tendencies. reporter: and it s not an aging racist rump. anti-semitic activities not very long ago consistently show higher levels among young people. that is worth emphasizing because most forms of prejudice are higher among older people and lower among younger people. reporter: jews eating sushi in los angeles last month sought out by young pro-palestinian men. they started asking indiscriminately who s jewish. reporter: a jew brutally beaten by young men in times square, new york. he was surrounded by a group that began to kick me, punch me, assault me with weapons and also pepper spray or mace me. i don t even know which one for good measure at the end. i m trying to be macho and, you know, not let it affect me, but it does affect you. when you re alone and your
individuals who yeah, as you mentioned proceeded to kick me, punch me, hit me with flag poles, crutches and towards the end of the assault, i mean, i thought they were urinating on my face but it was actually pepper spray, which they were pepper spraying me for upwards of a minute. that happened on the streets of new york city last week. so why are these republicans staying silent? if the answer is they don t want to offend biggots and haters, their silence is a deafening roar. tim cohen, how do you push back on these disgusting comments without giving oxygen to this person who is at this point essentially a taxpayer funded troll? well, it s sad to see it that members of congress have gotten to this low level, but they don t understand history. they don t understand the holocaust. you know, it was not just nazi
reporter: fueled he says by on line bile and conspiracy mung ring. those unhinged conspiratorial claims lead to real world consequences against american jews. i see out of the corner of my eye someone chasing me with their arm back like they wanted to punch him. people are attacked who are looking visibly jewish. reporter: daylight, times square, joseph boringen was surrounded by a crowd he said shouted filthy jaw and proceeded to kick me, punch me, hit into he with flag poles, crunches. towards the end of the assault i thought they were urinating on my face but it was pepper sprayed. they pepper sprayed me for upwards of a minute. reporter: the man seen hitting boringen with a crutch has been charged with a hate crime. the man said he has no problem doing this again. the nypd is now out in force. reporter: after this
hospital. i was surrounded by a whole crowd of individuals who, yeah, as you mentioned proceeded to kick me, punch me, hit me with flag poles, crutches. in los angeles, a man has been arrested after a group of jewish diners were attacked while eating outside. and the threat to jewish people, particularly in the new york area has become so difficult that the governor of new york, andrew cuomo is calling on state police there to increase their patrols around synagogues, jewish schools and other jewish community centers because he is so concerned about the rising violence targeting members of the jewish community. seeing security enhanced around a lot of synagogues not only in new york, but around the country, very, very worrisome, indeed. ryan nobles, thank you very much, let s discuss this and more with the ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league jonathan greenblatt. thank you very much for joining
at home and abroad. it is up to all of us to give hate no safe harbor. stephanie goff has more from times square. reporter: the anti-defamation league says there s 50% increase in attacks since the latest violence in the middle east broke out, including in times square. they re calling on president biden to do something about it. in the heart of new york city, what authorities are calling an act of hate. video capturing a gang style attack on a jewish man in times square. considered to assault me, beat me, punch me, hit me. reporter: the demonstrations took place in the city. one suspect arrested in the attack, others remain at large. police also searching for a group yelled at four jewish men and damaged a car outside a