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Manhattan Stabbing Amid Hate Crime Probe · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Today, we're
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  Speaker 1: tracking serious incidents of hate, policy debates in education, and
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  Speaker 1: troubling rhetoric. Before we begin, a reminder about our expanded coverage.
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, focusing on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region, is now available at clockworkmedia.org.ma. In
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  Speaker 1: New York City, authorities are investigating a disturbing incident in
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  Speaker 1: Manhattan's Diamond District, as an anti-Semitic hate crime. The New
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  Speaker 1: York Daily News reported that a 26-year-old man wearing traditional
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  Speaker 1: Hasidic garb was stabbed in the back with a syringe
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  Speaker 1: by a stranger on Wednesday evening. Police told the Daily
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  Speaker 1: News the attack occurred on West 47th Street and the
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  Speaker 1: victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital. The New York Police
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  Speaker 1: Department's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating, according to the
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  Speaker 1: Daily News, and the perpetrator has not been apprehended. The
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Chronicle also reported on the NYPD probing the incident
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  Speaker 1: as a hate crime. PJ Media noted that the attack
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  Speaker 1: occurred amidst concerns of rising anti-Semitism in the city. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: in Utah, federal authorities are pursuing charges related to a
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  Speaker 1: plot targeting a synagogue. Just the News reports that Skyler A.J. Rose, 22,
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  Speaker 1: of Ogden, Utah, has been indicted by a federal grand
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  Speaker 1: jury on charges including attempted hate crime and threats against
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  Speaker 1: a synagogue. According to court documents cited by Just the News,
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  Speaker 1: investigators traced online threats, including the statement, I want to
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  Speaker 1: blow up a synagogue, back to Rose's home. A Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice media advisory also confirmed the indictment for hate
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  Speaker 1: crime and other offenses following alleged online threats. Just the
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  Speaker 1: News reported that a search warrant executed by authorities recovered
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  Speaker 1: six improvised explosive pipe bombs and components. In Education, a
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  Speaker 1: report by the House Committee on Education, and the workforce
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  Speaker 1: has detailed what it calls widespread antisemitism and political activism.
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  Speaker 1: Within American Cato 12 public schools and teachers' unions, according
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  Speaker 1: to the Jerusalem Post, the committee's investigation focused on districts
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  Speaker 1: including Philadelphia. Alleging its social studies curriculum promoted an ideology
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  Speaker 1: justifying violent resistance and legitimized radical groups that incite antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: Chalkbeat reports that the School District of Philadelphia plans to
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  Speaker 1: overhaul its social studies curriculum, partnering with national experts, with
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  Speaker 1: new materials expected by the 2027-28 school year. A district
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson told Chalkbeat that the committee's report distorts and mischaracterizes
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  Speaker 1: our record. The committee's report, as detailed by the Jerusalem Post,
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  Speaker 1: also investigated the National Education Association. Across the Atlantic, The
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  Speaker 1: UK government has adopted sweeping measures to combat antisemitism in
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  Speaker 1: English schools. Following a government-commissioned review that found three in
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  Speaker 1: five Jewish students reported experiencing antisemitism, JTA reports that the
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  Speaker 1: government accepted recommendations including dedicated antisemitism training and improved recording
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  Speaker 1: of incidents. The government will also encourage schools to adopt
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  Speaker 1: the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, working definition of antisemitism. However,
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  Speaker 1: the National Education Union, the UK's largest teachers' union, has
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  Speaker 1: raised concerns. JTA and jweekly.com report that the NEU stated
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  Speaker 1: the IHRA definition risks blurring the line between antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: legitimate criticism of the Israeli government. Separately, in the US,
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  Speaker 1: reporting from the News Observer indicates that policies at the
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  Speaker 1: University of North Carolina are being shaped to ensure Jewish
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  Speaker 1: students feel safe on campus. The Anti-Defamation League, or ADL,
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  Speaker 1: has accused novelist Susan Abulhawa of spreading explicit anti-Semitism and
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust denial. According to the ADL, Abulhawa has used her
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  Speaker 1: platform to propagate tropes of Jewish control and bloodthirst. The
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  Speaker 1: ADL also states she has made references to lampshades and
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  Speaker 1: soap in relation to Holocaust victims and questioned the authenticity
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  Speaker 1: of Holocaust, survivors' concentration camp tattoos. In rhetoric related to Israel,
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  Speaker 1: official Palestinian Authority TV broadcasted content that lauded Haj Amin al-Husseini,
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  Speaker 1: a 20th century Palestinian leader and Nazi collaborator, as a
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  Speaker 1: symbol of Palestinian struggle. Aljamina reports that the PA TV
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  Speaker 1: narrative described al-Husseini's time in Germany during World War II
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  Speaker 1: as finding refuge, and highlighted his efforts to gain Hitler's support.
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  Speaker 1: Al-Jameena detailed al-Husseini's active collaboration with the Nazi regime, including
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  Speaker 1: broadcasting calls to kill Jews on Nazi radio. In terms
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  Speaker 1: of accountability, Israeli actress Sarai Jividi has filed a defamation
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  Speaker 1: lawsuit against United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Al-Jameena reports
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  Speaker 1: that Jividi alleges Albanese twisted her interview remarks and compared
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  Speaker 1: them to Nazi officials' justifications for killing children during the Holocaust.
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  Speaker 1: A post on X, which al-Jameena states led to online
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  Speaker 1: abuse and death threats against Jivadi. The Department of Justice
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  Speaker 1: has also confirmed the federal indictment of Skyler, A.J. Rose
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  Speaker 1: for making online threats against a synagogue, which led to
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  Speaker 1: the discovery of pipe bombs, as reported by the DOJ
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  Speaker 1: and referenced by Just the News. That's our report for today.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch.
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