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Antisemitism Watch - September 7, 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 disturbing reports from Toronto, where an antisemitic demonstration on
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  Speaker 1: July 26, 2026, featured blood libels and direct calls for
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  Speaker 1: violence against Jews, according to the Jerusalem Post. The procession
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  Speaker 1: was reportedly led by an academic who used a sound
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  Speaker 1: system to chant, Qazir Qazir Al Yahud, a direct call
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  Speaker 1: for violence. An author and chairperson of World WIZO described
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  Speaker 1: the event, as a shop window displaying the world as
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  Speaker 1: a whole, questioning the lack of police intervention and noting
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  Speaker 1: that antisemitism is being openly shouted in cities worldwide, often
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  Speaker 1: met with what they called a sympathetic local public and
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  Speaker 1: government policies. In related security assessments, Israel's National Security Council
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  Speaker 1: has warned of sharply increased motivation by Iran, Hamas, and
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  Speaker 1: other jihadist organizations to target Israelis and Jewish communities abroad.
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  Speaker 1: particularly for the upcoming holiday period, citing intensifying threat environments
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  Speaker 1: and operational activity among Iran-backed networks and global jihadist groups,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. On university campuses,
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  Speaker 1: a Holocaust survivor described the intimidation and isolation experienced by
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  Speaker 1: Jewish students in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, noting
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  Speaker 1: many Jewish students return with fears. B'nai B'rith Canada's pilot
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  Speaker 1: report card, assessed conditions for Jewish students at York, Toronto,
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  Speaker 1: Queen's and McGill Universities, finding that McGill, York and the
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  Speaker 1: University of Toronto received unsatisfactory or critical ratings for their
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  Speaker 1: handling of harassment, event disruptions and transparency in reporting antisemitic incidents.
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  Speaker 1: According to the report by B'nai B'rith Canada, this scrutiny
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  Speaker 1: comes as the Trump administration has reportedly been investigating dozens
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  Speaker 1: of major universities for allegedly fostering antisemitism, according to reporting
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  Speaker 1: reviewed for this episode. Separately, a prominent Columbia University protest
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  Speaker 1: leader facing deportation has sensationally blamed Israel's Mossad intelligence agency
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  Speaker 1: for the surfacing of alleged antisemitic statements linked to his activism,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. In politics and media,
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  Speaker 1: eight additional candidates from Sweden's Vensterpartiet, or Left Party, were
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  Speaker 1: removed from party lists after Expressen revealed they had praised
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  Speaker 1: Putin and Hamas and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including blood
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  Speaker 1: libel allegations. Party Secretary Maria Forsberg stated these individuals had
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  Speaker 1: expressed various types of conspiracy theories, according to reporting reviewed
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  Speaker 1: for this episode. DW Opinion criticized Obama alums John Favreau
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  Speaker 1: and John Lovett for their haughty mischaracterization of the blood libel.
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  Speaker 1: Arguing their discussion, reveals a tendency to use antisemitism for
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  Speaker 1: political gain or to tolerate it among friends, according to
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  Speaker 1: DW Opinion reporting. In hate crimes and vandalism, the Winnipeg
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  Speaker 1: Hate Crimes Unit is investigating hateful symbols, including a swastika
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  Speaker 1: and racist threats, found on a transit sign that targeted
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community, according to reporting from the Winnipeg Hate
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  Speaker 1: Crimes Unit. Police are also investigating vandalism and a break-in
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  Speaker 1: at the S.H. Willem School in Pards-Hannikarker, Israel, where swastikas
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  Speaker 1: were graffitied on classroom property. The Pards-Hannikarker local council condemned
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  Speaker 1: the incident as an expression of racism, hate and violence,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. In Melbourne, Australia,
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  Speaker 1: the Mediterranean Greek tavern faced a bomb threat and a
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  Speaker 1: surge of anti-Semitic online abuse following a joint Jewish-Greek cultural dinner,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. Authorities in Monticello,
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  Speaker 1: New York, are investigating burglaries at two synagogues that occurred
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  Speaker 1: on September 1 and September 3. One woman has been charged,
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  Speaker 1: and police are searching for a second suspect. However, authorities
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  Speaker 1: have not publicly announced a motive or indicated that the
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  Speaker 1: incidents are being investigated as hate crimes, according to reporting
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  Speaker 1: reviewed for this episode. In policy and institutional responses, a U.S.
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  Speaker 1: special envoy has issued a strong warning against plans to
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  Speaker 1: develop a convention center on the site of the historic
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  Speaker 1: Snipisks Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. U.S. Special Envoy Rabbi
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  Speaker 1: Yehuda Kaplan stated that any resolution recommending such development would
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  Speaker 1: be shameful and met with opposition, according to reporting reviewed
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  Speaker 1: for this episode. Internationally, Thailand announced on September 7, 2026,
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  Speaker 1: that it would deport French zoo owner Kevin Domino for
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  Speaker 1: engaging in threatening, harassing and abusive behavior, including overt antisemitic statements.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anutin Charmvarakal stated that visitors must respect Thai
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  Speaker 1: laws and customs, according to reporting reviewed for this episode.
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  Speaker 1: This follows a similar deportation order for an Israeli national
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the week. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for
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