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Antisemitism Watch - August 18, 2026, 09 AM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Today we're
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  Speaker 1: examining the latest FBI data on hate crimes, significant rhetoric
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  Speaker 1: from political figures and media, and concerning reports from Canadian campuses.
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  Speaker 1: The Federal Bureau of Investigation's latest report reveals a stark
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  Speaker 1: picture of antisemitism in the United States. In twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 1: fifteen twenty eight antisemitic hate crime incidents were recorded, making
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  Speaker 1: up sixty three percent of all religion based hate crimes.
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  Speaker 1: This marks the third highest year on record for anti
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  Speaker 1: Jewish hate crimes, despite a decrease from twenty twenty four levels.
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  Speaker 1: The FBI data, aggregated from over sixteen thousand law enforcement agencies,
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  Speaker 1: shows these offenses included one hundred and sixty two assaults,
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  Speaker 1: three murder offenses, and five hundred and five acts of intimidation,
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  Speaker 1: alongside nine hundred and twenty incidents of destruction of property
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  Speaker 1: or vandalism. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated behind every one
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  Speaker 1: of these numbers is a person who was targeted simply
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  Speaker 1: for being Jewish. The Anti Defamation League called for improved
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  Speaker 1: hate crime reporting and urged Congress to advance legislation strengthening
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  Speaker 1: data collection in New York City. Data from the NYPD
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  Speaker 1: indicates that antisemitism accounts for over half of all hate
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  Speaker 1: crimes and continues to rise among New Yorkers, according to
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  Speaker 1: reporting by p I Zeleivan. In the political arena, House
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  Speaker 1: Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffreys issued a
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  Speaker 1: rare bipartisan rebuke of Florida Republican candidate Daniel Bilzirian. Bilzerian
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  Speaker 1: released an attack ad against incumbent Randy Fine that included
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  Speaker 1: deeply antisemitic slurs, calling Fine a fat Jew, shylock, and
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  Speaker 1: Satanic core and referencing Adolph Hitler. Speaker Johnson condemned the ads,
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  Speaker 1: stating antisemitism and outward hatred of Jewish communities have no
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  Speaker 1: place in our politics or in America. Leader Jeffreys echoed
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  Speaker 1: the sentiment, calling the campaign blatantly antisemitic and shocks the conscience. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: U S journalist Tucker Carlson sparked widespread accusations of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: online with a claim that Israeli schools avoid the plus
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  Speaker 1: sign in math because it resembles a Christian cross. Carlson
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  Speaker 1: also stated Christians in the US should know what their funding. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic primary in Florida's twenty fifth congressional district highlights
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  Speaker 1: divisions over Israel. Candidate Oliver Larkin, a member of the
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Socialists of America, has labeled modern day Israel a
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  Speaker 1: religious supremacist country and called for an end to US
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  Speaker 1: military aid. Incumbent Rep. Jarred Moskovitz has accused Larkin of
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  Speaker 1: embracing support from antisemitic sources and from Iran. A lawmaker
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  Speaker 1: issued a warning to former President Donald Trump regarding securing
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  Speaker 1: his own safety, according to Fox News reporting amidst reports
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  Speaker 1: of expiring US Iran ceasefire agreements on Canadian university campuses,
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  Speaker 1: two new reports reveal pervasive antisemitism and a climate of
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  Speaker 1: insecurity for Jewish students. A national survey found eighty four
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  Speaker 1: percent believe antisemitism is a serious problem, with seventy one
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  Speaker 1: percent reporting antisemitic vandalism, sixty eight percent saying campuses are
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  Speaker 1: not safe for Jews, and fifty four percent experiencing intimidation
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  Speaker 1: or threats. One report, commissioned by Toronto Metropolitan University and
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  Speaker 1: authored by retired Justice Mary Lubonato, found the university failing
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  Speaker 1: in its responsibility to protect Jewish students. Benato's report also
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  Speaker 1: noted how an extreme form of anti Zionism has contributed
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  Speaker 1: to an environment enabling antisemitism. In response, Toronto Metropolitan University
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  Speaker 1: has received justice Bnato's report and appointed former MP Bob
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  Speaker 1: Ray to chair a new implementation task force. This task
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  Speaker 1: force will develop a blueprint for how the university can
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  Speaker 1: better manage campus expression, antisemitism, and community safety, aiming to
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  Speaker 1: translate conversations into action. Finally, concerning institutional responses, mister Kenny
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  Speaker 1: has stated that the Bondye Royal Commission has largely ignored
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  Speaker 1: a key factor in rising antisemitism Islamist extremism. Kenny asserted,
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  Speaker 1: Islamist extremism is the threat and the Royal Commission has
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  Speaker 1: all but ignored it. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: listening to Antisemitism Watch. This report was generated with AI
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