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NYC Rabbi Stabbed in Suspected Hate Crime · 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, providing focused coverage from New York,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region at clockworkmedia.org.ma. Today,
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  Speaker 1: we begin with a violent attack in Manhattan and address
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  Speaker 1: rising concerns from campuses to political campaigns. In Manhattan's Diamond District,
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  Speaker 1: a 26-year-old Chabad rabbi was stabbed in the back on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: October 22, in what police are investigating as a suspected
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic hate crime. According to reporting by UNIT and WorldIsraelNews.com,
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  Speaker 1: the attacker, a woman, remains at large. The New York
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  Speaker 1: Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.
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  Speaker 1: The victim, identified as Yosef, reportedly told investigators the woman
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  Speaker 1: had been speaking Russian and making harassing remarks before the attack.
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  Speaker 1: Despite the trauma, the rabbi returned to his religious outreach
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  Speaker 1: work the very next day, drawing inspiration from his grandparents,
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  Speaker 1: who were Holocaust survivors. He vowed to continue helping Jewish
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  Speaker 1: New Yorkers practice their faith, demonstrating remarkable resilience in the
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  Speaker 1: face of anti-Semitic violence. Shifting to politics and rhetoric, Saritha Kamatyrdi,
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  Speaker 1: the Republican nominee for New York Attorney General, has vowed
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  Speaker 1: to declare a state of emergency on anti-Semitism in New
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  Speaker 1: York City on her first day in office. should she
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  Speaker 1: be elected, according to reporting by WorldIsraelNews.com and Ground News.
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  Speaker 1: Kama Tierdy, a former federal prosecutor, stated she would use
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  Speaker 1: the Attorney General's office to directly prosecute hate crimes, arguing
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  Speaker 1: that current district attorneys have been ineffective. This pledge comes
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  Speaker 1: amid broader debates over combating anti-Semitism. A related item discussed
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  Speaker 1: on Reddit, citing I24 News, notes criticism from Jewish groups
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  Speaker 1: regarding a $ 30 million antisemitism plan associated with Zoran Mamdani.
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  Speaker 1: These groups argue the plan boosts funding for an anti-Israel
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  Speaker 1: group and omits discussion of Zionism, a point that touches
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  Speaker 1: upon the IHRA definition's examples of antisemitism. Meanwhile, viral video
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  Speaker 1: creator Nuser Yassin, with over 68 million followers, stated at
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  Speaker 1: a conference aimed at combating hatred of Jews that anti-Zionism
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  Speaker 1: is a form of antisemitism, JTA reported. Yassin, a Muslim
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  Speaker 1: of Palestinian origin and Israeli citizen, expressed his belief that
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  Speaker 1: criticisms of Israel are often fueled by antisemitism, asserting that
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  Speaker 1: Israel's detractors just really don't like Jews. In Beverly Hills,
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  Speaker 1: school board candidate Kim Lipskitz faces accusations of antisemitism, according
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  Speaker 1: to FoxNews.com. Screenshots from private messages reportedly show her mocking
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  Speaker 1: a Jewish trustee's visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall and his kippah. Lifskitz,
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  Speaker 1: who identifies as Jewish, pushed back, arguing her remarks were
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  Speaker 1: criticism of the trustee using religious symbols for political gain,
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  Speaker 1: not an attack on his observance. Separately, Michigan Democrat Rep.
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  Speaker 1: Debbie Dingell stated she is prioritizing health care, but is
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  Speaker 1: taking a stand against antisemitism and Islamophobia in her decisions
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  Speaker 1: regarding candidate support. according to FoxNews.com, and Tucker Carlson is
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  Speaker 1: mentioned in reporting by Threads.com as a figure with controversial affiliations,
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  Speaker 1: though he is reportedly not seeking office in Michigan. On
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  Speaker 1: the campus front, reporting by TheCrimson.com indicates ongoing concerns at
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  Speaker 1: Harvard University. A document titled Addressing Antisemitism and Anti-Americanism at
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  Speaker 1: Harvard University has surfaced, signaling continued attention to these issues
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  Speaker 1: within the university community. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for
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