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Antisemitism Watch - September 22, 2026, 09 PM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: Good evening and welcome to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler.
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  Speaker 1: Counterterrorism police in the United Kingdom have arrested two men
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  Speaker 1: in Manchester under the Terrorism Act 2000. The arrests are
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  Speaker 1: part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot targeting
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community in the Manchester area, occurring during the
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  Speaker 1: Jewish High Holy Days. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicky Evans stated
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  Speaker 1: the arrests followed a long investigation and disrupted a plot.
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  Speaker 1: The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood acknowledged the distress the news
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  Speaker 1: causes Jewish communities, and the Community Security Trust called the
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  Speaker 1: situation utterly chilling. In Canada, authorities have reported escalating threats.
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  Speaker 1: Durham Regional Police arrested a 19-year-old man on charges of
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  Speaker 1: threats motivated by hate for posting online threats to shoot
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  Speaker 1: up a synagogue. This occurred just one day before a
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  Speaker 1: gunman opened fire outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario.
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  Speaker 1: The suspect, Sean Ward, fired on const. Jeff Smith, who
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  Speaker 1: was on duty outside the synagogue during Yom Kippur services,
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  Speaker 1: the officer was critically injured and the suspect died from
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  Speaker 1: his injuries. As reported by CTV News, this incident, following
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  Speaker 1: other attacks on Canadian synagogues, has heightened security concerns for
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  Speaker 1: Jewish communities. Dean Lavey of Jewish London described the shooting
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  Speaker 1: as a wake-up call for governments, noting that even smaller
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  Speaker 1: communities are now targets. and urging increased government funding and
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  Speaker 1: a confrontation of the climate that allows antisemitism to grow. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: in Argentina, a significant legal step has been taken in
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  Speaker 1: the decades-long investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA
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  Speaker 1: Jewish Community Center. An Argentine judge has formally charged seven
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  Speaker 1: Iranians and a Lebanese citizen suspected of orchestrating the attack,
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  Speaker 1: which killed 85 people and wounded hundreds. The court classified
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  Speaker 1: the bombing as a crime against humanity and genocide, and
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  Speaker 1: the suspects could face trial in absentia. President Javier Millay
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  Speaker 1: has reaffirmed his government's commitment to accountability for the attack.
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  Speaker 1: A high-profile dispute has also emerged between Israeli Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu and New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani. In a
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  Speaker 1: video posted to social media, Netanyahu accused Mamdani of supporting
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  Speaker 1: Hamas and inciting violence against Jewish New Yorkers. stating he
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  Speaker 1: would address the issue at the United Nations. Mamdani responded
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  Speaker 1: by calling Netanyahu the architect of horrific genocide against Palestinians
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  Speaker 1: and referencing the International Criminal Court arrest warrant for the
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  Speaker 1: Israeli leader. Netanyahu, speaking ahead of his UN address, criticized
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani for promoting bogus charges and fomenting hate. On the
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  Speaker 1: campus front, an Alameda County Superior Court judge has ruled
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  Speaker 1: that the Oakland Unified School District in California has not
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  Speaker 1: fully complied with state mandates to address Jew hatred. The ruling,
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  Speaker 1: reported by JNS, followed a lawsuit by the California Department
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  Speaker 1: of Education, alleging inadequate actions to combat bias against Jewish
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  Speaker 1: and Israeli students. The court found the district has not
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  Speaker 1: implemented required trainings for employees and administrators on antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: related instruction. In Germany, the Social Democrats are addressing allegations
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism within the far-left party, the left, which recently
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  Speaker 1: won a victory in Berlin's state election. Accusations stem from
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  Speaker 1: a campaign event featuring a rapper chanting, death to the IDF.
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  Speaker 1: Israel's ambassador to Germany warned of an immediate existential threat
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  Speaker 1: to the Jewish community in Berlin. While an antisemitism researcher
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  Speaker 1: described the debate as overblown, potential coalition partners are urging
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  Speaker 1: the left to take concrete steps against antisemitism. Reports also
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  Speaker 1: indicate ongoing concerns on campuses and in communities. Rob Weiskirch
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  Speaker 1: resigned from the California Faculty Association, citing persistent, entrenched antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: and a refusal by the union to afford Jewish members
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  Speaker 1: adequate representation, according to his resignation. ADL data shows that 27.3%
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  Speaker 1: of Jewish students reported observing antisemitic incidents on college campuses.
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  Speaker 1: a trend underscored by incidents like the removal of a
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  Speaker 1: mezuzah ahead of Jewish high holidays. In Queens, New York,
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  Speaker 1: the family of Kara Trager, who died after a hit-and-run,
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  Speaker 1: has expressed concerns that antisemitism may have been a factor,
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  Speaker 1: citing alleged vandalism of a kosher bagel shop by the suspect.
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  Speaker 1: Reporting by VIN News notes, the family requested a meeting
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  Speaker 1: with Mayor Zoran Mamdani to discuss their concerns, which was declined.
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  Speaker 1: though it also stated no evidence had emerged showing the
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  Speaker 1: suspect specifically targeted Trager because she was Jewish. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric that meets IHRA definition criteria, Mahmoud Khalil publicly decried
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  Speaker 1: the Zionist project during a Yom Kippur service. Separately, Modern
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  Speaker 1: Orthodox Schools organized protests outside NYC Mayor Mamdani's residence. Avi Weiss,
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  Speaker 1: a participant, stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. arguing that denying
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  Speaker 1: a Jewish right to a land targets Jewish people and
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  Speaker 1: their descendants. Critics view Mamdani's condemnation of Israeli leaders, particularly
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  Speaker 1: his use of the term genocide, as a personal attack.
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  Speaker 1: In policy news, Senator Jackie Rosen, a co-chair of the
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  Speaker 1: Senate's Antisemitism Task Force, visited Poland to discuss antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: Holocaust issues. This has been Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler,
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