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Nevada Candidate's Forum Linked to Nazi Talk, Slurs · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: launching Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, providing focused coverage from New York,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region. Find out more
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  Speaker 1: at clockworkmedia.org slash M-A. We begin with troubling revelations from
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  Speaker 1: an online forum controlled by Nevada GOP House candidate Marty O'Donnell.
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  Speaker 1: An associated press review, detailed by Yahoo.com and The Washington Post,
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  Speaker 1: uncovered thousands of posts made on the forum between 2022
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  Speaker 1: and 2026 that contained racial slurs, minimizations of Nazi Germany,
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  Speaker 1: and defenses of white nationalist conspiracy theories. O'Donnell's campaign spokesman,
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  Speaker 1: Keith Skipper, stated that O'Donnell has zero tolerance for hate
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  Speaker 1: and that the campaign has since assigned a staffer to
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  Speaker 1: monitor and ban users spewing racist and antisemitic vitriol, though
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  Speaker 1: Skipper admitted some posts were missed over the years. The
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  Speaker 1: spokesman added that Marty's support of Israel is unequivocal and
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  Speaker 1: he will not tolerate the rise of anti-Semitism. In sports,
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  Speaker 1: an incident involving New England Revolution player Dor Terjeman has
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  Speaker 1: drawn attention. According to the Boston Herald, last August, after
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  Speaker 1: scoring a goal against CF Montreal, fans reportedly threatened Terjeman
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  Speaker 1: and his family shouted anti-Semitic slurs including death to Israel
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  Speaker 1: and threw beverage containers that struck him. Following an MLS investigation,
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  Speaker 1: CF Montreal issued an apology to the revolution, permanently banned
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  Speaker 1: two supporters, and temporarily suspended supporter privileges for their next
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  Speaker 1: home game. Turgeman's teammate, Ile Feingold, described the fans' actions
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  Speaker 1: as disrespectful. The Anti-Defamation League's Centre for Technology and Society
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  Speaker 1: has released a new report indicating that Wikipedia's anti-Israel bias
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  Speaker 1: remains largely unchanged. The ADL found that despite past editor bans,
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  Speaker 1: articles covering Israel, Gaza, Jewish history, Zionism, and antisemitism still
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  Speaker 1: reflect distortions. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated that banning individual
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  Speaker 1: editors was insufficient and urged the Wikimedia Foundation to audit
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  Speaker 1: the content. The report also warns that this biased content
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  Speaker 1: is feeding into AI training pipelines and search engines, influencing
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  Speaker 1: public perception. The ADL previously accused editors of coordinated efforts
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  Speaker 1: to introduce bias, and Wikipedia's founder had acknowledged issues with
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  Speaker 1: certain entries. On campuses, criticism is mounting over the University
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  Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh's report on campus antisemitism. As reported by the
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem Post, the report, released in July, is facing backlash
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  Speaker 1: for not including research or consultation with the school's estimated 1,400
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  Speaker 1: Jewish students and faculty. The university's working group chair, Catherine Blea,
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  Speaker 1: stated their charge was not to provide data, but recommendations
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  Speaker 1: based on group discussions. The university has agreed to implement
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  Speaker 1: the report's recommendations, which include strengthening title VI compliance and
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  Speaker 1: new dialogue programming. However, concerns remain about the report's methodology
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  Speaker 1: and its reception, with some faculty criticizing its potential impact
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  Speaker 1: on shared governance. In Jerusalem, Speakers at the National Conservatism
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  Speaker 1: Conference delivered controversial messages. Haaretz reports that Christian nationalist William Wolfe,
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  Speaker 1: who served in the Trump administration, spoke on a panel
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  Speaker 1: titled American Right, The Next Generation. His address included remarks
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  Speaker 1: described as controversial to Jews in Israel, implying they needed
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  Speaker 1: to know their place. Internationally, European Jewish communities continue to
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  Speaker 1: face heightened concerns about antisemitism and following the October 7th
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  Speaker 1: Hamas attacks, according to CombatAntismitism.org. The report notes these concerns
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  Speaker 1: have persisted since the attacks. Finally, a poll from HananStrategy.com
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  Speaker 1: indicates that most New York City Jewish voters believe criticism
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  Speaker 1: of Israel is often a cover for antisemitism. The survey
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  Speaker 1: also suggested disagreement with specific approaches to combating antisemitism, such
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  Speaker 1: as plans involving significant security funding. I'm Rachel Adler. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. For focused coverage from
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  Speaker 1: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region, listen
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  Speaker 1: This report was generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies.
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