Antisemitism surged across US during Gaza conflict, part of multi-year rise: Advocates

Antisemitism, which has been rising in the U.S. in recent years, has surged in the wake of May's deadly 11-day war between Israel and Hamas.

Joseph Borgen, a 29-year-old accountant in New York City, was on his way to a protest after work when he was jumped near Times Square. "Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone chasing me, with their fist raised back, looking to punch me in the face. Before I could even react … I was surrounded by a whole group," Borgen told ABC News. The attackers punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed him and beat him with crutches, the New York Police Department said, leaving him with a concussion and bruising. "I grabbed my head and neck and my face area and just held onto those areas as tight as I could," Borgen said of the May 20 attack. "I was getting constantly kicked, punched and hit all over my body. But I was just holding onto my face and head, holding on for dear life, hoping I would survive."