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Antisemitism Watch - September 8, 2026, 09 AM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Santa Clara
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  Speaker 1: County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has been targeted on his
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  Speaker 1: campaign accounts with antisemitic and threatening social media posts. According
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  Speaker 1: to faith leaders who reported on the incident, these posts
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  Speaker 1: included hateful messages like, go back to Israel, you dumb traitor,
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  Speaker 1: terrorist F word, and direct threats such as death will
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  Speaker 1: come to you soon. The messages also invoked the dual
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  Speaker 1: loyalty trope, falsely claiming his Jewish faith disqualified him from
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  Speaker 1: impartial enforcement, and that he was more loyal to his
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  Speaker 1: religion than to his country. The rabbi and Muslim leader
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  Speaker 1: who wrote about this stated that this type of hatred
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  Speaker 1: is familiar to communities targeted by bigotry. Host Tucker Carlson
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  Speaker 1: called a guest's dismissal of algebra as fake math for
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  Speaker 1: good little goy slaves. Amazing. Reporting notes this incident reflects
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  Speaker 1: Carlson's ongoing pattern of antisemitic rhetoric, often linked to conspiracy theories.
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  Speaker 1: In Sweden, According to Jewish organizations, heightened concern over antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric and threats has led the Swedish left party to
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  Speaker 1: remove eight election candidates due to antisemitism and extremist posts. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: reports indicate that anti-Israel activists in New York are recycling
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  Speaker 1: the greedy Jewish landlord's trope, which is described as an
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  Speaker 1: alt-new form of antisemitism. Amidst these developments, J.D. Vance has
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  Speaker 1: defended his friendship with Tucker Carlson amid rising tensions within
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  Speaker 1: the GOP concerning antisemitism and foreign policy stances. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: institutional responses, the Anti-Defamation League reports a real shift in
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  Speaker 1: how Harvard University is handling antisemitism. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
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  Speaker 1: credited Harvard President Alan M. Garber's leadership and pressure from
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  Speaker 1: alumni for the changes. Harvard's antisemitism report card grade rose
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  Speaker 1: from an F in April 2024 to to a C
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  Speaker 1: in March 2025, and the university received a C again
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  Speaker 1: in 2026. Greenblatt highlighted the establishment of a presidential task
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  Speaker 1: force on antisemitism and a new office for community support,
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  Speaker 1: while also stating that antisemitism remains too prevalent for a
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  Speaker 1: higher grade. In terms of community security, reports indicate a
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  Speaker 1: significant allocation of $ 1 billion for securing U.S. Jewish communities. However,
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  Speaker 1: A tavern is reportedly fearing closure due to appalling, antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: abuse that has driven away customers, as Emma Sudano reported. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: some positive developments. Reports indicate Ukrainians are learning Yiddish, suggesting
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  Speaker 1: a cultural engagement. And the Jewish agency chief has stated
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  Speaker 1: that the October 7 attack and the subsequent rise in
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism since 2023 are dramatically changing the conversation and driving Aliyah,
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  Speaker 1: or immigration, to Israel. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for
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