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Antisemitism Watch - September 22, 2026, 05 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 a violent incident near a synagogue in Belleville, Canada.
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  Speaker 1: On Sunday evening, during Yom Kippur services, a police officer
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  Speaker 1: was critically wounded while exchanging gunfire with a suspect near
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  Speaker 1: the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit confirmed
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  Speaker 1: the officer's condition and that the suspected shooter was apprehended.
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  Speaker 1: Belleville Police Deputy Chief Sherry Meeks stated that while the
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  Speaker 1: shooter's motive is still undetermined, The attack has had a
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  Speaker 1: significant impact on the Jewish community, and that antisemitism, hate,
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  Speaker 1: and violence have no place in their community. Synagogue President
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  Speaker 1: Norm Wedham told CNN that the officer, who had been
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  Speaker 1: hired for security during the services, appeared to have saved lives.
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  Speaker 1: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the shooting on Xslash Twitter,
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  Speaker 1: vowing to hold the shooter accountable and stating that Jewish
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  Speaker 1: people must be able to worship safely. Israel's foreign ministry
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  Speaker 1: decried the attack as an escalation of the antisemitism crisis
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  Speaker 1: in Canada, according to a social media statement. In the aftermath,
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  Speaker 1: Belleville police have ordered heightened patrols around places of worship,
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  Speaker 1: a measure also implemented by Toronto police. The context of
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  Speaker 1: such incidents also brings attention to the need for security
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  Speaker 1: personnel to carry firearms while protecting high-risk Jewish institutions. In
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  Speaker 1: German politics, The party Die Linke has achieved the largest
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  Speaker 1: number of votes in Berlin and may lead the city government. However,
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  Speaker 1: their victory is overshadowed by allegations of anti-Semitism. Dr. Joseph Schuster,
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  Speaker 1: president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, expressed
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  Speaker 1: deep trouble, pointing to campaign rallies where he stated a
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  Speaker 1: rapper used the phrases yalla, yalla, intifada, and death to
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  Speaker 1: the IDF, referring to the Israel Defense Forces. This reporting
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  Speaker 1: comes from Novra Media. On the campus front, The Hetchinger
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  Speaker 1: Report detailed a Treasury Department proposal that could strip tax-exempt
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  Speaker 1: status from private schools using race in admissions, a move
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  Speaker 1: that could affect up to 18,000 institutions, including minority-serving colleges.
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  Speaker 1: In its analysis of the proposal's potential impact on educational access,
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  Speaker 1: the Hetchinger Report drew on historical context. It noted that
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  Speaker 1: in the early 1900s, many American colleges instituted quotas limiting
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  Speaker 1: Jewish student admissions. Furthermore, it highlighted that Jewish scholars fleeing
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  Speaker 1: Nazi persecution in the 1930s found refuge at historically black
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  Speaker 1: colleges and universities, demonstrating how institutions created for underserved communities
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  Speaker 1: can also provide opportunity for others marginalized elsewhere. I'm Rachel Adler.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. Follow Antisemitism Watch
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  Speaker 1: This report was generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies,
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  Speaker 1: please verify important details with primary sources.