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The Brian Lehrer Show

A Generational Divide on Antisemitism

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Yair Rosenberg on antisemitism and what he sees as a generational divide.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laris Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Among the many disturbing things about the

0:17.9

Hanukkah massacre at Bondi Beach, Australia that killed 15 people and

0:22.0

wounded dozens more, is that the two alleged gunmen were father and son. The father, age 50,

0:28.9

was killed by police during the incident. The son, 24, also shot by police, is now reported to have

0:35.3

woken from a coma and been charged with crimes including murder

0:39.2

and terrorism. Police say they appear to have been motivated by ISIS or Islamic State-related

0:44.8

anti-Semitism. They say two Islamic State flags were found in the men's car. Generational

0:52.3

anti-Semitism is also the focus of an article in the Atlantic.

0:56.1

It says anti-Jewish prejudice isn't a partisan divide. It's a generational one, with young Americans

1:02.6

on both the left and the right, more likely to hold anti-Semitic views than older Americans

1:07.7

of any politics. With us now is the writer of that article,

1:11.5

Ye'eer Rosenberg, Atlantic Magazine staff writer and author of their newsletter, Deep Stettel.

1:17.1

He's also been writing recently about what he calls America's Groyper problem with respect to

1:22.1

anti-Jewish hate and questions about anti-Semitism that he thinks Marjorie Taylor Green is not sufficiently answered yet

1:29.1

and shouldn't get a pass just because of her changing politics. We'll talk about those things too.

1:34.8

Yeah, I thank you for joining us, and as we say, I'm sorry it's under these circumstances.

1:40.3

Yeah, those are unfortunately given what I write about, almost the only circumstances on which you find me on people's shows.

1:45.9

Next time, baseball.

1:48.1

Next spring, baseball, or when the Mets make their next confounding move.

1:53.3

The title of your article and the lead sentence is a quote from the prominent anti-Trump commentator, Tim Miller, from the bulwark, who some of our

2:02.5

listeners know, Tim Miller said to you, the more I'm around young people, the more panicked I am.

2:09.2

Would you explain to our listeners why he said that and why you titled your article with it?

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