Podcast: Why Hate Crimes Are on the Rise

Many have placed blame for the rise in hate crimes at the foot of political leaders and specifically President Trump for emboldening anti-Semites and white supremacists—very fine people, he’s called them—but yet, there’s another, equally troubling side to the story—one that calls into question the validity of the FBI’s own hate crime statistics, and gives us more questions than answers.
The Rundown
00:01 - Phone call and defacing of synagogue library
01:19 - Violence against religious minorities is on the rise
02:56 - Responsibility of politics leaders and President Trump
04:41 - Rabbi Gerson on what it's like to lead worshipers in unsettling times
06:13 - The FBI's misleading hate crime statistics
10:21 - Emboldening of white supremacists
13:41 - White nationalism's global rise
14:47 - Hope for the future
15:54 - International response needed
16:36 - Golf clap + other ways to connect
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