Jewish man harassed by anti-Israel mob on NYC subway recalls masked protester’s cruel taunt: ‘Bro, if you only knew who I was’
NY Post
A Jewish straphanger who said a masked protester harassed him on a New York City subway train believes the creep was emboldened by having his face shielded — going so far as to taunt: “Bro, if you only knew who I was.”
“It took every ounce of restraint to not say, ‘You’re wearing a mask, no one knows who you are,'” Josh Savitt, the straphanger, recalled in an interview Friday.
Savitt, 35, exclusively spoke to The Post about the hateful run-in, which unfolded Monday as he came face-to-masked-face with a mob of anti-Israel protesters who swarmed a downtown Manhattan exhibit memorializing the victims of the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival terror attack.
He felt the experience showed what a revived mask ban could do to curtail growing harassment by antisemitic protesters.
“I’m in favor of reimposing that, because I’ve seen firsthand the things people feel comfortable with,” he said.
“As long as he had his mask on and his anonymity he felt free to talk tough.”
