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Antisemitism Watch - September 16, 2026, 05 PM 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 disturbing acts of vandalism targeting Jewish communities and institutions.
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  Speaker 1: In Manchester, New Hampshire, vandals spray-painted swastikas and the words,
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  Speaker 1: white power, on the side of the mocha pot coffee
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  Speaker 1: shop and smashed its windows. Co-owner Dan Haggerty told reporters,
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  Speaker 1: no one here is scared, while Mayor Jay Rios condemned
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  Speaker 1: the act as disgusting and stated it has absolutely no
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  Speaker 1: place in this city. Manchester police are investigating the hate crime,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. Over the Rosh
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  Speaker 1: Hashanah weekend, two homes in Imperial Beach, California, were also
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  Speaker 1: vandalised with Nazi swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti, according to
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  Speaker 1: reporting reviewed for this episode. In New York City, accountability
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  Speaker 1: has been reached for an antisemitic assault. Yehia Amin was
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  Speaker 1: sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to
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  Speaker 1: assault as a hate crime. Prosecutors stated Ammon stalked Kippa-wearing
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  Speaker 1: Jews through Times Square and punched an Israeli tourist days
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  Speaker 1: after October 7, making anti-Semitic threats such as, Hamas should
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  Speaker 1: kill more of you, and all Jews should die. Glenn
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  Speaker 1: Richter of the New York Jewish Community Judicial Watch Group
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  Speaker 1: commented on Ammon's demeanor during the sentencing. According to reporting
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  Speaker 1: reviewed for this episode, Jewish students faced harassment on campus
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  Speaker 1: and abroad during the recent Rosh Hashanah holiday. At Wilfrid
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  Speaker 1: Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, two Jewish prayer scrolls, known
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  Speaker 1: as mezuzahs, were smashed and torn from residents' doors. Rabbi
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  Speaker 1: Moshe Goldman of the Roer Chabad Center for Jewish Life
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  Speaker 1: described the impact as creating intimidation and fear for Jewish students,
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  Speaker 1: CBC News reported. In Jerusalem, a Reform synagogue was pelted
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  Speaker 1: with eggs by youths on Rosh Hashanah, marking the second
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  Speaker 1: such attack on the synagogue in a month. According to
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  Speaker 1: reporting reviewed for this episode, on the political and media front,
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  Speaker 1: New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani announced he has no
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  Speaker 1: plans to attend protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: during his visit for the United Nations General Assembly. Mamdani,
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  Speaker 1: who had previously pledged to seek Netanyahu's arrest, stated his
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  Speaker 1: focus is on ensuring city safety and respecting the right
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  Speaker 1: to protest, according to reporting reviewed for this episode. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: comedian Bill Maher used his HBO show to criticize musicians
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  Speaker 1: like Macklemore for labeling the war in Gaza a genocide,
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  Speaker 1: arguing that such rhetoric contributes to a global rise in antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: Maher stated, Gaza equals genocide is a lie, an easily
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  Speaker 1: provable lie, according to reporting reviewed for this episode. Watchdog
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  Speaker 1: groups are tracking a significant number of global antisemitic incidents.
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  Speaker 1: Cam documented 104 antisemitic incidents worldwide in the past week,
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  Speaker 1: with 57.7% linked to the far left and 28.8% to
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  Speaker 1: Islamist-inspired sources. Cam also noted persistent 9-11 conspiracy theories blaming Jews.
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  Speaker 1: This coincides with New York Police Department data showing that
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic offenses constituted over half of all confirmed hate crimes
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  Speaker 1: in New York City during the first eight months of 2026.
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. In institutional and
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  Speaker 1: policy developments, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and
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  Speaker 1: Human Services announced a settlement with Lincoln Memorial University, resolving
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  Speaker 1: a civil rights complaint. The university had allegedly enacted policies
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  Speaker 1: preventing Jewish students from taking final exams that fell on
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  Speaker 1: Jewish holidays. HHS Director Paul Stannard emphasized the settlement underscores
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  Speaker 1: a commitment to eliminating antisemitism and religious discrimination, the algemeiner reported.
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  Speaker 1: In Australia, the health regulator AHPRA adopted the International Holocaust
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  Speaker 1: Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Internal documents revealed concerns that
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  Speaker 1: the definition may create further ambiguity and the perception of
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  Speaker 1: alignment with particular political positions, according to reporting reviewed for
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  Speaker 1: this episode. U.S. Senator Jackie Rosen is advocating for increased
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  Speaker 1: federal security funding for religious institutions. Citing FBI data that
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Americans were the target of nearly 70% of religiously
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  Speaker 1: motivated hate crimes in the U.S. in 2025, Rosen highlighted
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  Speaker 1: the severe financial and psychological toll on congregations, according to
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  Speaker 1: reporting reviewed for this episode. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you
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