Hate Crimes Against Muslims and Jews on The Rise

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hate crimes against Jews and Muslims in the U.S. are reaching all time highs according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, three college students wearing Palestinian scarves were shot in Vermont, synagogues have been targets of gunshots and vandalism, and reports of physical assaults against Jews and Muslims are rapidly rising. Fears of physical violence have many wondering if they should remove headscarves and yarmulkes. We’ll talk to experts about the rise in hate and how Muslims and Jews around the region are coping. Guests: Dov Waxman, political science professor, UCLA; director, UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies; Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair, UCLA Israel Studies Maha Elgenaidi, founder and executive director, Islamic Networks Group - a nonprofit focused on building understanding of Muslim and other marginalized groups Ruth Ferguson, activist; co-writer, San Francisco Chronicle op-ed "As San Francisco Muslims and Jews, We've Always Felt Safe in Our City. Until Now." Nadia Rahman, founder, Rahman Consulting. Rahman co-wrote the San Francisco Chronicle opinion essay, "As San Francisco Muslims and Jews, We've Always Felt Safe in Our City. Until Now." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	Hate crimes against Jews and Muslims are reaching all-time highs, according to the center for the study of hate and extremism.
0:54.6	But it's not just the crimes. People are worried about wearing their headscarves and yarmacas.
0:59.9	They're wondering what it might mean or invite or say to place a menorah in the window.
1:05.1	Long-time progressive folks of different religions and backgrounds suddenly don't know where they
1:09.2	stand with each other. As the headline of an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle put it,
1:14.2	as San Francisco Muslims and Jews, we've always felt safe in our city until now.
1:19.7	We'll check in with its authors and talk with experts on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
1:24.3	That's all coming up next after this news.
1:45.7	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. For many of us, the Bay Area has been haven of tolerance, acceptance, belonging. Wherever we may have come from, whether we grew up in the shadow of Sutro Tower or moved from some small town here or abroad, we're
1:51.1	here, often because we wanted to live in a place where we could be free to express ourselves
1:56.0	and our identities. But as the Israel-Hamas war continues, this place seems split in ways that I've never seen.
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