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London Assaults, French Unrest, UK Green Party Policy · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: slash m. A3 Jewish women were assaulted in northeast London
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  Speaker 1: on Monday, October 19, 2026, in a series of attacks
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  Speaker 1: that British police are now treating as a suspected antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: hate crime. According to VIN News, One of the women
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  Speaker 1: was pushing a baby stroller when she was attacked. Volunteers
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  Speaker 1: from the Jewish neighborhood security group Shamrim intervened and detained
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  Speaker 1: a 33-year-old man until police arrived, at which point he
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  Speaker 1: was arrested. The women believed they were targeted because of
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  Speaker 1: their Jewish identity, according to VIN News reporting. The European
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Congress condemned the assaults, stating that Jewish women should
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  Speaker 1: not have to fear violence for being visibly Jewish, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by the Columbus Jewish News. Chief Inspector Erika Kroshow
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  Speaker 1: of the Metropolitan Police called the incident an alarming and
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  Speaker 1: distressing incident and confirmed that police have increased patrols in
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  Speaker 1: the area and are speaking with community leaders to provide reassurance,
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  Speaker 1: according to the Jewish Post. The arrested man was also
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  Speaker 1: taken into custody in connection with a separate alleged assault
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  Speaker 1: on October 16. In France, amid nationwide protests that turned
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  Speaker 1: violent this past weekend, Jewish communities received warnings to conceal
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  Speaker 1: their identity and avoid gathering outside synagogues due to safety concerns.
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  Speaker 1: Fox News reported that some congregations canceled Sabbath afternoon prayers
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  Speaker 1: and advised worshipers against visibly wearing religious attire. Separately, a
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  Speaker 1: report released by the Combat Antisemitism Movement's Antisemitism Research Center
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  Speaker 1: documented over 1,300 posts on ex-blaming Jews for the civil
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  Speaker 1: unrest in France, identifying this as a recurring pattern of
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  Speaker 1: online conspiracy theories, according to the Columbus Jewish News. French
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  Speaker 1: Jewish leader Robert Edgnes, executive director of CRIF, stated that
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  Speaker 1: newly announced security measures and localized curfews have yet to
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  Speaker 1: restore confidence in authorities' ability to contain the riots, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by Cleveland Jewish News. Separately, Miriam Matova is reportedly
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  Speaker 1: facing death threats and hateful comments appearing beneath her public photographs,
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  Speaker 1: as she works to combat antisemitism, according to reporting from
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  Speaker 1: Israel Hayim. In policy news, Britain's Green Party has formally
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  Speaker 1: adopted a policy declaring Zionism as racism, a decision that
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  Speaker 1: has caused a significant rift within the party. The party leader,
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  Speaker 1: Zach Polanski, indicated the policy would not be reviewed until 2028,
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  Speaker 1: as detailed by the Canadian Jewish News. On the institutional front,
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  Speaker 1: the US, Departments of Justice and Education have reached a
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  Speaker 1: settlement with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  Speaker 1: to address antisemitism and race discrimination. According to WWAY-TV3, the
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  Speaker 1: agreement mandates new policies, mandatory antisemitism training for students, faculty,
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  Speaker 1: and staff, and enhanced law enforcement resources to protect Jewish
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  Speaker 1: and Israeli students. The university must also prohibit face masks
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  Speaker 1: that conceal identity and discipline student groups for antisemitic conduct. Additionally,
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  Speaker 1: the New York State Bar Association hosted a webinar advising
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  Speaker 1: employers on combating antisemitism in the workplace. Rory Lankman of
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  Speaker 1: the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
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  Speaker 1: stressed the importance of formally adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: modernizing workplace policies, and educating workforces on current forms of
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  Speaker 1: anti-Jewish hate, as reported by the New York State Bar
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