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New Documentary "October 8": Exposing U.S. Antisemitism after Hamas Attack

(Jerusalem Post) Hannah Brown - The documentary "October 8" is about the wave of antisemitism that has swept the U.S., particularly on university campuses, since the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas and the outbreak of war. Produced by actress Debra Messing, the documentary is a comprehensive and persuasive look at how widespread antisemitism has become and how it was fostered by Hamas, which planted the seeds of hatred of Jews and Israel years before the war. "October 8" mixes interviews with Jewish leaders, political analysts, academics, authors, actors, and students. Interviewees include Messing; former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg; Congressman Ritchie Torres; actor Michael Rapaport; Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader; Israeli actress and activist Noa Tishby; and Columbia professor Shai Davidai. Start-Up Nation author Dan Senor summed up the situation on Oct. 8: "There were still Hamas terrorists in communities in southern Israel. There was still fighting going on. Israel was still counting the numbers of the dead, and the mutilated and the raped and the kidnapped. And there's a protest against Israel in Times Square....The outrage was being directed against the Jews for objecting to being slaughtered." Mosab Hassan Yousef said, "Any Hamas win will not be only a threat to the State of Israel and to the Jewish people, it will be a threat against all civilized people who want to live in harmony, who believe in tolerance, who believe in peaceful dialogue with their neighbors, and who believe in diversity."
2025-03-13 00:00:00
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