Hate can't have no safe harbor. It's never defeated.

It only hides and failure to call it out. It's complicity and the silence is complicity.

We're seeing a rapid rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric and acts.

Let me be clear, words matter.

People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud.

They are literally screaming them.

From our studios in New York, this is an NBC News Now special report at the

Democratic of Hate, anti-Semitism in America.

Hello, I'm Jacob Soberov.

Tonight we're going to examine the troubling trends spreading all across America,

an alarming surge in anti-Semitic rhetoric, sentiments, and acts.

This kind of hate is nothing new, but today it is once again working its way out of

the shadows and into the mainstream.

Powerful celebrities and other influential figures are using massive platforms

to spread false tropes and hateful narratives targeting vulnerable people and communities.

Now fear spreading that these hateful words could lead to something much worse.

It's stoking concerns among the Jewish community gathering loved ones in homes and

in synagogues for the holidays.

And over the next half hour, we'll also explore what's fueling this rise in anti-Semitism,

what's behind the hate, but also why people say it's not too late to stop the spread

and the inspiring ways that they're fighting back.

Something we addressed in my exclusive interview with the Secretary of Homeland Security,

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