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Antisemitism Watch - September 15, 2026, 09 AM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. In Munich, Germany,
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  Speaker 1: police are investigating death threats made against 93-year-old Holocaust survivor
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  Speaker 1: Charlotte Noblock, president of the Jewish community of Munich and
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  Speaker 1: Upper Bavaria. As the Jerusalem Post reports, inscriptions were found
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  Speaker 1: on a park bench and trash bin in the English Garden.
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  Speaker 1: The newspaper Abenzeitung, citing police sources, reported that the inscription
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  Speaker 1: mentioned an AFD victory and threatened to hang Noblock. Felix
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  Speaker 1: Ballendat of the Department for Research and Information on Antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: or RIAS, stated the organisation had not previously recorded similar
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  Speaker 1: cases directly mentioning the AFD and a specific target. Knobloch,
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  Speaker 1: a critic of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, cancelled
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  Speaker 1: a public event after learning of the threat. In Canada,
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  Speaker 1: the Hamilton Police Hate Crime Unit has arrested a 27-year-old man,
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  Speaker 1: charging him with willful promotion of hatred, antisemitism and advocating genocide.
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  Speaker 1: The charges follow an investigation into antisemitic online content posted
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  Speaker 1: publicly to an x-slash Twitter account. Hamilton police emphasize their
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  Speaker 1: commitment to holding perpetrators of hate crimes accountable. On Canadian campuses,
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  Speaker 1: a federal report confirms a resurgence of antisemitism. The Campus
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism and Student Experiences, or CASE, report found that 95.7%
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  Speaker 1: of surveyed Jewish students experienced or witnessed at least one
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic incident over the previous year, documenting widespread Holocaust denial, harassment,
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  Speaker 1: and intimidation. An external review of Toronto Metropolitan University found
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  Speaker 1: recurring antisemitism and a failure to consistently apply policies, while
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  Speaker 1: the University of Toronto's annual report showed antisemitism as the
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  Speaker 1: largest source of anti-hate complaints. This pattern extends to specific incidents,
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  Speaker 1: such as Jewish students at Wilfrid Laurier University discovering mezuzahs
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  Speaker 1: on their residence doors smashed and torn down over the
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  Speaker 1: High Holy Days. Hillel, Ontario CEO Jay Solomon called it
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  Speaker 1: part of a broader pattern of escalating hostility toward Jewish
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  Speaker 1: students and stressed the need for university administrations to enforce
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  Speaker 1: policies swiftly and transparently. Laurier University confirmed it is investigating
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  Speaker 1: the vandalism. In the entertainment world, Jewish billionaire Robert Kraft
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  Speaker 1: confirmed he pressured Ed Sheeran to remove rapper Macklemore from
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  Speaker 1: his tour, citing Macklemore's broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.
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  Speaker 1: Kraft stated that Gillette Stadium would not provide a platform
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  Speaker 1: for hate speech, and that while advocacy for Palestinians is valid,
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  Speaker 1: it should not come at the expense of the Jewish community.
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  Speaker 1: Macklemore himself indicated Kraft had rallied other stadium owners to
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  Speaker 1: prevent his performances. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11th,
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for the attacks
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  Speaker 1: have resurfaced across major social media platforms, according to the
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  Speaker 1: online anti-Semitism monitoring organization CyberWell. CyberWell identified scores of posts
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  Speaker 1: on meta-platforms Reddit, TikTok, and Exaleging without evidence that Jews
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  Speaker 1: planned the attacks or had advance warning. These claims recycle
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  Speaker 1: older anti-Semitic tropes, adapting them to current events and have
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  Speaker 1: persisted for over two decades. In the UK, a watchdog
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  Speaker 1: report titled Malignant, Antisemitism in the NHS, alleges widespread antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: within the British healthcare system. The campaign against antisemitism documented
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  Speaker 1: incidents including a surgeon telling a Jewish cancer patient antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: abuse and a nurse performing a Nazi salute for a colleague. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: a bill passed by the House H.R. 4795, threatens federal
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  Speaker 1: funding for universities that participate in certain boycotts or divestment
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  Speaker 1: efforts aimed at Israel. On KPFA's Hard Knock Radio, CAIR
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  Speaker 1: representative Zahra Billu, and Palestine Legals, Sabia Ahamed argued that
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  Speaker 1: criticism of Israel is increasingly being conflated with anti-Semitism, and
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  Speaker 1: that such legislation suppresses dissent, potentially setting a dangerous precedent.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli Consul General Afir, Akounis, issued a Rosh Hashanah message
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  Speaker 1: warning against the familiar antisemitic method of blame the Jews,
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  Speaker 1: noting its historical recurrence. Finally, criticism has been raised that
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  Speaker 1: delays from New York City's mayor's office to combat antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: are unacceptable, particularly in light of rising antisemitic incidents recorded
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  Speaker 1: in 2025. I'm Rachel Adler. Thank you for listening to
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