Antisemitism on the Rise as Midterm Elections Near

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Rants by rap artist Kanye West put antisemitism front and center over the weekend as a hate group amplified West’s remarks on banners hung from a Southern California freeway overpass. According to the Anti-Defamation League, a record number of antisemitic incidents were reported from 2019 to 2020. Corporations from Adidas to Facebook plus celebrities and politicians have come out strongly against antisemitism. We’ll talk about the roots of antisemitism and why some Jewish Americans struggle to speak out against antisemitism in the context of the country’s current tensions. Guests: Dov Waxman, professor of Political Science, UCLA; director, UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA Emily Tamkin, author, "Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities;" senior US editor, The New Statesmen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.4	I'm Mina Kim.
1:04.9	One in four Jewish Americans has been the target of anti-Semitism in the past year.
1:09.9	That's according to the American Jewish Committee.
1:11.6	And it's on the rise.
1:13.6	Kanye West, or Yeh, is only the latest in a series of public figures reinforcing dangerous stereotypes.
1:20.6	Condemnations have come from corporations and politicians, but how are American Jews reacting?
1:25.6	For some, it's complicated to respond to anti-Semitism in this time of heightened tension
1:31.3	in the U.S.
1:32.3	We'll find out why after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:50.9	Tomorrow marks four years since the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1:56.1	that killed 11 people and injured six. Since then, anti-Semitic violence has only increased,
2:03.2	and according to the Anti-Defamation League, a record number of incidents were reported last year.
2:08.6	This year in January, Gunnman took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas before he was
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