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Explain It to Me

A conversation about anti-Semitism

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Matt, Dara and Jane talk about the rise in anti-Semitic violence aimed at Hassidic communities, and what the political implications may be.  Related reading: "The conspiracy theories behind the anti-Semitic violence in New York" Jane Coaston, Vox Hosts: Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics reporter, Vox More to explore: Subscribe to Impeachment, Explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week. About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:32.0

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network. I'm Matthew Glacias.

1:38.0

Join today by Jane Kostin, ProPublica's Darrylind, the usual crew. It's great to see you all.

1:44.0

So we were going to talk about the fun and a lifting subject of anti-Semitic violence, of which there has been a number of recent incidents in the New York City area.

1:55.0

I am Jewish enough and aware enough of the news to have seen this happening and have the opinion that it was bad and have extra feelings about my Hanukkah,

2:07.0

but I didn't really actually know that much about what was happening until I read a piece, Jane, wrote.

2:15.0

It's weirder than I had realized.

2:20.0

Yeah. I think it's important we were just talking about how it's important to put the rise of anti-Semitic hate crimes,

2:28.0

generally against Orthodox Jews and Hasidic Jews, worth noting that that should be put in context because a couple of members of Congress have put this into the breakdown of law and order of cities.

2:38.0

It's not part of a breakdown of law and order of cities. Violent crime in New York City and in other major cities is down.

2:45.0

Crime is against Jewish people is up.

2:49.0

And so I think at the same time this is something distinct from, you know, I think that as I think that, well, I'm not going to speak from that here, but I personally am probably going to say a lot of things that may or may not be representative of all Jews in America in this episode,

3:03.0

but it seems to me that the specter of anti-Semitic violence that has been a more real presence in the kind of mental landscape that American Jews have felt there under has been for the most part white nationalism.

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