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UK's IHRA School Policy vs. NYC, London Hate Crime Charges · 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. You can find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash MA in the UK. A comprehensive government review has
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  Speaker 1: accepted all 27 recommendations to combat antisemitism in schools and colleges.
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  Speaker 1: As reported by Fox News and others, These measures include
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  Speaker 1: encouraging adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism, specialized training for educators, and strengthened reporting procedures.
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  Speaker 1: This approach stands in sharp contrast to New York City
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Zoran Mamdani's recently unveiled strategy, which, according to reports
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  Speaker 1: from WFMD and The New York Times, does not adopt
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  Speaker 1: a single definition of antisemitism. or explicitly address the link
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  Speaker 1: between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Sir David Bell's Independent Review, cited
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  Speaker 1: by Fox News, found that nearly three in five Jewish
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  Speaker 1: people between the ages of 16 and 19 had experienced
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  Speaker 1: or witnessed anti-Semitism. Holocaust educator Dov Foreman, speaking to Fox News,
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  Speaker 1: called the British recommendations a start, but urged the government
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  Speaker 1: to stop talking and start acting, emphasising that effectiveness will
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  Speaker 1: depend on institutional follow-through. Meanwhile, in London, Ontario, a 56-year-old
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  Speaker 1: man faces hate crime charges for drawing a swastika on
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  Speaker 1: a parking lot near residences housing Jewish students. According to
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  Speaker 1: CBC News, police responded on October 22 and arrested the
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  Speaker 1: man on October 23. A flammable chemical sealant was reportedly
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  Speaker 1: used to draw the symbol. Dean Lavey, executive director of
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  Speaker 1: Jewish London, described it as a sad reality. that this
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  Speaker 1: is just another incident of people who go out of
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  Speaker 1: their way to harm Jews. Darren Slavens told CBC News
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  Speaker 1: that the hate has been off the charts towards our community.
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  Speaker 1: The accused is expected to appear in court on January 18, 2027.
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  Speaker 1: On American campuses, a report from the Crimson reveals that
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  Speaker 1: Harvard University investigated only 10 out of 48 formal discrimination
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  Speaker 1: complaints filed between September 2023 and December 2025. Of these,
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  Speaker 1: 16 complaints alleged anti-Semitism or anti-Israeli bias, yet eight resulted
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  Speaker 1: in findings of no policy violations. 38 complaints did not
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  Speaker 1: proceed to investigation, with Harvard determining that 23 did not
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  Speaker 1: meet the policy's threshold for discrimination. In politics and media,
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  Speaker 1: an independent left-wing political action committee, Rebellion PAC, released a
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  Speaker 1: web ad for Democratic Senate candidate Abdel El-Sayed. The FP
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  Speaker 1: reported that the ad links U.S. military aid to Israel
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  Speaker 1: with domestic grocery prices, a claim the outlet described as
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  Speaker 1: a grotesque lie, and an anti-Semitic trope that echoes historical
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  Speaker 1: blaming of international jury for economic misery. Online, a new
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  Speaker 1: network of AI-generated fake rabbi personas is spreading anti-Semitic money
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  Speaker 1: tropes across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and X, according to J-Post.
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  Speaker 1: This network has taken the next step of promoting a
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  Speaker 1: cryptocurrency meme coin, SHNIC coin, effectively building a business model
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  Speaker 1: on antisemitism. The combat antisemitism movement, CAM, reported the network
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  Speaker 1: to Meta and TikTok, and Meta confirmed that flagged content
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  Speaker 1: had been removed. The forward notes that as Israel approaches
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  Speaker 1: a seismic general election, its adversaries aim for an end
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  Speaker 1: to Israel and Zionism. The publication also referenced an instance
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  Speaker 1: where where New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani branded Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal, a statement that then-rival
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eisenkot called pure antisemitism. In the UK, a report
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  Speaker 1: by American Thinker details how the British counterterrorism program Prevent
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  Speaker 1: investigated a non-Jewish woman, Holly Passmore, who actively supports Israel
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  Speaker 1: and the Jewish community. An anonymous report flagged her as
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  Speaker 1: vulnerable to Israeli manipulation. leading police to question her about
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  Speaker 1: her links to Israel and interest in Jewish issues. The
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  Speaker 1: article suggests this reflects suspicion toward supporters of Israel. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: the JC reports that Oscar-winning producer Lucy Kahn alleges she
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  Speaker 1: was forced out of the BBC after a nearly three-year
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  Speaker 1: battle over alleged anti-Semitism among colleagues, receiving a settlement of
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  Speaker 1: over £ 400, 000. Former BBC staff are now calling for an
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  Speaker 1: independent inquiry into the broadcaster. In case outcomes, the Campaign
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  Speaker 1: Against Antisemitism reports that the Crown Prosecution Service in the
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  Speaker 1: UK will now publish figures for prosecutions of antisemitic hate crime,
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  Speaker 1: a policy change following over a decade of advocacy by
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  Speaker 1: the organisation and prompted by recent events. PoliticoPro also reports
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  Speaker 1: that UC is seeking to dismiss a Department of Justice
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism lawsuit related to protests at UCLA during Israel's war
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. Finally, positive developments. The Atlanta Jewish Times highlights
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  Speaker 1: a teacher-ambassador program led by the Bremen and KSU, which
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  Speaker 1: traces the origins of the Nazi Party to combat antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: and hatred in classrooms. And J-Post reports on a Christian
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  Speaker 1: Leaders Summit held at Liberty University, where Leo Terrell received
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  Speaker 1: the Beacon Award for Courage for his contributions to fighting antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: with the summit aiming to equip students to confront Jew
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  Speaker 1: hatred and disinformation. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for listening
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