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Antisemitism Watch - August 16, 2026, 09 AM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to antisemitism. Watch I'm Rachel Adler. We begin
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  Speaker 1: with an incident in Saskatoon, Canada, where a thirty one
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  Speaker 1: year old man has been charged after eggs were thrown
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  Speaker 1: at the Aguda's Israel Synagogue and associated vehicles. Police reported
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  Speaker 1: that the suspect turned himself in on August thirteenth and
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  Speaker 1: was charged with three counts of mischief under five thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 1: According to Saskatoon Police Superintendent James Oliver, the Community Engagement
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  Speaker 1: Division and the SPS Hate Crimes Unit were engaged recognizing
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  Speaker 1: the significance of incidents targeting faith based communities and their
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  Speaker 1: impact on safety. The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs
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  Speaker 1: stated that the incident occurred while congregants were praying inside
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  Speaker 1: the synagogue. C IJA also called for accountability and urged
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  Speaker 1: Canadians to stand with the Jewish community against extremists seeking
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  Speaker 1: to import hateful ideologies, referencing Prime Minister Mark Carney's address
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  Speaker 1: on Canada's antisemitism crisis. Elsewhere, a Jewish American woman was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly kicked out of a nail salon after the store
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  Speaker 1: owner found out her ethnicity. Reporting on the incident describes
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  Speaker 1: it as a blatant antisemitic attack, with the woman denied
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  Speaker 1: service based on her background. Finally, a Jewish mother shared
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  Speaker 1: her son's harrowing experience during a security drill at his
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  Speaker 1: faith school in Britain. Her five year old was instructed
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  Speaker 1: to hide in a toilet and suppress bodily functions during
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  Speaker 1: the drill, illustrating the anxieties faced by Jewish families raising
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  Speaker 1: children amidst ongoing security concerns. I'm Rachel Adler. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening to Antisemitism Watch. This report was generated with
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