WATCH: Uber driver asked to stop car after passenger finds out he’s Jewish

According to the Australian Jewish News, the driver's Uber profile photo showed him wearing a kippah, and he said after the incident that he was “quite shaken” and “concerned that he would assault me.”

The driver relayed the incident to Uber, the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), and reportedly intends to file a report with Victoria Police. The passenger’s access to the Uber app had been permanently removed, the company said.

ADC chairman Dr. Dvir Abramovich said in a statement that “an explosive outburst such as this one not only traumatizes the victim but deeply scars the entire community and leave them scared and vulnerable.”

He continued: “This terrifying incident provides further evidence that racists are less inhibited about expressing their poisonous bigotry, and is a grim reminder that antisemitism remains a persistent problem.”