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Antisemitism Watch - August 14, 2026, 05 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 a significant legal development. A federal judge has dismissed
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration's lawsuit against Harvard University. The suit had
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  Speaker 1: accused the university of failing to protect Jewish and Israeli
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  Speaker 1: students and turning a blind eye to antisemitism. U S
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  Speaker 1: District Judge Richard Stearns, sitting in Massachusetts, ruled on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: that the alleged incidents cited by the government were too
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  Speaker 1: isolated an episodic to demonstrate an ongoing violation of federal
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  Speaker 1: civil rights law. The Justice Department, which filed the lawsuit
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  Speaker 1: in March, has stated it disagrees with the ruling and
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  Speaker 1: is assessing next steps. According to CBS News, the Trump
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  Speaker 1: administration's case, which sought billions in federal grants, focused on
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  Speaker 1: incidents during the twenty twenty three minus twenty four academic year,
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  Speaker 1: particularly following the October seventh attack and subsequent war in
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East. The administration had argued that Harvard's response
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  Speaker 1: was inadequate, creating a hostile educational environment. Harvard has maintained
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  Speaker 1: its commitment to its Jewish and Israeli community and stated
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  Speaker 1: it has taken proactive steps to combat antisemitism. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: physical incidents, a fatal hit and run in Queens, New
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  Speaker 1: York is being investigated for an alleged antisemitic motive. According
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  Speaker 1: to reporting reviewed for this episode, The incident claimed the
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  Speaker 1: life of a Jewish woman. Her husband is now demanding justice,
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  Speaker 1: speaking out against what is described as an alleged antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: vandal Internationally. A post on the Israel Today telegram channel
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  Speaker 1: highlights what it describes as a disparity in media coverage
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  Speaker 1: regarding incidents in Judea and Samaria. The channel argues that
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  Speaker 1: while an incident of Jewish settler violence near a Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: village received international attention, a mob attack on a Jewish
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  Speaker 1: woman and her children near Hebron was largely ignored. According
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  Speaker 1: to Israel Today, this alleged double standard in reporting creates
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  Speaker 1: a false narrative that Jews are the aggressors. I'm Rachel Adler.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. This report was
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