Never Again? Anti-Semitism Rising (Strange Bedfellows, Ep. 19)

Since the attack on #Israel by #Hamas terrorists almost a month ago -- and the resulting carnage of Israeli airstrikes on #Gaza -- we are seeing an alarming rise in anti-Jewish sentiment all around the world.

There have been reports of demonstrators chanting Hamas slogans, of synagogues being defaced with swastikas and anti-Jewish hatred being posted online.

In New York City, which has the largest Jewish population in the U.S., the 66 reported anti-Jewish hate crimes in October were 164% more than were reported in the same month last year, according to the New York Police Department. In Los Angeles, police report a 140% increase in anti-Jewish hate crimes.

The online vitriol has already prompted local and federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S. to step up security at Jewish-owned businesses and synagogues, as well as Israeli diplomatic outposts. 

The online threats aren’t coming just from Hamas, NBC News has reported. Neo-Nazis have been contributing to the antisemitic chatter online, sometimes using the same rhetoric as Hamas.

In the current climate, even people who don't care about the plight of the Palestinians also feel emboldened to openly express their hatred of Jews, trackers of antisemitism say.

And the antisemitic incidents aren’t limited just to the U.S.

Over the weekend, a pro-Palestinian mob shouting antisemitic slogans and demanding to know where the "Jews" were stormed an airport in the mostly Muslim Russian republic of Dagestan.

Tonight on "Strange Bedfellows" we will talk to our Maverick News correspondent in #Crimea Kevin Michelizzi, an American living on a disputed tract of land currently being fought over between #Russia and #Ukraine.

We will discuss the troubling history of the Jews in Ukraine, Poland, and the former #USSR; the pogroms that led to the #Holocaust, Arab collaboration with the #Nazis in #WWII, and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Kevin will also give us more details on the aftermath of the #Dagastan riot, #Putin's expression of support for the people in #Palestine, and address Western allegations of antisemitism in Russia today.

November 9 will mark the International Day Against #Fascism and #Antisemitism, honoring the victims of the “#Kristallnacht” Nazi pogrom of 1938 and, more broadly, victims of the Holocaust and of fascism throughout history.

On Episode 19 of "Strange Bedfellows" we want to raise awareness about the dangers of nationalism, #racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazism today -- because they're saying the quiet part out loud now...and we all know where that leads.

Join us live from 9-11 PM Eastern for an episode of "Strange Bedfellows" you'll #NeverForget.

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