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Antisemitism Watch - September 17, 2026, 05 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: today with a case outcome that has drawn sharp criticism
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  Speaker 1: from Jewish community activists. A New York man, Yahia Amin,
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  Speaker 1: who was convicted of a violent antisemitic assault on an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli tourist just days after the October 7th attacks, received
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  Speaker 1: a sentence of just 90 days in jail. According to
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  Speaker 1: the New York Post, Amin stalked a group wearing yarmulkes
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  Speaker 1: through Times Square, screaming antisemitic slurs and incitement, including that
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  Speaker 1: Hamas should have killed more Jews, before physically striking the
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  Speaker 1: Israeli tourist. Amin had pleaded guilty to degree assault as
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  Speaker 1: a hate crime. Critics, including Jewish community activists, have called
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  Speaker 1: the 90-day sentence outrageously lenient and disproportionate, especially given the
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  Speaker 1: defendant's celebratory demeanor in court, where he flashed a victory sign.
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  Speaker 1: Community representatives warn that such leniency toward anti-Semitic violence sends
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous message amid rising antisemitic incidents across the United States.
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  Speaker 1: In Berlin, Germany, ahead of city elections, Elif Aralp, the
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  Speaker 1: lead candidate for the far-left Die Linke Party, is facing
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  Speaker 1: scrutiny over her party's rhetoric. Reporting indicates her party has
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  Speaker 1: faced accusations of antisemitism due to its strongly pro-Palestinian stance,
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  Speaker 1: a position that puts the party at odds with the
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  Speaker 1: strongly pro-Israeli stance of most mainstream German parties. Iralp, who
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  Speaker 1: is sometimes compared to the charismatic left-wing outsider Zoran Mamdani,
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  Speaker 1: the mayor of New York, faces these accusations, according to reporting.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to institutional responses, a resolution has been adopted that
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  Speaker 1: includes the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: for combating antisemitism and hate. Additionally, Utah's Antisemitism Task Force
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  Speaker 1: shared its successful anti-hate model and collaboration strategies with Pittsburgh leaders,
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  Speaker 1: offering a blueprint for intercommunity efforts to combat hate. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Rachel Adler, thank you for joining us on Antisemitism Watch.
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