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Antisemitism Watch - September 21, 2026, 09 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 disturbing act of violence on Yom Kippur, Judaism's
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  Speaker 1: holiest day. In Belleville, Ontario, shots were fired outside the
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  Speaker 1: Sons of Jacob Synagogue Sunday night as worshippers gathered for services.
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  Speaker 1: The Toronto Sun and Belleville Police report that one officer
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  Speaker 1: was injured, and the alleged shooter sustained critical injuries. Sources
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  Speaker 1: within the congregation described dozens of shots fired through a window,
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  Speaker 1: with congregants taking cover. MPP John Fraser called it a
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  Speaker 1: horrific act of anti-Semitic violence, and Premier Doug Ford condemned
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  Speaker 1: the attack. Reporting also indicated that two individuals were wounded
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  Speaker 1: in a shooting incident near a Canadian synagogue on Judaism's
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  Speaker 1: holiest day, an event noted to have occurred eight years
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  Speaker 1: after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history at the
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  Speaker 1: Tree of Life Synagogue. In Wethersfield and Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic graffiti including swastikas and hateful messages, was spray-painted across
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  Speaker 1: multiple locations on vehicles, fences, and street signs. Wethersfield and
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  Speaker 1: Rocky Hill police are seeking public assistance and video footage
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  Speaker 1: to identify the vandals, who were active between Saturday night
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  Speaker 1: and early Sunday morning. Police stated that this hateful language
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  Speaker 1: does not reflect community values. In Winnipeg, Canada, Worshippers marking
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  Speaker 1: Yom Kippur found paid-duty police officers providing security outside synagogues.
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  Speaker 1: The Winnipeg Sun reports that while such security has been
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  Speaker 1: routine for years, the scale of the threat it guards
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  Speaker 1: against has significantly increased since October 7, 2023. The report
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  Speaker 1: also highlights near-total silence from the governments on this growing threat.
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  Speaker 1: In the realm of music and media, rapper Macklemore is
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  Speaker 1: reportedly facing backlash for an alleged anti-Semitic rant. American Thinker
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  Speaker 1: reports that Robert Kraft, owner of Gillette Stadium, demanded that
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  Speaker 1: Ed Sheeran remove McLemore as his opening act for a tour,
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  Speaker 1: threatening to cancel a stadium show. Sheeran subsequently fired McLemore.
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  Speaker 1: The publication characterizes the incident as entertainers embracing Jew hatred
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  Speaker 1: for cultural relevance, suggesting anti-Zionists often prioritize career advancement. Closer
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  Speaker 1: to home, a political campaign mailer has drawn scrutiny regarding anti-Semitism.
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  Speaker 1: According to reporting by Adam Pagnucco, Republican candidate Reardon Sully,
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  Speaker 1: Sullivan distributed a mailer accusing Democrat Julie Yang of misrepresenting
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  Speaker 1: her stance on antisemitism and a media endorsement. Pagnucco clarifies
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  Speaker 1: that while the Washington Jewish Week published positive comments about Yang,
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  Speaker 1: the outlet had actually endorsed her opponent, Debbie Spielberg, in
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  Speaker 1: the District 1 council race. On the campus front, former
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  Speaker 1: Harvard College dean Rakesh Khurana has commented on the aftermath
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  Speaker 1: of the December 2023 congressional testimony concerning campus antisemitism. Speaking
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  Speaker 1: at Cornell University, Curana stated that the university presidents who testified,
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  Speaker 1: including then-Harvard president Claudine Gay, failed to articulate the fundamental
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  Speaker 1: mission of a university. He noted the controversy that followed
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  Speaker 1: then-president Gay's testimony, where her response to questions about calls
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  Speaker 1: for genocide against Jews, with a depending-on-the-context answer, was described
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  Speaker 1: by Curana as legalistic and a perceived double standard. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Rachel Adler, thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. Follow
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