Hate-filled bigot damages menorah outside NYC food pantry

A bigot damaged a menorah outside a Jewish food pantry in Kew Gardens earlier this month, police said. 

The hate-fueled criminal stormed up to Tomchei Shabbos of Queens and ripped the Hannukah candelabrum off the roof of a vehicle parked in front of the charity around 3:12 p.m. Dec. 15, according to cops and sources.

The cruel vandalism desecrated the $250 menorah, breaking one of its lights.

A man damaged a menorah outside a Jewish food pantry in Kew Gardens earlier this month, police said.  DCPI

The suspect then took off, fleeing on 129 Street toward Kew Gardens Road.  

The all-volunteer charity gives weekly food packages to needy families, according to its website. 

The vandal’s destruction came one day before Jewish New Yorker Elias Rosner, 35, was stabbed by a hate-spewing man.

“I’m going to kill Jewish people, I’m going to kill a Jew today, I don’t give a f–k. … We wouldn’t be in this mess if the Holocaust had happened,” Armani Charles, 23, allegedly screamed during the attack, according to Rosner.

Police said the NYPD’s Hate Crime’s Task Force is investigating the Dec. 15 menorah vandalism.

The suspect stormed up to Tomchei Shabbos of Queens and ripped the Hannukah candelabrum off the roof of a vehicle parked in front of the charity around 3:12 p.m. Dec. 15, according to cops and sources.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.

Additional reporting by Joe Marino