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Antisemitism Watch - August 6, 2026, 11 AM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to antisemitism. Watch I'm Rachel Adler. Today we
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  Speaker 1: begin with alarming statistics from the UK, where physical attacks
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  Speaker 1: on Jewish people surged by eighty two percent in the
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  Speaker 1: first half of twenty twenty six, reaching the highest six
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  Speaker 1: monthly total ever recorded by the Community Security Trust or CSD.
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  Speaker 1: The CSD logged one hundred and thirty five assaults, up
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  Speaker 1: from seventy four in the same period last year. Overall,
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic incidents rose twenty one percent to nineteen twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: the second highest total for a January to June period.
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  Speaker 1: The CSD report points to the Middle East conflict as
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  Speaker 1: a primary driver, with forty one percent of incidents referencing Israel,
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  Speaker 1: Gaza or the war, alongside anti Jewish language and six
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  Speaker 1: hundred and seventy six incidents showing explicit anti Zionist motivation
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  Speaker 1: combined with antisemitic abuse. This surge followed arson attacks on
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  Speaker 1: synagogues and a terror stabbing of two Jewish men in Golder's.
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  Speaker 1: Green Policing Minister Sarah Jones called the figures appalling. In response,
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  Speaker 1: the UK government announced a two hundred and fifty one
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  Speaker 1: million pounds funding package, including five hundred additional police officers
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  Speaker 1: to protect Jewish communities. This escalation of violence and targeting
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  Speaker 1: is mirrored in Canada, where police data indicates Jewish Canadians,
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  Speaker 1: despite making up only one percent of the population, have
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  Speaker 1: been targeted in more hate crimes than all other religious groups. Combined.
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  Speaker 1: Incidents include fire bombings, shootings, and harassment against synagogues, schools,
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  Speaker 1: and businesses. This alarming rise has led nearly two thousand
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Canadians to explore relocating to the United States or Israel,
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  Speaker 1: with initiatives like Tulsa Tomorrow offering support for potential migrants
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  Speaker 1: in the United States, a man in Sarasota, Florida, was
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  Speaker 1: arrested for vandalizing a synagogue with a brick. Brayton Laskinger
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  Speaker 1: admitted targeting the Jewish House of Worship and stated social
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  Speaker 1: media content fueled his anger, including reposting a video from
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  Speaker 1: New York City Mayor Zorin Mamdani criticizing Israeli Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netaniahu. The Anti Defamation Leagues VP of Counter Extremism
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  Speaker 1: Seth Jonathan S. J. Goodman commented that the words and
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  Speaker 1: actions of people in positions of power can certainly motivate
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  Speaker 1: other people. In New Jersey, Jackson police are investigating two
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  Speaker 1: separate incidents as bias crimes. Vandalism at a former school
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  Speaker 1: featuring antisemitic and anti African American messages like swastikas and
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  Speaker 1: Hyle Hitler and repeated intentional window damage at the Chai
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  Speaker 1: Lifeline Facility. Police Chief Mary Nelson condemned these acts, stating
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  Speaker 1: there is no place for hate in their community. On
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  Speaker 1: college campuses, particularly in Canada, a new report commissioned by
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  Speaker 1: Heritage Canada describes open hostility toward Jewish students as a
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  Speaker 1: normalized and systemic feature of campus life. The Campus Antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: and Student Experiences or Case Report, based on surveys of
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  Speaker 1: nine hundred Jewish students, found that more than ninety percent
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  Speaker 1: have experienced or witnessed antisemitism. Seven in ten Jewish respondents
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  Speaker 1: said their institution does not take antisemitism seriously, and over
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  Speaker 1: one in five reported witnessing physical violence. Faculty were cited
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  Speaker 1: in eighteen percent of reported antisemitic incidents, with students reporting
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  Speaker 1: professors introducing unrelated antisemitic or biased course content. In Quebec,
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  Speaker 1: the Superior Court has authorized a class action lawsuit against
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  Speaker 1: McGill University alleging its failure to take reasonable action to
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  Speaker 1: protect Jewish students from discrimination following the events of October seven,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. The judge found the allegation's raise sufficient
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  Speaker 1: concern to demonstrate that the cause of action stands a
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  Speaker 1: chance at trial. Globally, a peer reviewed review found a
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  Speaker 1: significant increase in reported antisemitism within health care professions since
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  Speaker 1: October seventh, twenty twenty three. In the U S, eighty
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  Speaker 1: eight percent of Jewish medical students and physicians reported experiencing antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: with fewer than two percent of surveyed institutions incorporating education
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  Speaker 1: about antisemitism in anti discrimination training in politics and media.
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  Speaker 1: Focus group discussions among Democratic voters revealed criticism of Israel
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  Speaker 1: that has crossed into antisemitic rhetoric, with participants attributing control
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  Speaker 1: of US policy to Israel. The Department of Justice has
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  Speaker 1: sent a letter to New York City Mayor Zorin Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: seeking answers over the rise of antisemitism and allegations of
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  Speaker 1: unequal treatment of Jewish residents, and has launched an investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Abdel Elsade's victory in Michigan's Democratic primary is viewed by
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  Speaker 1: some as an ominous sign for Jewish America, linked to
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  Speaker 1: what's described as the progressive lefts obsession with Israel and
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  Speaker 1: the normalization of antisemitism. In Florida's twenty fifth congressional district,
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism claims are a critical issue in the Moscow of
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  Speaker 1: its Larkin primary, with one candidate accused of embracing supporters
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  Speaker 1: who traffic in antisemitic rhetoric. Culturally, a controversial decision by
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  Speaker 1: Anna Wintour to feature disgraced fashion designer John Galliano, convicted
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  Speaker 1: for antisemitic and racist rants in twenty eleven as the
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  Speaker 1: focus for the twenty twenty seven met Costume Institute show
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  Speaker 1: is drawing sharp criticism, with Winter calling him no one
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  Speaker 1: more deserving. In policy, the Trump administration is tightening visa
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  Speaker 1: restrictions for foreign nationals alleged to promote antisemitism or incite
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  Speaker 1: violence against Jewish people. This comes after elite universities, led
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  Speaker 1: by Harvard and MIT successfully resisted Trump administration efforts to
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  Speaker 1: condition federal funding on compliance with its cultural agenda, including
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  Speaker 1: policing campus antisemitism. In the UK, a Royal Commission on
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is set to hear expert evidence online.
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  Speaker 1: Official data from England and Wales shows a record number
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  Speaker 1: of referrals to the government's anti terror program, with referrals
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  Speaker 1: related to extreme right wing ideology rising twenty percent to
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  Speaker 1: twenty one three in the year to September twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Reports continue to highlight the link between anti Israel sentiment
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  Speaker 1: and rising antisemitism. The UK SCSD found over forty percent
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  Speaker 1: of reported incidents mentioned the Middle East conflict and common
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  Speaker 1: harassments now include shouts of free Palestine. Concerns are amplified
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  Speaker 1: by tools like an AI generator created by former Netaniahu
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  Speaker 1: adviser David Keyes, which satirically generates antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming
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  Speaker 1: Israel for global events reflecting real world narratives. As the
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  Speaker 1: CSD noted, antisemitism is becoming more normalized and diffuse across
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  Speaker 1: a wider range of perpetrators. I'm Rachel Adler. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening to Antisemitism Watch. This report was generated with
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  Speaker 1: AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify important details
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  Speaker 1: with primary sources.