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Antisemitism Watch - August 11, 2026, 05 AM 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 a stark overview of the past year. According
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  Speaker 1: to reporting reviewed for this episode, twenty twenty five was
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  Speaker 1: the deadliest year for diaspora Jews in the past three decades,
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  Speaker 1: marking antisemitism as a sustained trend. Nearly three years after
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  Speaker 1: the October seventh attack, the number of antisemitic incidents reported
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  Speaker 1: is one hundred and thirty seven percent higher than in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, indicating that antisemitism has not returned to
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  Speaker 1: pre attack levels. The j seven meeting, which brought together
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  Speaker 1: major Jewish communities from seven countries, highlighted that while manifestations differ,
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  Speaker 1: key trends across these nations include the use of anti
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  Speaker 1: Zionism as a cover for antisemitism, the normalization of antisemitism itself,
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  Speaker 1: and the increasing prominence of university campuses and social media
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  Speaker 1: as arenas for its spread. In New York City, Mayor
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  Speaker 1: Zorn Mamdani has drawn significant criticism over his rhetoric concerning Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli Consul General in New York, Offer Akuni's slammed Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: for his use of the word monsters against pro Israel
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  Speaker 1: lobbyists AIPAC, asserting that the terminology mirror's language used by
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  Speaker 1: Nazi Germany against Jewish people. As reported by Newsweek, Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: defended his description, stating AIPAC move millions in dark money
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  Speaker 1: to accomplish a single goal to preserve their power. This
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric has also prompted a strong response from within the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish community. Ten rabbis met with Mayor Mamdani in a
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  Speaker 1: closed door session organized by the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: to convey that his repeated criticism of Israel is herding
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  Speaker 1: Jewish New Yorkers and hindering cooperation. According to v and News,
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  Speaker 1: participants warned that Mamdani's positions, including his pledge to arrest
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin net Niahu and calls for protests, were
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  Speaker 1: creating a deep sense of insecurity among Jewish residents. The
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  Speaker 1: rabbis expressed concern that Mamdanni's statements were contributing to rising antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: a claim supported by New York Police Department data showing
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  Speaker 1: an eight point five percent increase in anti Jewish hate
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  Speaker 1: crimes during the first seven months of Mamdani's tenure. A
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  Speaker 1: separate report from The New York Post also referenced a
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  Speaker 1: news report linking Mayor Mamdani to an antisemitic hate crime
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  Speaker 1: in Florida, shifting to physical acts of hate. US Congressman
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  Speaker 1: Randy Fine reported on August tenth, twenty twenty six, that
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  Speaker 1: his campaign sign in Flagler County, Florida, was vandalized with
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  Speaker 1: a swastika symbol. Fine described the act as the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: symbol of Nazism and due hatred, linking it to political rhetoric.
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  Speaker 1: According to reporting by New six, the campaign noted it
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  Speaker 1: contacted the city to discuss law enforcement action, and New
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  Speaker 1: six is awaiting a response from the flat Egler County
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  Speaker 1: Sheriff's office. Fine also mentioned Dan Bilzerian in his statement,
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  Speaker 1: though no evidence of Bilsarian's involvement in the vandalism has
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  Speaker 1: been provided. On university campuses, a Canadian federal government report
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  Speaker 1: indicates a widespread problem, with ninety five percent of Jewish
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  Speaker 1: students at Canadian universities having experienced or witnessed at least
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  Speaker 1: one antisemitic incident over the past year, according to Haretz
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  Speaker 1: dot Com. At Haverford College, reports suggest challenges persist, with
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  Speaker 1: sources stating a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion chief allegedly demanded
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  Speaker 1: Jewish students disavow genocide and stop filing complaints about antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate development concerning Haverford, Jewish students have reportedly
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  Speaker 1: regained their free speech rights, according to The Conquered Bridge. However,
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  Speaker 1: ci R Philadelphia has criticized a settlement at Haverford, arguing
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  Speaker 1: it threatens free speech and does not adequately address the
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  Speaker 1: need to protect Jewish students from antisis sematism. Associate Professor
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  Speaker 1: Amy Simon also described how her Jews and Antisemitism class
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  Speaker 1: was intensely affected following the October seventh events, exposing students
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  Speaker 1: to significant antisemitism and online hate, as detailed in her
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six article in The Political Arena. An article
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  Speaker 1: in American Thinker asserts that radicals and antisemites are flooding
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic Party, forcing establishment figures to justify alliances with
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  Speaker 1: extremist candidates, and warning of attempts to destroy the constitutional system. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced she would skip her
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  Speaker 1: party's nominating convention, citing the rise of antisemitism within her
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  Speaker 1: party and feeling unsafe attributing this to a failure of leadership,
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  Speaker 1: according to CNN. Globally, in Australia, the Department of Home
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  Speaker 1: Affairs has warned of a disturbing rise in youth radicalization,
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  Speaker 1: with young people increasingly engaging with extremist material across a
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  Speaker 1: range of ideology, including neo Nazi and white supremacist content.
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  Speaker 1: According to ABC News, institutions are grappling with these issues.
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  Speaker 1: In the United Kingdom, a government commissioned independent review found
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  Speaker 1: that head teachers of Jewish schools are spending up to
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  Speaker 1: ninety percent of their time on security matters due to
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism impacting educational priorities. As reported by the BBC, Conquered
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  Speaker 1: Massachusetts officials are developing a town wide hate incident tracking
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  Speaker 1: system to better measure and address under reporting, a concept
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  Speaker 1: supported by Select Board chair Wendy Ravelli, who stated you
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  Speaker 1: can't correct something you can't measure, so let's start by measuring.
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  Speaker 1: According to The Conquered Bridge, the Royal Commission on Antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: and Social Cohesion in Australia is also expanding its focus
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  Speaker 1: to include protest movements and the far right, according to
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  Speaker 1: reporting on the inquiry. Finally, on a historical Note federal
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  Speaker 1: authorities have offered acknowledgment regarding violence against UWE Wish students
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  Speaker 1: on the Brooklyn Bridge in nineteen ninety four, as noted
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  Speaker 1: by w CBSTV. I'm Rachel Adler. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 1: to Antisemitism Watch. This report was generated with AI assistance
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  Speaker 1: and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify important details with primary sources.