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Antisemitism Watch - September 13, 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: today with disturbing news from the Venice Film Festival, where
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli film, Naza, received significant accolades, including a 25-minute
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  Speaker 1: standing ovation. However, the film is accused by its author
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  Speaker 1: of employing one of the oldest weapons in the arsenal
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism, a blood libel against Jews. The author writes
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  Speaker 1: that the film, created by Jewish and Israeli filmmakers, presents
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  Speaker 1: a double deception. allowing international audiences to view accusations against
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  Speaker 1: Israel as validated from within Israeli society. The author states
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  Speaker 1: that the film depicts civilian deaths as the consequence of
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  Speaker 1: a deliberate policy of cruelty and extermination. But their own
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  Speaker 1: investigation contradicts this. They argue that turning the tragedy of
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  Speaker 1: war into an accusation that Jews deliberately thirst for innocent
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  Speaker 1: blood is something much older and darker. The author concludes
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  Speaker 1: that the extensive applause for this alleged blood libel is
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  Speaker 1: significant and disturbing. Turning to the political arena, we look
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  Speaker 1: at concerning rhetoric from candidates. In Texas, Beau French, the
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  Speaker 1: Republican nominee for railroad commissioner, has a documented history of
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  Speaker 1: racist and anti-Semitic statements. According to reporting, French embraces the
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  Speaker 1: great replacement theory and has polled who's a bigger threat
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  Speaker 1: to Texas, Muslims or Jews. Furthermore, French drew a connection
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  Speaker 1: between his Democratic opponent, John Rosenthal, who is Jewish, and
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  Speaker 1: the Bolshevik revolution, a remark described as a not-so-subtle anti-Semitic
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  Speaker 1: dog whistle. On a different platform, the streamer Hassan Piker
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  Speaker 1: is noted for speaking about conspiracies and celebrating terrorist organizations
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  Speaker 1: like Hamas and Hezbollah, as detailed in one of the
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  Speaker 1: reports reviewed. In matters of community security, a recent ruling
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  Speaker 1: in Florida now permits a rabbi to carry a firearm
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  Speaker 1: within his synagogue. Reporting indicates this development follows the organization
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  Speaker 1: of the South Shore Synagogue Community's Volunteer Armed Security Team.
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  Speaker 1: This team was established and trained in the wake of
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  Speaker 1: the October 7th attacks on Israel, which led to a
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  Speaker 1: significant spike in threats against Jewish communities. Finally, new data
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  Speaker 1: sheds light on immigration trends from Israel, potentially linked to
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  Speaker 1: global antisemitism concerns. A study by Tel Aviv University, drawing
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  Speaker 1: on Central Bureau of Statistics data, reveals a significant increase
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  Speaker 1: in citizen emigration. Between 2023 and 2025, over 268,000 citizens
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  Speaker 1: left Israel for periods of at least three consecutive months.
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  Speaker 1: This figure is considerably higher than the nearly 183,000 who
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  Speaker 1: emigrated during the corresponding three-year period a decade prior. The
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  Speaker 1: reporting suggests this trend is influenced by a perception that
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism continues to spread and violent antisemitic incidents go unchecked worldwide,
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  Speaker 1: prompting some Israelis to seek better futures abroad. I'm Rachel Adler,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for joining us on Antisemitism Watch. Follow Antisemitism
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