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Antisemitic Chants at Croatian Football Match · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: launching Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region. Find us at clockworkmedia.org. In Croatia,
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  Speaker 1: police are investigating antisemitic chanting by fans of the football
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  Speaker 1: club Hajduk Split before a conference league match against Ajax.
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  Speaker 1: According to Ground News, fans paid tribute to the Nazi
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  Speaker 1: regime and Adolf Hitler. chanting about killing Jews, referencing Auschwitz,
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  Speaker 1: and using pro-Ostache slogans. In Education, a concerning report from thedsch.com
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  Speaker 1: details an alleged incident at a North London state primary school,
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  Speaker 1: where a nine-year-old Jewish pupil says his teacher told him
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  Speaker 1: Jews were to blame for the October 7 massacre. His
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  Speaker 1: family claims the school dismissed their concerns, citing staff not
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  Speaker 1: being forced into politics and refusing anti-Semitism training, prompting the
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  Speaker 1: parents to move their son to a Jewish school. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: new data from TheBlaze.com highlights a sharp rise in anti-Semitic
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  Speaker 1: incidents in New York City that involve Israel or Zionism.
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  Speaker 1: The Anti-Defamation League reports this share climbed from 5% in
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  Speaker 1: 2022 to 37% in 2023, and a striking 58% in 2024.
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  Speaker 1: Critics argue that Mayor Zoran Mamdani's new strategy to combat anti-Semitism,
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  Speaker 1: while offering security measures, fails to confront this specific rhetoric
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  Speaker 1: and notably declines to adopt a definition of antisemitism. On campuses,
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  Speaker 1: previously unreported federal civil rights data, reviewed by kevindeutsch.substack.com, reveals
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  Speaker 1: that faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis were
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  Speaker 1: accused in over a quarter of antisemitism complaints filed with
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  Speaker 1: the university over four academic years. The university has reportedly
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  Speaker 1: withheld specific details of these incidents from federal investigators. In
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  Speaker 1: case outcomes, the collegefx.com reports that Guangxin Ha, a religion
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  Speaker 1: professor at Haverford College, pleaded not guilty to federal cyber-stalking charges.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors allege Ha sent repeated hateful messages and threats to
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  Speaker 1: a Jewish colleague online, including references to the Holocaust and
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  Speaker 1: October 7th, invoking Adolf Hitler's salute. and telling the colleague
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  Speaker 1: to F, out of my country, and to run. Flee, leave.
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  Speaker 1: The court cited concerns about him being a flight risk.
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  Speaker 1: At Edinburgh University, heraldscotland.com reports that an anti-Zionist Jewish student group, Kehilla,
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  Speaker 1: has backed a proposal to drop the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: The group argues the definition conflates anti-Zionism with antisemitism, focuses
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  Speaker 1: excessively on Israel, and homogenizes Jewish voices. The university's Senate
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  Speaker 1: is set to vote on the motion. In politics, Minc15. com
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  Speaker 1: notes Republican Michael Lipetri is challenging Rep. Tom Suozzi and
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  Speaker 1: has accused New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani of promoting anti-Semitism. Separately, Naipos.com
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  Speaker 1: features a Jewish constituent criticizing Congressman Dave Min for what
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  Speaker 1: they describe as inadequate reassurance regarding threats from the left
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  Speaker 1: and for using excuses related to Israel's actions. Internationally, N.jenisafak.com
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  Speaker 1: reports Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has ordered Economy Minister Katharina
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  Speaker 1: Reich to remove an Instagram video from her ministry's official
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  Speaker 1: account that accused the left party of embracing antisemitism. The
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  Speaker 1: court ruled the video must remain offline for up to
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  Speaker 1: six months, stating such claims from an official government account
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  Speaker 1: could violate the party's right to political participation. Finally, jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: reports that President Donald Trump addressed a Michigan synagogue via
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  Speaker 1: video for an event orchestrated by the administration's Task Force
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  Speaker 1: for Combating Antisemitism and the Zionist Organization of America, focusing
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  Speaker 1: on combating hate. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for listening
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