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England Mandates New Antisemitism Policies in Schools · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region. Visit clockworkmedia.org slash
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  Speaker 1: MA today. We begin with significant developments in educational policy
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  Speaker 1: in England. A comprehensive review into antisemitism in English schools
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  Speaker 1: and colleges is set to lead to new government policy.
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  Speaker 1: the BBC understands that schools will soon be required to
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  Speaker 1: recognise antisemitism as a distinct category of harm. This follows
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  Speaker 1: findings that three in five Jewish students experienced prejudice and
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  Speaker 1: one in five students witnessed antisemitism, according to a survey
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  Speaker 1: cited by The Guardian. The Community Security Trust recorded a
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  Speaker 1: 59% rise in antisemitic incidents in schools in the first
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  Speaker 1: half of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025.
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  Speaker 1: according to The Guardian. The review, led by former Ofsted
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  Speaker 1: chief inspector Sir David Bell, is also expected to recommend
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  Speaker 1: dedicated teacher training and encourage schools to adopt the International
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism. The government is
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  Speaker 1: expected to accept all 27 recommendations, according to The Guardian.
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  Speaker 1: In physical violence, a synagogue in Rotterdam was targeted in
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  Speaker 1: an arson attack, exposing a threat beyond mere vandalism, according
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  Speaker 1: to Aurora-Israel.coil. In politics and media, former President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: used the anti-Semitic slur, Shylock, while defending Republican Senator Roger
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  Speaker 1: Marshall of Kansas. Spokesman.com and Haaretz.com reported that Trump claimed
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  Speaker 1: Marshall was unfairly attacked for suing patients, suggesting Marshall was
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  Speaker 1: a Shylock-type guy. Anti-Semitism watchdogs like the Anti-Defamation League state
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  Speaker 1: that the term implies Jews are stereotypically money-hungry, conniving and cruel.
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  Speaker 1: In Lowe's Angels, a report from the LAPD's Robbery Homicide
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  Speaker 1: Division detailed a rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes. MyNewsLA.com reports
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  Speaker 1: that from January through July 2026, anti-Semitic hate crimes increased
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  Speaker 1: 41% in the Valley Bureau and 55% in the West
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  Speaker 1: Bureau compared to the same period last year, according to
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  Speaker 1: a Lowe's Angels Police Department report cited by MyNewsLA.com. Online,
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  Speaker 1: a report by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, or CAM, identified
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  Speaker 1: a wave of antisemitic conspiracy theories following nationwide riots in France.
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  Speaker 1: The Aljamina reports that CAM's Antisemitism Research Center found 1,384
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  Speaker 1: social media posts from 816 accounts blaming Jews, Israel, Zionists,
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  Speaker 1: or the Mossad for the unrest. Some posts called for
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  Speaker 1: violence or extermination against Jews. In Manhattan, The NYPD Hate
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  Speaker 1: Crimes Task Force is investigating vandalism at a Capital One
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  Speaker 1: Bank branch. The activist group Palestine Action claimed responsibility, protesting
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  Speaker 1: the bank's ties to Elbit Systems. NBCMontana.com reported graffiti including
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  Speaker 1: PAL ACTION and DROP ELBIT was found, and the group
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  Speaker 1: stated the bank was lending billions for Israel's weapons. New
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  Speaker 1: York City Council Speaker Julie Menon condemned the vandalism, stating
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  Speaker 1: there is no place for hate. intimidation or violence in
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  Speaker 1: New York City, according to NBCMontana.com. The Jewish Community Relations
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  Speaker 1: Council CEO Mark Trager also called for accountability. In Maryland,
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  Speaker 1: the state's largest school district is accused of failing to
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  Speaker 1: protect a Jewish teen after a bomb threat and antisemitic harassment,
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  Speaker 1: according to Combatantismitism.org, also from Combatantismitism.org. A student reportedly received
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  Speaker 1: death threats from accounts subscribed to her newsletter after refusing
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  Speaker 1: to sign an anti-Israel petition, an experience that reportedly led
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  Speaker 1: to her conversion to Judaism. Finally, a new study by
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  Speaker 1: ImpactSea analyzed Syrian textbooks for the 2025-2027 school years. The
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  Speaker 1: Aljamina reports that the materials promote an Islamist worldview, glorifying
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  Speaker 1: jihad and martyrdom, and perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes. while omitting thousands
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  Speaker 1: of years of Syrian Jewish history. This marks an ideological
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  Speaker 1: shift following the fall of the Assad regime, according to
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