A Jewish student attending Stony Brook University found himself victim to a growing number of anti-Semitic attacks in New York and around the world when he was attacked Sunday while riding the New York City Subway.

The student, Yonatan Herzfeld, 20, was wearing a Jewish skullcap, also known as a yarmulke or a kippa, on his head, a symbol of Jewish faith, when a middle-aged African American male chased him off the train “shouting about my kippa and drawing a circle, referring to my kippa saying, ‘what’s that you got on your head,’” Herzfeld said, according to a report by World Israel news. He then attempted to record the incident on his phone.

“I wanted to have evidence for whatever he was about to do,” said Herzfeld. “He then chased me off the train so fast I couldn’t even grab my suitcase and I had to circle back into the train to get it. The train closed and I stood as far from him as I could.”

Herzfeld tried to escape his attacker and search for help, however, his cries fell on deaf ears as he passed through the busy station, according to the report. “No one did anything when I was screaming for help,” he said. “Many were yelling at me to stop filming him, telling me that I brought the incident upon myself.”

“When the train pulled up to Times Square, he was in the car ahead of me, and the only way out was to get past him,” Herzfeld said. “But he kept coming closer towards me, so I was backing up closer and closer to the wall until there was no more room.”

“I screamed ‘help’ several times at the top of my lungs, and that startled him for a few seconds, which gave me enough time to use my suitcase as a shield and push past the mobs of people. They all stood frozen.”

A complaint was filed to the New York Police Department.

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