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Antisemitism Watch - September 8, 2026, 09 PM 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. Separately, reporting indicates
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  Speaker 1: that a tavern is fearing closure due to what are
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  Speaker 1: described as appalling, antisemitic abuse that has driven away customers.
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  Speaker 1: A widower is urging authorities to charge the driver whose
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  Speaker 1: alleged recklessness, caused his wife's death with an anti-Semitic hate crime.
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  Speaker 1: Dawood Faisal, accused in the fatal crash that killed Kara Trager,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly vandalized a Jewish bagel shop twice in the same
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  Speaker 1: heavily Jewish neighborhood before the incident. Critics suggest this pattern
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  Speaker 1: indicates intent to harm Jews and that his car was
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  Speaker 1: used as a weapon, leading to calls for hate crime charges.
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  Speaker 1: In higher education, a federal appeals court has revived a
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  Speaker 1: lawsuit filed in 2022 against the Lowe's Angels Unified School District.
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  Speaker 1: Jewish parents and teachers are challenging ethnic studies materials they
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  Speaker 1: allege promote antisemitism and Jew hatred. The materials reportedly describe
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  Speaker 1: Israel as a colonialist and settler state, founded through genocide,
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  Speaker 1: ethnic cleansing, and apartheid, and label Zionism a nationalist colonial ideology.
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  Speaker 1: The Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court's dismissal. allowing the
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  Speaker 1: plaintiffs to revise their complaint and better explain how their
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  Speaker 1: children were harmed. This comes as the Anti-Defamation League reports
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  Speaker 1: 83% of Jewish college students have experienced or witnessed antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: on campus, a concern echoed by Elijah Wiesel, grandson of
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel, who expressed worry over the current
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  Speaker 1: state of antisemitism, particularly on college campuses. Media figures are
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  Speaker 1: facing scrutiny for antisemitic rhetoric. Host Tucker Carlson called a
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  Speaker 1: guest's dismissal of algebra as fake math for good little
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  Speaker 1: goy slaves. Amazing. Reporting notes, this reflects Carlson's ongoing pattern
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitic rhetoric, often linked to conspiracy theories. J.D. Vance
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  Speaker 1: has defended his friendship with Tucker Carlson amid rising tensions
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  Speaker 1: within the GOP concerning antisemitism and foreign policy stances. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: former Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke out on rising antisemitism. lamenting
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  Speaker 1: that young people don't understand the Holocaust because it isn't
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  Speaker 1: on Instagram. He cautioned against equating opposition to Israel's policies
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  Speaker 1: with antisemitism or hostility toward American Jews. Additionally, reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: that anti-Israel activists in New York are recycling the greedy
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  Speaker 1: Jewish landlord's trope, which is described as an alt-new or
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  Speaker 1: new-old form of antisemitism. On the policy front, the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: House of Representatives said, passed the Protect Economic and Academic
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  Speaker 1: Freedom Act, which restricts federal aid to colleges promoting academic
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  Speaker 1: iterations of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The bill also requires colleges to ensure students can participate
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  Speaker 1: in academic programs in Israel. Separately, reports indicate the US
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  Speaker 1: has allocated $ 1 billion for the security of Jewish communities.
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  Speaker 1: In Sweden, heightened concern over antisemitic rhetoric and threats has
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  Speaker 1: led the Swedish left party to remove eight election candidates.
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  Speaker 1: And groundbreaking research from American University shows that AI-generated videos
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  Speaker 1: can effectively pre-bunk adults against anti-Semitic manipulation, reducing belief in
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  Speaker 1: conspiracies for weeks. Security measures are being enhanced in Jewish
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  Speaker 1: communities globally. British authorities are stepping up security around synagogues
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  Speaker 1: and Jewish community sites ahead of the High Holy Days.
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  Speaker 1: increasing police patrols and specialized measures in response to rising antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: Toronto police are similarly enhancing security, deploying visible and covert
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  Speaker 1: resources and a specialized task force due to an alarming
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  Speaker 1: increase in hate-motivated incidents. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow stated the
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  Speaker 1: city faces a moment of emboldened antisemitism. These heightened security
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  Speaker 1: needs come as the annual cost to secure Jewish communal
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  Speaker 1: life in the United States increases, has surpassed $ 1 billion,
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  Speaker 1: a 33% increase since 2024, functioning like a tax on
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  Speaker 1: Jewish life and diverting funds from essential services. In case outcomes,
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  Speaker 1: Raoul Morales has been indicted for attempted murder in the
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  Speaker 1: second degree as a hate crime for alleged anti-Semitic stabbings
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  Speaker 1: on the Upper West Side of New York City. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: stated that anti-Semitic texts found on Morales' phone revealed the
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  Speaker 1: alleged motivation for the double stabbing. Finally, On a positive note,
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish agency chief has stated that the October 7
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  Speaker 1: attack and the subsequent rise in antisemitism since 2023 are
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  Speaker 1: dramatically changing the conversation and driving Aliyah, or immigration to Israel.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch.
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