A new high tide of antisemitism in America

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

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A federal jury on Wednesday sentenced to death the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooter. The gunman murdered 11 people in 2018, in what was the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The big picture: Since then, antisemitism has been on the rise. A report from the Anti-Defamation League found that antisemitic incidents increased by 36% in 2022 to the highest level since 1979. We dig deeper with American University's Director of Jewish Studies. Plus, the U.S. and Europe's $300 billion Russian problem. And, the scope of mental health disorders worldwide. Axios Today Listener Survey Guests: Axios' Kate Marino and American University's Pamela Nadell. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, welcome to Axios today.
0:06.0	It's Thursday, August 3rd.
0:07.5	I'm Nailibudu.
0:08.5	Today, the US and Europe's $300 billion Russian problem, plus the scope of mental health
0:15.1	disorders worldwide.
0:16.7	But first, a new high tide of anti-Semitism in America.
0:21.5	That's our one big thing.
0:25.5	A federal jury, yesterday, sentenced to death the mass shooter who murdered 11 people
0:30.8	at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.
0:36.8	Unfortunately, since then, anti-Semitism has been on the rise.
0:40.6	A report from the Anti-Defamation League found that anti-Semitic incidents increased
0:44.8	by 36 percent last year to the highest level since 1979.
0:50.2	Here to help us dig deeper is Pamela Nadal, professor of history and director of the
0:54.1	Jewish Studies Program at American University.
0:57.0	Hi, Pamela.
0:58.0	Thanks for being with us.
0:59.0	Hi, Nailib.
1:00.0	Thanks for having me.
1:01.0	When we're talking about anti-Semitic incidents, what exactly does that mean?
1:05.8	The first thing that I would say is that it means that these are reported incidents.
1:10.9	There are many incidences that are never reported.
1:14.1	Second thing is that it consists of everything from, on a college campus, if it gets reported,
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