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CAM Reports 75% Spike in Global Antisemitism · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Today we're
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  Speaker 1: looking at a significant global spike in antisemitic incidents, alongside
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  Speaker 1: critical institutional failures on campus and acts of vandalism abroad.
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  Speaker 1: And a brief note, Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, providing focused coverage
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  Speaker 1: from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region,
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  Speaker 1: is now available at clockworkmedia.org slash MA. We begin with
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  Speaker 1: sobering data from CAMM, the community against hate. Their antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: research center reports a striking 75% spike in global antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: incidents monitored worldwide over the past week, bringing the total
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  Speaker 1: to 231. The ARC's analysis breaks down these incidents by ideology,
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  Speaker 1: finding that the far left accounted for 65.8% of recorded incidents,
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  Speaker 1: followed by Islamist-inspired at 14.3%, and the far right at 2.2%,
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  Speaker 1: with 17.7% unaffiliated. Significantly, a new ARK study examined over 10,000
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  Speaker 1: X accounts, amplifying posts from news aggregator Mario Noffel, finding
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  Speaker 1: that 40.5% of these accounts were likely bots or fake profiles.
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  Speaker 1: Cam highlights this as evidence of the growing weaponization of
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  Speaker 1: coordinated networks of inauthentic accounts to spread conspiracy theories and
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  Speaker 1: sow discord. The report also details numerous specific incidents, including
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  Speaker 1: threats to Jewish institutions, evacuations at schools, and acts in
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  Speaker 1: Europe and the US, such as a New Jersey traffic
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  Speaker 1: victim rejecting Jewish medics and a bomb threat at a
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  Speaker 1: Florida preschool. Abroad, thousands took to the streets of Paris
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  Speaker 1: this past week to decry antisemitism following a spike in attacks,
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  Speaker 1: which included the vandalism of the Paris Holocaust Museum and synagogues,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting via Facebook. On a university campus, The
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  Speaker 1: University of Pittsburgh is facing criticism for its internal working
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  Speaker 1: group report on antisemitism. Reporting from Forward.com notes that the report,
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  Speaker 1: released in July, did not consult the school's estimated 1,400
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  Speaker 1: Jewish students or other members of the campus Jewish community.
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  Speaker 1: The report's chair, Catherine Blee, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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  Speaker 1: that the group's charge was not to provide data, but
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  Speaker 1: rather to offer recommendations based on group discussions. The university
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  Speaker 1: has agreed to implement these recommendations, which include strengthening Title
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  Speaker 1: VI compliance and reviewing bias training. However, the report's omissions
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  Speaker 1: have drawn criticism, with the university's Jewish Studies program director,
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  Speaker 1: initially a member, declining to sign the final document, and
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  Speaker 1: the university's AAUP chapter calling for its withdrawal. This follows
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  Speaker 1: an incident earlier this year where two Jewish students wearing
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  Speaker 1: kippahs were wounded in an off-campus attack. In political discourse, U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Vice President J.D., Vance publicly condemned antisemitism and hatred of
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  Speaker 1: Jews at a town hall in Michigan. JFeed reported that
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  Speaker 1: Vance made the remarks after being pressed by a Jewish
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  Speaker 1: father whose children survived a recent synagogue attack. The father
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  Speaker 1: specifically asked if Vance would confront figures on the right,
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  Speaker 1: such as Tucker Carlson, who have spread antisemitic rhetoric. Vance stated,
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  Speaker 1: I condemn antisemitism. I condemn Jew hatred. and added that
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  Speaker 1: leadership requires unequivocal condemnation. He also criticized Democratic candidate Abdul
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  Speaker 1: El-Sayed's phrasing after the attack. Vance has faced scrutiny over
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  Speaker 1: his ties to Carlson, with whom he has stated he
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  Speaker 1: remains friends despite disagreements. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: report was generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies.
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