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Antisemitism Watch - August 7, 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 deeply disturbing physical assault in Miami. An eighteen
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  Speaker 1: year old Jewish teenager wearing a kippa was attacked while
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  Speaker 1: sitting in a Starbucks inside a Target store. According to
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  Speaker 1: police reports and the victim's account, a woman approached him,
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  Speaker 1: screamed and struck him with a cell phone before attempting
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  Speaker 1: to attack him with a metal chair. Bystanders intervened and
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  Speaker 1: the assailant was arrested. Police have charged forty three year
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  Speaker 1: old Chaivan Juanita Palmer with aggravated battery, aggravated assault with
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  Speaker 1: a deadly weapon, with prejudice, and disorderly conduct, indicating a
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  Speaker 1: clear antisemitic motive behind the unprovoked attack, as reported by
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  Speaker 1: Source one Item E three C eight million, six hundred
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  Speaker 1: eighty one thousand, three hundred forty five f In New
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  Speaker 1: York City, statistics released by the NYPD reveal a stark
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  Speaker 1: increase in antisemitic hate crimes. For July, anti Jewish hate
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  Speaker 1: crimes rose more than fifty percent compared to the same
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  Speaker 1: period last year. Alarmingly, these incidents now account for seventy
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  Speaker 1: percent of all reported hate crimes in the city, despite
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  Speaker 1: Jewish residents making up only twelve percent of the population,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting by Source three item C seven twenty
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  Speaker 1: eight C eight F six B eighty one D. Also
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  Speaker 1: concerning is the sentencing in a physical attack on a
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  Speaker 1: Brooklyn synagogue. A New Jersey man, Dan Sohil, who repeatedly
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  Speaker 1: rammed his car into the Chabed Lubovitch World headquarters, smashing
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  Speaker 1: through protective barriers, received a sentence of just six months.
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  Speaker 1: He will walk free in a week, according to Source
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  Speaker 1: two item B fifty six A nine D f D
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight EBB. On campuses, a federal government commission study
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  Speaker 1: in Canada paints a grim picture. The Campus Antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: Student Experiences Report found that ninety five point seven per
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  Speaker 1: cent of approximately nine hundred surveyed Jewish college students reported
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  Speaker 1: experiencing at least one antisemitic incident in the prior year. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: eighty four percent described antisemitism as a serious problem at
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  Speaker 1: their institution, and seventy percent stated their university did not
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  Speaker 1: take the issue seriously. As detailed by Source for item
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  Speaker 1: fifty four F ninety six EKE thirty three f at
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  Speaker 1: Wesley College in Perth, Australia, students have been suspended for
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  Speaker 1: sharing antisemitic messages and memes in a private group chat
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  Speaker 1: targeting a peer. A college spokesperson confirmed the incident involved
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic language and memes and that the college acted immediately
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  Speaker 1: with suspensions and addressing the matter with families. As reported
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  Speaker 1: by Source one item A seventy five C five A
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  Speaker 1: seven C seven six. In the United States, an incident
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  Speaker 1: at Cornell University highlighted blatant antisemitism in a professional context.
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  Speaker 1: Student Austin Franco reportedly told a start up I'm not
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  Speaker 1: interested in working for a Jew. Morgan strongly condemned Franco's
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  Speaker 1: statement as thick and antisemitic, noting the student's on repentant stance,
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  Speaker 1: according to Source two, item B fifty six A nine
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  Speaker 1: DFD twenty eight EBB. New York City Mayor Zuren Mamdani's
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  Speaker 1: public persona is being contrasted with his behind the scenes
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  Speaker 1: reputation for sensitivity to criticism. According to a New York
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  Speaker 1: Post report citing over a dozen anonymous political insiders, Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: frequently contacts critics, harbour's grudges and closely monitors. Negative media
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  Speaker 1: sources indicate he became frustrated after Jewish community leaders urged
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  Speaker 1: him to temper his rhetoric toward Israel following an alleged
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic stabbing, objecting to suggestions that his video calling Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister net Niahu a war criminal had inflamed tensions, as
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  Speaker 1: detailed by Source fourteen item see six A two million,
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  Speaker 1: three hundred eight thousand, eight hundred twelve B seven. In Denver,
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  Speaker 1: democratic socialist mele At Cairos has won a primary upset,
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  Speaker 1: with local leaders warning her rhetoric blames Israel for domestic
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism and fuels violent threats. Similarly, reports highlight the stance
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  Speaker 1: of Abdelel Sade, described as embracing an anti jew and
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  Speaker 1: progyhoddist agenda, equating Israel with Hamas and endorsing a position
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  Speaker 1: against the existence of a Jewish state, according to sources
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  Speaker 1: eleven and seven item B fifty six A nine, DFD
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight EBB. Senator John Fetterman also drew attention for
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  Speaker 1: his sharp criticism of an anti Israel media outlet. Fetterman
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  Speaker 1: reportedly marked a reporter from drop site News on Capitol Hill,
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  Speaker 1: labeling the outlet trash and stating he supports watching Israel
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  Speaker 1: eliminate terrorist leaders. As covered by Source twelve, item B
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  Speaker 1: fifty six A nine DFD twenty eight EBB, the narrative
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  Speaker 1: surrounding Middle Eastern conflicts is increasingly being targeted by antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: conspiracy theories. An article notes how these theories are weaponized
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  Speaker 1: as modern political blood libels against the US and Morocco,
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  Speaker 1: distorting reports of company involvement in Sudan to accuse Israel's
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  Speaker 1: allies of orchestrating African conflicts to harvest resources, a pattern
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  Speaker 1: that echoes medieval accusations against Jews, according to Source ten
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  Speaker 1: item E eight four C thirty nine C seven six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty one. We also examine the complex relationship
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  Speaker 1: between criticism of the Israeli government and accusations of antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: Sources explore whether criticizing actions of the Israeli government or
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  Speaker 1: its Prime minister fuels antisemitism, with one piece arguing it
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  Speaker 1: is a mistake to conflate protest against Israeli human rights
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  Speaker 1: abuses with antisemitism. It contends that blame for increased antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: should be placed on the actions of Israel's government not
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  Speaker 1: on those who protest them, according to sources eight item
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  Speaker 1: E eight AE fifty five C forty eighty four and
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  Speaker 1: nine Item four D five A fifty five thousand, six
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  Speaker 1: hundred sixty seven eight. Finally, in Australia, Victoria's Commissioner for
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  Speaker 1: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism testified to the Royal Commission
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  Speaker 1: on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion about a sustained increase in
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  Speaker 1: referrals to extremism programs. This rise was noted following the
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  Speaker 1: Israel Gaza War and subsequent to the Bondi attack, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by Source three Item seven million, eight hundred twelve thousand,
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred three C twenty four b B. I'm Rachel Adler,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. This report was
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  Speaker 1: generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify
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  Speaker 1: important details with primary sources.