‘We Will Rise Up’: New York Teen Sends Email To School Calling For Everyone To Kill Jews At 2 PM, Police Make Arrest
By MARK TANOS
A 17-year-old student in New York threatened to kill all Jewish people at his school at 2:00 p.m. in an email sent to more than 300 classmates Monday.
The teen allegedly sent the message from a school email account at Renaissance Charter School in Queens, according to QNS. The email stated, “At 2pm we will rise up and kill all the Jews in this school and the city. F**k the Jews.”
Police from New York’s 115th Precinct arrived at the school shortly after 12:30 p.m. following a 911 call about a possible bias incident. Officers arrested the student and booked him before 3:30 p.m. He faces charges of making a terroristic threat and aggravated harassment as a hate crime. The New York Police Department (NYPD) Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
The school briefly went into lockdown while authorities investigated, NY1 reported. Officials lifted the lockdown after the NYPD determined it was safe to resume normal operations.
A violent, antisemitic threat made today at Renaissance Charter School is deeply disturbing and unacceptable. Hate and threats of violence have no place in our schools or our community.
— Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramosqns) February 2, 2026
I am relieved that no one was harmed and that the student is in custody. This must be fully…
Democratic state Sen. Jessica Ramos said on X that she was “relieved that no one was harmed and that the student is in custody.” The school plans to hold a special assembly featuring a Holocaust survivor.
“We take incidents like this extremely seriously. Hate speech and threats against any community are unacceptable and will not be tolerated at Renaissance,” the school said in a statement. Ramos said the principal told her the incident shocked a community known for its diversity.
The arrest comes as antisemitic hate crimes in New York City have surged. NYPD data released Monday showed anti-Jewish incidents jumped 182% in January 2026 compared to January 2025, according to the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). The department investigated 31 antisemitic crimes last month versus 11 during the same period a year ago.
“The Jewish community is filled with anxiety and trepidation. We know that it’s open season,” Rabbi Mark Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, told NY1.
The spike coincides with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first month in office. On his first day in office, Mamdani issued an executive order revoking all of former Mayor Eric Adam’s executive orders issued after Sept. 26, 2024, a sweep that included the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, Israel Hayom reported.
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