidarity with New York's Muslim community in the wake of the murder of an imam and his assistant.

Gunman kills imam in Queens

Lone gunman shoots Queens imam and his friend as they walked home from Saturday prayers.

NYPD scratching head over arsons targeting Bukharan Jews

After releasing first suspect, NYPD trying to determine if string of arsons in Forest Hills are anti-Semitic hate crimes or simply random.

NYPD: Arson at Jewish homes not a hate crime

Police say fires at homes of Bukharan Jews in Forest Hills not motivated by anti-Semitism, but opposition to construction on the property.

NYPD Investigates BB Gun Attacks on Orthodox Jews

Two victims injured in Kew Garden Hills in 10 days; city council members reveal both looked identifiably religious.

NY Residents Sue Apartment Owners for Religious Discrimination

Haredi residents of a Queens apartment complex take legal action after owners install electric locks - making Shabbat a problem.

Who Killed the Jewish Jeweler from Queens?

Family of well-known jeweler Aron Aranbayev offering reward for information leading to the arrest of those who ran him over last Sunday.

Plainclothes Cop Shot in Face in Queens

Officer Brian Moore, 25, is in critical condition after being shot in the cheek; suspect is the cousin of a former NY Giants cornerback.

Massive New York Bomb Attack Thwarted

Queens female roommates who idolized ISIS and Bin-Laden charged for contacting Al-Qaeda in Yemen and building propane bombs.

Watch: CHAZAQ Works to Prevent Assimilation in US

The Queens-based CHAZAQ organization hosted its major 2015 event, where rabbis and famous singer Avraham Fried were on hand.

CHAZAQ Organization to Hold its First Annual Dinner

CHAZAQ, an organization which works to bring spiritual strength to Jews all over the world, will hold its first annual dinner on August 26.

Communities Pull Together After Storms in Queens, Long Island

Communities are pulling together and families in Queens and Long Island are struggling to survive after Sandy and a nor'easter came by.

'I Am Homeless. My House is Gone.'

A stark reality check in Queens, New York, after Hurricane Sandy.

Video: Fire Destroys 50 Homes in Hurricane-Flooded Queens

A six-alarm fire destroyed at least 50 homes in Queens, heavy populated by Israelis and US Jews, during the Frankenstorm Sandy storm.

NY Jews Won’t Have to Vote in a Church

New York has agreed to change a voting site from a church, where Jews are not allowed to enter, even to vote for a president.

Anti-Semitic Graffiti in NY Hours before Holocaust Memorial Day

Anti-Semitic graffiti found on overpass near the Grand Central Parkway service road in Forest Hills; Avenue Z Jewish Center in Brooklyn.