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Haverford Professor Arrested for Antisemitic Cyberstalking · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: launching Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, providing focused coverage from New York,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region. Visit clockworkmedia.org slash
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  Speaker 1: m a this week. A Haverford College professor was arrested
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  Speaker 1: and charged with cyberstalking a Jewish person over several months,
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  Speaker 1: allegedly sending antisemitic messages. According to a federal indictment reported
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  Speaker 1: by JTA, Guangxin Ha sent approximately 50 messages between October
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  Speaker 1: 2025 and May 2026, including phrases like Jew, get the
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  Speaker 1: FK out of my country, and Jew pig, and suggesting
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  Speaker 1: Jewish people should be placed in special camps. Ha also
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  Speaker 1: allegedly posted the victim's home address. Haverford President Wendy Raymond
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  Speaker 1: stated Ha has been placed on administrative leave. Ha was
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  Speaker 1: previously named in a 2024 antisemitism lawsuit against the school.
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  Speaker 1: In New York City, Mayor Zoran Mamdani is facing renewed
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  Speaker 1: criticism following a statement marking the third anniversary of the
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  Speaker 1: October 7th attack. Thecentersquare.com reported that while Mamdani condemned the attack,
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  Speaker 1: he also accused the Israeli government of committing genocide in response.
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  Speaker 1: The Anti-Defamation League blasted the statement, calling it weaponizing a
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  Speaker 1: day meant for mourning. Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon accused
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani of attempting to hijack the day to criticize Israel.
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration has continued to pressure universities over anti-Semitism allegations,
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  Speaker 1: according to wjacktv.com. In early 2025, a multi-agency task force
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  Speaker 1: to combat anti-Semitism was formed and federal funding was reviewed.
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  Speaker 1: In February 2025, the Education Department opened Title VI investigations
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  Speaker 1: into institutions including Columbia University and Harvard University. By March 2025,
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  Speaker 1: the administration cancelled approximately $ 400 million in federal grants and
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  Speaker 1: contracts to Colombia and froze $ 2. 2 billion in grants and
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  Speaker 1: $ 60 million in contracts for Harvard citing failures to adequately
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  Speaker 1: respond to harassment of Jewish students. These actions have faced
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  Speaker 1: legal challenges from universities and civil liberties groups. Across the Atlantic,
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  Speaker 1: universities in Germany have become hotspots for anti-Semitic mobilization since
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  Speaker 1: October 7th, as reported by europeaninterest.eu. A survey for the
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  Speaker 1: 2024-2025 academic year found that 85% of Jewish students concealed
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  Speaker 1: their identity at least once. One in three Jewish students
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  Speaker 1: knows classmates who have been physically threatened or attacked. Ron Deckel,
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  Speaker 1: president of the Jewish Students' Union of Germany, explained that
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  Speaker 1: Jewish students often fear for their safety on campus. In
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  Speaker 1: the UK, The Green Party of England and Wales has
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  Speaker 1: adopted a policy defining Zionism as racism, leading to global
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  Speaker 1: backlash and internal division, according to JTA.org. Vivian Lichtenstein, head
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  Speaker 1: of the Jewish Greens, told JTA the policy potentially puts
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  Speaker 1: Jewish and other members at risk, and she is considering
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  Speaker 1: leaving the party. The European Green Party has also distanced
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  Speaker 1: itself from the motion. In San Anselmo, California, Brookside Elementary
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  Speaker 1: School was the target of anti-Semitic vandalism over a weekend. NBCBayeria.com
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  Speaker 1: reported that graffiti including the phrase, I hate Jews, and
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  Speaker 1: a swastika was found on the asphalt and quickly removed.
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  Speaker 1: No arrests have been made in the case, and a
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  Speaker 1: reward is being offered. Meanwhile, Berlin continues to experience record
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  Speaker 1: levels of anti-Semitic incidents, according to Aljaminer. Germany's Federal Association
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  Speaker 1: of Departments for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism, RIAS, warned
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  Speaker 1: that in 2025, over 2,000, 100 antisemitic incidents were recorded
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  Speaker 1: in the German capital, a figure double that from before
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  Speaker 1: the war in Gaza. Indications suggest this high level of
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  Speaker 1: hostility has persisted into 2026. The report highlights that Jews
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  Speaker 1: and Israelis in Berlin are increasingly afraid to wear visible
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  Speaker 1: Jewish symbols or speak Hebrew in public. with the Berlin
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  Speaker 1: Public Prosecutor's Office handling thousands of criminal cases related to
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  Speaker 1: the conflict. Nearly 1,900 classified as antisemitic crimes. I'm Rachel Adler,
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