(Jewish Group) CNN is airing a special on antisemitism. Here's your guide to what it will cover. [View all]
The incidents, data and experiences that have many American Jews on edge are getting a prime-time treatment this weekend as CNN premieres an hourlong special about antisemitism.
“Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,” is hosted by Dana Bash, the CNN anchor and political correspondent who is herself Jewish. On Friday, Bash, whose first husband was the son of a Conservative rabbi and who briefly was a trustee of the nonprofit Jewish Women’s International, published an essay about her 10-year-old son’s request for a Jewish star necklace and the concerns it awakened in her.
“We got the Jewish star and a chain to go with it,” Bash wrote. “What I did not say – what I was ashamed to even admit to myself – was that my young son showing the world that he is Jewish made me nervous.”
Bash’s reporting for the special came in the months afterwards. The result is a tour through some of the low points of recent American Jewish history — as well as an analysis of why watchdog groups and law enforcement agencies are reporting record numbers of antisemitic incidents.
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Airs Sunday, August 21st at 9pmET on CNN
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