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A man berated a Jewish student wearing a yarmulke on a New York City subway car, calling him a “rapist” and a “genocider” responsible for the deaths in Gaza, new video shows.

The harrowing encounter, uploaded by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) group on Tuesday, shows the bearded man wearing a black cap and orange long-sleeve shirt yelling across the subway car at the student during a trip on the 1 train near 96th Street.

“He likes to kill Palestinian semites. He probably likes to rape Palestinian semites as well,” the man, who has yet to be identified, shouts.

“This is a genocider who loves to kill babies.”


  A man aboard the 1 train was filmed berating a Jewish student wearing a yarmulk. Instagram / @combatantisemitism A man aboard the 1 train was filmed berating a Jewish student wearing a yarmulk. Instagram / @combatantisemitism

The man continues to call the student a “Zionist,” a “fake f–king Jew” and the “United States’ bully boy,” all while a crowd of uninterested commuters watch.

The man could also be heard trying to get the crowd on his side by claiming that the US and Israel want an upheaval in the Gaza Strip, but the commuters ignore him.

CAM said the man’s “unhinged” rant came completely provoked when he spotted the visibly Jewish student.

Liora Rez, the founder of the StopAntisemitism nonprofit group, said the encounter was only the latest in a series of new antisemitic incidents engulfing the city since the start of the war in Gaza.


  The man spotted the visibly Jewish student and began accusing him of killing Palestinians and supporting the war in Gaza. Instagram / @combatantisemitism The man spotted the visibly Jewish student and began accusing him of killing Palestinians and supporting the war in Gaza. Instagram / @combatantisemitism

“Oct. 7 ripped off the band-aid, unleashing a long-dormant, deep-rooted wave of antisemitism that had been simmering for decades,” Rez told The Post. “Now, emboldened by complacency, these offenders spew their tirades and even issue physical threats against innocent men, women, and children.

“What’s even more alarming is the silence of those who stand by and do nothing,” she said of the bystanders in the video.

Rez ultimately called on Mayor Eric Adams and New York City officials to crack down on the surge of antisemitism plaguing the Big Apple.


  Commuters ignored the man’s rant as he continued to hurl bile at the Jewish student. Instagram / @combatantisemitism Commuters ignored the man’s rant as he continued to hurl bile at the Jewish student. Instagram / @combatantisemitism

“Jewish students deserve to walk freely on campus, public transit and anywhere else they choose without facing harassment or threats,” she said.

Jewish activist Lizzy Savetsky, who had her own encounter with anti-Israel protesters on Monday, echoed calls for the city to act as she condemned the man who berated the student.

“The student is not in Israel, he’s not in the IDF, he’s just trying to ride the train, but he’s being attacked simply because he’s Jewish,” Savetsy told The Post.

“The more we allow these incidents to happen, the worse it’s going to get,” she added.

The subway incident came as city cops discovered antisemitic graffiti in Central Park.

The hateful graffiti read, “Zionism weaponized Jewish Trauma,” “Whild [sic] you graduate, there are no universities left in Gaza,” and, “Israel would bomb your Hospitals too.”

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