An antisemitic incident occurred in Warsaw, after Lyudmila Kolomansky claimed that a taxi driver ordered her out of his vehicle because she was wearing a Star of David around her neck.
According to Kolomansky, the ride began calmly but changed the moment the driver noticed the Jewish symbol.
In an interview with Good Morning News, Kolomansky said the driver asked whether she was Jewish, then began shouting, pulled out a Quran and yelled, “Allahu Akbar." She claimed he accused her of murder and threatened to throw her out of the taxi.
“At first I was afraid, then I became extremely angry," she recalled. “I’m tired of being afraid. We need to stand up and say that we are Jews."
She said the driver ultimately took her to her hotel. After she posted footage of the incident on social media, Warsaw’s Jewish community contacted her as well as the relevant authorities. The taxi company also reportedly told her that she would not be driven by the same driver again.
Kolomansky added that she had never experienced a similar incident in Poland and expressed hope that this was an isolated incident that does not reflect the country’s population as a whole.