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Antisemitism Watch - August 14, 2026, 09 PM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to antisemitism. Watch I'm Rachel Adler. Today we
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  Speaker 1: begin with significant developments in political rhetoric and its real
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  Speaker 1: world consequences. An Israeli envoy has issued a severe condemnation
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  Speaker 1: of New York City Mayor Zoren Mamdani's rhetoric, likening it
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  Speaker 1: to Nazi Germany and describing it as employing a well
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  Speaker 1: known antisemitic one no matter what, blame the Jews. This
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  Speaker 1: condemnation comes as reporting reviewed for this episode indicates a
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty two percent surge in New York
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic crimes during Mamdani's first month in office, suggesting his
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  Speaker 1: anti Israel rhetoric may be spilling over into hostility toward
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  Speaker 1: the city. Adding to this, a new international campaign, Gaza
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  Speaker 1: Genolie dot com, launched by over fifty Jewish and non
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  Speaker 1: Jewish organizations, challenges what it calls genocide libel against Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The campaign specific cites Mayor Mamdani's statements, including a post
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  Speaker 1: from October twenty twenty three accusing Israel of being on
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  Speaker 1: the brink of a genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, as
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  Speaker 1: contributing to this narrative. The campaign argues such rhetoric is
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  Speaker 1: part of a broader effort to delegitimize Israel. Mayor Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: has also been attempting to engage business leaders who remain wary,
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  Speaker 1: according to JTA reporting. Meanwhile, reporting from Newsmas suggests that
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism is testing Jewish voters traditional party allegiances. We turn
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  Speaker 1: now to questions of legal accountability and the potential for prevention.
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  Speaker 1: In a tragic incident, the husband of Kara Trager, a
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  Speaker 1: Jewish journalist killed in a queen's car crash in May
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  Speaker 1: is calling for deeper scrutiny into the suspects alleged antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: history and prior hate crime charges. Doward Feisl, twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: was indicted on charges including second degree manslaughter for the
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  Speaker 1: collision that killed Kara Trager. While Faisal has not been
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  Speaker 1: charged with a hate crime in connection with the fatal crash,
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  Speaker 1: the NYPD Hate Crime's Task Force arrested him on July
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  Speaker 1: thirty first on multiple counts of criminal mischief as a
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  Speaker 1: hate crime. These charges are linked to separate vandalism incidents
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  Speaker 1: at Bagel's and Co, a Jewish owned kosher bagel shop,
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  Speaker 1: which occurred prior to the fatal crash. Kara Tradger's husband,
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  Speaker 1: Michael Tradger, noted that the area is heavily Jewish and
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  Speaker 1: questioned whether earlier actions might have been addressed more effectively
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  Speaker 1: to prevent the fatal outcome, though he does not believe
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  Speaker 1: his wife was specifically targeted. The case is being reported
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  Speaker 1: by VI and News on college campuses, A report details
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  Speaker 1: pervasive antisemitism verbatim accounts from the campus antisemitism and student
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  Speaker 1: experiences or case report as detailed by reporting reviewed for
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  Speaker 1: this episode, paint a grim picture of Jewish students experiences
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  Speaker 1: on Canadian university campuses. Students report hearing phrases like Hitler
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  Speaker 1: should have finished you off, seeing graffiti such as Zionism
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  Speaker 1: is a death cult, and facing harassment from professors and peers,
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  Speaker 1: including Holocaust denial, and being told Jews belong in Poland.
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  Speaker 1: In an institutional response, Stockton University officials removed language from
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  Speaker 1: a departmental website that referred to Israel's ongoing genocide in
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  Speaker 1: Gaza after a donor complained. According to Inside higher Ed,
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  Speaker 1: donor John F. Scarpa argued the language presented disputed claims
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  Speaker 1: as established fact and contributed to hostility towards Jews and
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  Speaker 1: supporters of Israel. Stockton leaders defended the move as part
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  Speaker 1: of a broader website review, though university president Joe Bertolino
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  Speaker 1: and board chair jose Lozano acknowledged that the process should
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  Speaker 1: have included more consultation and better communication with academic units involved. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in Great Neck, New York, two teenagers have been arrested
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  Speaker 1: for alleged antisemitic harassment, as reported by j TA, and
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  Speaker 1: in Saskatoon, police have charged a suspect in connection with
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  Speaker 1: the egging of a synagogue, according to Bell Media. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Rachel Adler. Thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. This
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  Speaker 1: report was generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies.
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  Speaker 1: Please verify important details with primary sources.