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Florida Man Arrested for Threats to Jewish Community · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Before we begin,
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  Speaker 1: a brief note on our expanded coverage. Antisemitism Watch. Mid-Atlantic
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  Speaker 1: is now providing focused reporting from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region. You can find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash m. A, we begin with a credible threat of violence.
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Sneed, 31, was arrested in Glades County, Florida. for
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  Speaker 1: allegedly making online threats to shoot up a newly opened
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  Speaker 1: Orthodox Jewish community called Lakefront Estates. According to the Florida
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  Speaker 1: Department of Law Enforcement, Sneed posted photos of a firearm
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  Speaker 1: next to the location with threatening messages on social media.
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  Speaker 1: He faces charges for written or electronic threats to kill,
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  Speaker 1: do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an
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  Speaker 1: act of terrorism, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device,
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  Speaker 1: the FDLE stated. Lakefront Estates CEO Yiddle Perlstein commended law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement for their swift action. In education, public schools in
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  Speaker 1: Philadelphia and Lowe's Angels are facing scrutiny over allegations that
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  Speaker 1: educators used classroom activities to promote political ideology and anti-Semitism,
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  Speaker 1: particularly concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The House Education and Workforce
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  Speaker 1: Committee found that in Philadelphia, district curricula endorsed ideology justifying
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  Speaker 1: violent resistance, and legitimize radical groups that incite antisemitism, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by Fox News. In Lowe's Angels, the Lowe's Angels
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  Speaker 1: Unified School District substantiated 11 allegations involving teachers at Canoga
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  Speaker 1: Park High School, finding they promoted one-sided views about the
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  Speaker 1: Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recruited students to join the anti-Israel group
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  Speaker 1: Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Insider reported. Following the investigation,
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  Speaker 1: LAUSD adopted corrective measures, including removing political materials, restructuring curricula,
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  Speaker 1: and requiring staff training on antisemitism and political advocacy rules,
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  Speaker 1: according to Jewish Insider. NAVI government affairs director Clifford Smith
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  Speaker 1: told Fox News Digital that groups like Code Pink were
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  Speaker 1: involved in promoting these activities, and NAVI paid close attention
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  Speaker 1: to their webinars. In Politics, the Georgia Senate race features
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  Speaker 1: incumbent Democrat John Ossoff facing Republican challenger Mike Collins. Ossoff
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  Speaker 1: has drawn criticism from some Jewish voters for voting to
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  Speaker 1: halt arms sales to Israel. Collins is under scrutiny due
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  Speaker 1: to his family members and former employees' far-right political views.
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  Speaker 1: Collins' son-in-law, David Alan Shear-Ayeye, invoked the Jewish-Bolsheviks conspiracy theory
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  Speaker 1: and complained about Holocaust education, stating, Germany bad, Hitler evil,
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  Speaker 1: don't ask questions. Holocaust, Holocaust, Holocaust. Scheer also claimed in
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  Speaker 1: a YouTube video that Jewish executives run the entire mainstream
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  Speaker 1: media complex and are behind the orchestrated downfall of what
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  Speaker 1: was once the most prosperous nation in the world, the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. A former Collins staffer had posted
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  Speaker 1: Nazi imagery and images resembling KKK robes, the Washington Post reported.
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  Speaker 1: Collins also appeared at a controversial New York Young Republican
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  Speaker 1: Club gala that hosted white nationalists. Collins has stated he
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  Speaker 1: condemns all forms of antisemitism and hate and cited his
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  Speaker 1: support for Israel. J Street ran an ad highlighting Collins'
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  Speaker 1: far-right connections. A dispute has escalated between Democratic Senate candidates
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  Speaker 1: in Michigan, Abdel El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens, over a
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  Speaker 1: political ad that critics, including Stevens, have condemned as antisemitic.
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  Speaker 1: The advertisement, from a PAC led by commentator Senk Eiger,
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  Speaker 1: linked high grocery prices to U.S. support for Israel. Stevens' fiancée,
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  Speaker 1: Jason Turkish, who is Jewish, told Fox News that he
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  Speaker 1: decided to support Republican Mike Rogers after El-Sayed would not
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  Speaker 1: state in a debate whether Iran or Israel was a
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  Speaker 1: greater threat to the U.S. El-Sayed's campaign has reportedly asked
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  Speaker 1: Stevens to stay away from his campaign events through the
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  Speaker 1: November 3 election, according to Politico. Elsewhere in politics and media,
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  Speaker 1: former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking on Fox News,
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  Speaker 1: called the Democratic Party an anti-Semitic blob and alleged a
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  Speaker 1: no-Jews-allowed policy. In separate commentary, streamer Hassan Piker compared Michigan
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  Speaker 1: Jewish voters to the Ku Klux Klan ahead of an
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  Speaker 1: El-Sayed Senate vote, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. The BBC
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  Speaker 1: has also admitted a vetting failure after hosting an individual
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  Speaker 1: described as an anti-Semitic, Iran apologist. who had previously made
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  Speaker 1: controversial remarks about Jews moving to Israel and the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 terrorist attacks, The Telegraph reported. In institutional responses, a U.S.
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  Speaker 1: House report found that the American Psychological Association, or APA,
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  Speaker 1: was allegedly co-opted by anti-Jewish activists, allowing ideology to overshadow scholarship.
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  Speaker 1: Internal emails reviewed for the report indicated that APA leaders
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  Speaker 1: removed references to terrorism from their October 7th statement, following
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  Speaker 1: objections from an affiliated group. The report also documented opposition
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  Speaker 1: to recognizing a Jewish ethnic psychological association, with critics arguing
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  Speaker 1: that Jews benefited from white privilege. In response, APA President
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  Speaker 1: Wendy S., Williams and CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., rejected
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  Speaker 1: the report's findings, stating that the APA unequivocally condemns antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: and has held listening sessions with Jewish psychologists. However, the
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  Speaker 1: Anti-Defamation League issued a statement saying antisemitism at the APA
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  Speaker 1: is embedded in its ranks and in its leadership, and
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  Speaker 1: that the organization failed to act on concerns for over
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  Speaker 1: a year. Finally, UNC Chapel Hill has reached a voluntary
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  Speaker 1: settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of
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  Speaker 1: Education to resolve federal investigations into antisemitism and race discrimination
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  Speaker 1: under Title VI. The agreement mandates new oversight and disciplinary procedures,
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  Speaker 1: including mandatory antisemitism training for all students, faculty, and staff.
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  Speaker 1: It also requires the university to adopt colorblind admissions processes,
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  Speaker 1: aligning with a recent Supreme Court decision. UNC Chapel Hill
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  Speaker 1: denies liability. The settlement closes 18 active investigations, and requires
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  Speaker 1: the university to submit quarterly reports to federal authorities until
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  Speaker 1: the agreement expires in 2028. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you
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