Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and the ensuing Gaza conflict, New York City has documented an unprecedented surge in antisemitic incidents, with ADL's 2024 audit recording 1,437 cases in New York State (a majority in NYC), including sharp rises in harassment and assaults. NYPD and city reports confirm Jews remain the most targeted group for hate crimes, prompting Mayor Eric Adams to establish a dedicated Office to Combat Antisemitism in 2025 amid what officials describe as 'raging' antisemitism. While mainstream coverage often frames these events broadly as 'antisemitism,' a deeper pattern reveals generational divides: polls such as the Yale Youth Poll and Harvard-Harris surveys show Gen Z (18-24) exhibiting significantly higher agreement with antisemitic tropes, including beliefs that Jews hold excessive power, dual loyalty to Israel, or that certain anti-Jewish actions are justifiable in response to Gaza. A New York Times investigation highlighted painful rifts within Jewish-American families, where younger members often view Israel through a lens of occupation and colonialism rather than survival, influenced by campus activism, social media algorithms, and peer-driven narratives that blur anti-Zionism with ethnic hostility. WSJ analysis points to online radicalization pipelines amplifying these views among youth, distinct from older generations. Reports of public confrontations, including harassment in Brooklyn neighborhoods and protests targeting Jewish institutions, align with anecdotal evidence of open displays of animosity by younger New Yorkers—suggesting not isolated prejudice but potential radicalization tied to the Israel-Gaza fallout. This exposes sanitized social fractures: what is reported as generic hate masks ethnic tensions and a youth cohort increasingly alienated from traditional safeguards against antisemitism, with long-term risks for urban cohesion as online echo chambers translate into street-level behaviors.