Antisemitism Watch - August 8, 2026, 09 PM Eastern

On Antisemitism Watch, Rachel Adler reports on disturbing findings linking hundreds of potentially non-human X/Twitter accounts, traced to City Hall infrastructure, to the amplification of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's content, amidst rising antisemitic hate crimes. We examine a Florida man's hate crime charges for synagogue vandalism, which police say was motivated by Mamdani's rhetoric calling Netanyahu a 'war criminal.' The episode also delves into youth radicalization via online platforms like TikTok, illustrating how 'irony poisoning' can lead to antisemitic beliefs, and explores a White House briefing that framed confronting antisemitism as a moral and spiritual imperative for the nation's future.Sources:- jpost.com: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-904916- thestar.com: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/at-13-this-canadian-boy-fell-into-an-online-world-of-antisemitism-and-hate-heres-how-he-found-an-unexpected-way-out/article_a705a668-c29c-4bea-a77c-f3b84e7e49a5.html- nypost.com: https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/mamdani-video-motivated-florida-man-charged-in-antisemitic-hate-crime-cops/- jpost.com: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-904416Music Attribution:Intro: Intro: Music by https://pixabay.com/users/dariocoiro-54756271/ Dario Coiro from PixabayOutro: Outro: Music by https://pixabay.com/users/muzaproduction-24990238/ Aleksandr Karabanov from Pixabay