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NYC Rabbi Stabbing Suspect Arrested · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're launching
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and
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  Speaker 1: the Philadelphia region at clockworkmedia.org. In New York City, Anna
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  Speaker 1: Mokalova was arrested Saturday in connection with a spree of
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  Speaker 1: attacks on Jewish men in midtown Manhattan, according to multiple
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  Speaker 1: reports including the New York Post and the New York
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  Speaker 1: Daily News. Prosecutors say she stabbed a 26-year-old rabbi with
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  Speaker 1: a syringe near West 47th Street and Fifth Avenue on
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday evening, the New York Post reported. The rabbi, who
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  Speaker 1: identified himself as Yosef, told the New York Post he
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  Speaker 1: believes he was targeted because he is visibly Jewish. Minutes later,
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  Speaker 1: Mokalova allegedly threatened a second Jewish man, wearing a yarmulke,
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  Speaker 1: telling him, run away from here. I have a gun.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to shoot you. according to court documents cited
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  Speaker 1: by the New York Daily News and the New York Post.
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  Speaker 1: The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating both incidents
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  Speaker 1: as anti-Semitic attacks, according to police. Assistant District Attorney Emily
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  Speaker 1: Hong stated in court that Mokalova selected both of her
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  Speaker 1: targets because she believed them to be Jewish. Bail was
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  Speaker 1: set at $ 50, 000 cash by Judge Linda Capitti, who cited
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  Speaker 1: the seriousness of the allegations. Manhattan Shamrim Volunteers, alongside groups
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  Speaker 1: in Crown Heights and Queens, are credited by WFMD.com and JFeed.org,
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  Speaker 1: with helping secure the arrest through community efforts and public
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  Speaker 1: appeals for video evidence. Despite the attack, the rabbi told
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  Speaker 1: the New York Post he returned to the scene the
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  Speaker 1: next day for more outreach, citing his grandparents' resilience surviving
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  Speaker 1: the Holocaust. In the United Kingdom, the Board of Deputies
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  Speaker 1: of British Jews, the UK's largest Jewish body, has declared
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  Speaker 1: the Green Party of England and Wales a racist party.
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  Speaker 1: According to the BBC, this declaration followed the party's adoption
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  Speaker 1: of a motion stating, Zionism is racism. Board of Deputies
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  Speaker 1: President Phil Rosenberg said the motion brands much of our
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  Speaker 1: community with that slur and gives prejudice against Jews a
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  Speaker 1: political license. The Green Party spokesman, however, insisted the party
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  Speaker 1: does not discriminate and stated they will not stop us
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  Speaker 1: from speaking out against the genocide in Gaza and pushing
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  Speaker 1: for stronger sanctions against the Israeli government. In a case outcome,
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  Speaker 1: the BBC is reportedly set to pay a £ 400, 000 settlement
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  Speaker 1: to Oscar-winning filmmaker Lucy Kahn. Following allegations of antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: bullying during her employment, the Daily Mail reported, Kahn, who
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  Speaker 1: has family in Israel, claims colleagues told her Zionists like
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  Speaker 1: her were evil, pressured her to contextualise the October 7
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  Speaker 1: Hamas attacks, and to call Israel terrorists too. She described feeling,
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  Speaker 1: like having Jew stamped on my forehead, and stated she
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  Speaker 1: believed the BBC attempted to stop her job because of
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  Speaker 1: her religion. The broadcaster has not issued a formal apology
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  Speaker 1: or acknowledged her victimhood of antisemitism. Amid concerns over rising
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism in New York, hundreds of Orthodox Jewish families are
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  Speaker 1: relocating to lakefront estates in Glades County, Florida, according to
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  Speaker 1: a New York Post report highlighted by Ground News. The
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  Speaker 1: move is driven by rising antisemitism, political tensions, and the
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  Speaker 1: high cost of living in New York, the report indicates.
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  Speaker 1: This exodus comes as NYPD data shows anti-Jewish hate crimes
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  Speaker 1: have been rising in New York City. I'm Rachel Adler,
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