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Sep 13, 2026

Samantha BarbasGUEST
10:33
It was this noxious anti-Semitic newspaper.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
10:37
And leaders of the major Jewish civil rights groups of the time, the American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Committee, and the Anti-Defamation League, again, were confronted with the same dilemma.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
10:48
that the NAACP had confronted just a few years earlier.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
10:51
Are they going to allow this publication to be circulated, or are they going to call for hate speech laws or other restrictions? And Lewis Marshall was the head of the American Jewish Committee, and he was a very esteemed constitutional lawyer.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
11:05
And in the beginning, he thinks that maybe it's wise to call for the passage of group libel laws.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
11:12
And he rallies for that in New York.

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Stuart KelterHOST
49:08
It's really hard to get everybody to agree to it.
Samantha BarbasGUEST
49:11
Yeah.
speaker_16NARRATOR
87:01
Their objectives were to create the idea of the danger of Islam, render all Arab governments illegitimate in the public mind, make illegitimate any land for peace initiatives, and secure the idea that our primary American objective must be to defend Israel.
speaker_16NARRATOR
87:20
This was achieved through the American Enterprise Institute, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs , Heritage Foundation Reports, as well as The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, Commentary Magazine, and through the American Jewish Committee.
speaker_16NARRATOR
87:38
The final tentacle of the cabal is the group of columnists who directly swayed public opinion.
speaker_16NARRATOR
87:45
Four major personalities among others are Robert Kagan, Charles Krauthammer, Max Boot, and William Sapphire.
David HarrisGUEST
47:47
We organized in, in, um, when was it? Um, 20-- A few years ago, the largest Muslim delegation ever to visit Auschwitz.
David HarrisGUEST
48:02
Uh, this was a, a, a mission of some 62, uh, uh, very prominent Muslim religious authorities who traveled with us when I was the head of the American Jewish Committee, and we did an unprecedented trip together to Auschwitz, and that was a breakthrough.
John AndersonHOST
48:23
Were many of them from the Middle East? Because there were supporters of the Nazi regime-
David HarrisGUEST
48:26
The leader, the leader, the leader was from, actually from Mecca.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
20:02
Malachy Martin is a double agent.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
20:05
He was being paid by the B'nai B'rith and by the American Jewish Committee to change the document called Nostra Aetate.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
20:18
And the goal was to get the Catholic Church to say the Jews did not kill Christ.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
20:24
That was the goal.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
49:59
to.Indeed.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:03
Uh, in 2001, in December, I went on a, a junket by the American Jewish Committee, uh, for college student journalists like myself.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:12
Uh, what we heard, uh, from Israelis of a variety of different stripes was that finally the United States understands what Israel has experienced, and they didn't understand that, they certainly didn't interpret that, uh, to us student journalists in any material sense emerging from any historical context of the dispossession and land theft over generations of the Palestinian people.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:35
But instead interpreted Israeli history as the manifestation of 9/11, that this had been a religious conflict, uh, that admitted of no material solution, and accordingly had no diplomatic settlement.
Alison Kaplan SommerHOST
3:43
We'll talk about this region in a minute, but first I don't want to assume that all of our listeners know everything there is to know about the AfD.
Alison Kaplan SommerHOST
3:49
So, so David, can you offer a quick guide to the listeners about the AfD, who they are, where they came from, why people feel so strongly about them? And the American Jewish Committee, for example, in Berlin, I'll quote them, says that their rampant, intrinsic, and foundational antisemitism is deeply embedded in authoritarian nationalist politics.
Alison Kaplan SommerHOST
4:12
But tell us a little about their background.
David IssacharoffGUEST
4:14
So the AfD rose, uh, to prominence in Germany, I would say much in the, against the backdrop of Angela Merkel's reign in power towards the last years, and mainly after the economic crisis.
Nermeen ShaikhHOST
49:53
If you could talk about what happened during that visit and what you were told by the people you spoke to.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:02
Indeed, in 2001, in December, I went on a junket by the American Jewish Committee for college student journalists like myself.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:12
What we heard from Israelis of a variety of different stripes was that finally the United States understands what Israel has experienced.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:21
And they didn't understand that.
Noa LeviHOST
3:29
And finally, in North America, five major Jewish organizations have launched a significant initiative aimed at combating anti-Semitism in schools.
Noa LeviHOST
3:37
The Jewish Federations of North America, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, the conference of presidents of major american jewish organizations and stand with us have released a jewish students bill of rights calling on schools to adopt new standards for protecting jewish students and recognizing antisemitism this initiative comes as antisemitic incidents in u.s k-minus 12 schools remain persistently high With the ADLS 2025 audit recording 825 incidents in non-Jewish K-Minus 12 schools and 6274 incidents nationwide in 2025, the Bill of Rights calls for educators to be trained, clear reporting systems to be established, and accurate teaching about Jewish history, the Holocaust, antisemitism and Israel.
Noa LeviHOST
4:25
It also emphasises protecting students' right to express their Jewish identity and connection to Israel, and ensuring a balanced presentation of disputed political issues in classrooms.
Noa LeviHOST
4:36
I'm Noah Levi.
Nermeen ShaikhHOST
49:53
If you could talk about what happened during that visit and what you were told by the people you spoke to.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:02
Indeed, in 2001, in December, I went on a junket by the American Jewish Committee for college student journalists like myself.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:12
What we heard from Israelis of a variety of different stripes was that finally the United States understands what Israel is experiencing.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:21
And they didn't understand that.
Nermeen ShaikhHOST
49:53
If you could talk about what happened during that visit and what you were told by the people you spoke to.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:02
Indeed, in 2001, in December, I went on a junket by the American Jewish Committee for college student journalists like myself.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:12
What we heard from Israelis of a variety of different stripes was that finally the United States understands what Israel is experiencing.
Spencer AckermanGUEST
50:21
And they didn't understand that.

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