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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

#1231 A new rise of hatred for an old target (Anti-Semitism)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Air Date: 11/30/2018

Today we take a look at the history and present of anti-semitism in America

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Antisemitism in USA - @BackStory - Air Date: 05-25-2018

Ch. 2: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting - Past/Present - Air Date 11-6-18

Ch. 3: On Anti-Semitism Today - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 10-30-18

Ch. 4: We Need To Talk About Anti-Semitism - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - Air Date 10-31-18

Ch. 5: Deborah Lipstadt: Behind the lies of Holocaust denial - @TEDTalks - Air Date 5-23-17


VOICEMAILS

Ch. 6: The Return of Superman - Heather from Texas


Ch. 7: Final comments on understanding how a progressive can come to defend a virulent bigot and anti-semite

BONUS CLIP: The Women's March Has an Antisemitism Problem - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date 03-13-18

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Now welcome to this episode of the award-winning best of left podcast in which we shall learn

0:31.0

about the history and present of anti-Semitism in America.

0:35.3

Clips today come from backstory, past present, the Brian Larashow, full frontal with Samantha

0:41.3

B and a TED Talk from DepriLips.

0:50.4

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in America.

0:53.4

2017 saw the largest increase in anti-Semitic incidents on record.

0:59.4

More and more fascists and neo-Nazis parade their violent ideology as we saw last summer

1:04.8

here in Charlottesville.

1:06.2

In Europe, many sites of the Holocaust have been turned into museums and we often hear

1:10.8

the phrase never again associated with remembering the genocide.

1:15.6

But in the United States, the history of starting to get a bit hazy.

1:19.9

Times and recent years have taken to reopening old debates about how many Jews were killed

1:24.2

and Nazi concentration camps.

1:26.2

And many have forgotten the name Auschwitz altogether.

1:30.3

But there is some good news.

1:32.0

While basic details are receding from memory, 96% of Americans believe that the Holocaust

1:37.7

occurred and 93% believe that all students should learn it in school.

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