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Manhattan Stabbing Under Antisemitism Probe · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Before we
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  Speaker 1: get to today's headlines, a quick note. Antisemitism Watch. Mid-Atlantic
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  Speaker 1: a we begin with a disturbing incident in Manhattan. On
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday evening, a Chabad Hassid man was stabbed in the
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  Speaker 1: Diamond District. As reported by the Jewish Press Online, The
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  Speaker 1: New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force, alongside the
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  Speaker 1: safety organization Manhattan Shamrim, is investigating the stabbing as a
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  Speaker 1: possible anti-Semitic attack. According to Manhattan Shamrim, the victim was
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  Speaker 1: targeted while dressed in a visibly Jewish manner, and the assailant,
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  Speaker 1: described as a woman in her 30s, reportedly passed over
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  Speaker 1: other pedestrians before the attack. The victim was taken to
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  Speaker 1: Bellevue Hospital and was reported to be in stable condition.
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  Speaker 1: Manhattan Shamrim has requested public assistance, including security camera footage,
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  Speaker 1: to help locate the suspect. Turning to policy, the British
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  Speaker 1: government is overhauling Holocaust education and mandating that schools treat
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism as a specific safety concern, following a review that
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  Speaker 1: uncovered widespread anti-Jewish harassment in the education system. As detailed
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  Speaker 1: by Israel National News, citing the BBC and Education Secretary
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  Speaker 1: Lucy Powell, This new approach requires schools and colleges to
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  Speaker 1: identify antisemitism as a distinct form of harm, necessitating specific
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  Speaker 1: preventive measures. The government has accepted 27 recommendations from an
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  Speaker 1: independent review led by Sir David Bell, including specialized teacher
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  Speaker 1: training and improved procedures for documenting incidents. Educational institutions will
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  Speaker 1: also be encouraged to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,
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  Speaker 1: or IHRA, working definition of antisemitism. The Board of Deputies
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  Speaker 1: of British Jews welcomed the move, stating it would strengthen
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  Speaker 1: schools' responsibility to protect Jewish students. This action comes amid
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  Speaker 1: broader concerns. Parliamentary records indicate that antisemitism is a significant
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  Speaker 1: and growing problem in modern Britain, affecting Jewish pupils, students
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  Speaker 1: and staff. In the United States, a US, House Education
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  Speaker 1: and Workforce Committee investigation, has found antisemitic materials and anti-Israel
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  Speaker 1: activism within K-12 education, including programs supported by the National
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  Speaker 1: Education Association and in public school curricula, according to a
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  Speaker 1: majority staff report. The Anti-Defamation League reports a 135% increase
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  Speaker 1: in antisemitic incidents in K-12 schools in 2023 alone. The
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  Speaker 1: committee's investigation highlighted specific instances. such as a world history
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  Speaker 1: assignment in Philadelphia directing students to honor, a resistance movement
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  Speaker 1: that included a Hamas-endorsed campaign, and a lesson in Berkeley, California,
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  Speaker 1: that labeled Israel as Palestine on a map and presented
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  Speaker 1: activist Edwards said favorably without addressing his history of antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: On the university level, Tulane University is set to host
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  Speaker 1: an event on October 22nd, organized by the Palestine Solidarity
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  Speaker 1: Coalition and the Minority Association of Pre-Med Students, featuring Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Salman Khan discussing Israel's alleged weaponization of infectious diseases in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: As reported by Cleveland Jewish News, organizers stated Khan would
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  Speaker 1: speak about his experience during a medical mission, with promotional
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  Speaker 1: material inviting insights on how intentional weaponization of health care
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  Speaker 1: perpetuates within a region. The American Jewish Medical Association has
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  Speaker 1: called such accusations unacceptable. warning that future physicians should be
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  Speaker 1: trained to follow evidence, not perpetuate inflammatory allegations that echo
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic tropes about Jews poisoning people. The U.S. Department of
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  Speaker 1: Education's investigation into Chilean over alleged Jew hatred, opened in
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  Speaker 1: December 2023, remains ongoing. The Times of Israel also notes
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  Speaker 1: that the University of Pittsburgh is confirming interviews with Jewish
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  Speaker 1: students for an anti-Semitism report. following significant antisemitic attacks on
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  Speaker 1: students in 2024. In the political and media landscape, a
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  Speaker 1: deputy leader of the UK's Green Party was filmed joining
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  Speaker 1: a controversial chant at an anti-Zionist group's rally, as reported
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  Speaker 1: by Jewish News. Meanwhile, an analysis by Jewish Voice for Liberation,
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  Speaker 1: citing Newscord, examined coverage of the Green Party's Zionism is
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  Speaker 1: racism motion across 37 UK national outlets. The analysis found
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  Speaker 1: staggering bias, with coverage disproportionately focusing anger on the motion
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  Speaker 1: compared to Israel's actions in Gaza, and repeating the conflation
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  Speaker 1: of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, often privileging Jewish sensitivities over Palestinian lives. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: the controversial figure Nick Fuentes, known as a Holocaust denier,
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  Speaker 1: has accused Tucker Carlson of being a Jew-hater and exhibiting
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  Speaker 1: rabid anti-Semitism. Israel National News reports on this development. questioning
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  Speaker 1: Fuente's sincerity and suggesting potential financial competition between the two
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  Speaker 1: figures for audience and donations. The report also raises concerns
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  Speaker 1: about Vice President J.D. Vance's continued relationship with Carlson, particularly
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  Speaker 1: Vance's repeated unwillingness to condemn Carlson by name when controversies arise,
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  Speaker 1: despite Carlson facing accusations of amplifying antisemitic conspiracies and rhetoric
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  Speaker 1: useful to hostile regimes. I'm Rachel Adler, Thank you for
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