NEW YORK (VINnews) — At the Siyum Hashas, Yonatan Gray stood out like a striped thumb.
As he entered the Subway, he also stood out to the anti-Semitic train rider that sat across from him.
In this episode, he was not sporting his Waldo costume nor anything else that would standout from the others riding train. The only thing different was that he was wearing a Yarmulke, which is the catalyst that set off the lady sitting across from him on the train.
He wrote on his twitter feed following the verbal assault:
THIS IS REAL.JUST HAPPENED TO ME. WALKED ONTO THE NYC SUBWAY WEARING MY YARMULKE. (COSTUME OFF) AND THIS LADY STARTED YELLING AND CURSING AT ME. INCLUDING F&@K ALL YOU JEWS.TRIED TO FILM QUICKLY. AND SHE THREATENED TO BEAT ME UP. HAVING THE STATION ATTENDANT CALL THE POLICE NOW.
He followed up that he filed a police report and that it had been filed as a hate crime.
For weeks, anti-Semitic attacks have been surging in and around New York City — from assaults in Brooklyn to the shooting in Jersey City to the recent stabbing in Monsey on Hanukkah.
What’s still unclear is why the spike is happening now — and whether the attacks are connected.
See the footage below:
This is real.Just happened to me. Walked onto the NYC subway wearing my yarmulke. (Costume off) and this lady started yelling and cursing at me. Including F&@k all you Jews.Tried to film quickly. And she threatened to beat me up. Having the station attendant call the police now pic.twitter.com/7fynGMUisn
— Jonathan Gray (@udontchap) Enero 5, 2020
As reported by Vos Iz Neias