{"id":656851,"date":"2025-03-12T03:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/october-8-review-disturbing-documentary-surveys-surge-in-antisemitism-after-hamas-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T03:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:55:12","slug":"october-8-review-disturbing-documentary-surveys-surge-in-antisemitism-after-hamas-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/october-8-review-disturbing-documentary-surveys-surge-in-antisemitism-after-hamas-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018October 8\u2019 Review: Disturbing Documentary Surveys Surge in Antisemitism After Hamas Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eccce42776\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3eccce42776\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/october-8-review-disturbing-documentary-surveys-surge-in-antisemitism-after-hamas-attacks\/#October_8\" >October 8<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOctober 7, 2023, marked the largest massacre of Jews to take place since the Holocaust, with 251 hostages taken by Hamas as well. Wendy Sachs\u2019 documentary isn\u2019t about that horrific event, although it includes disturbing footage from the infamous day and harrowing testimony by survivors. Rather, it concerns what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened immediately afterward, namely the precipitous rise in antisemitism that manifested itself in demonstrations on college campuses, on the streets and in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. For those concerned about this growing problem \u2014 and everyone should be \u2014 <em>October 8<\/em> is mandatory viewing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere is certainly a strong case to be made against Israel\u2019s longstanding mistreatment of Palestinians, as well as against the morality and legality of its ongoing military response in Gaza. But there was something truly perverse about the way in which anti-Israel sentiment came to a fever pitch in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, and the manner in which it morphed into antisemitism. Protests erupted on college campuses throughout the country, with Jewish students verbally attacked and, in some cases, physically assaulted. Dozens of university student organizations put out statements blaming Israel for Hamas\u2019 actions, and even some faculty members joined in the outcry. One Cornell University professor went so far as to refer to the Hamas attack as \u201cexhilarating\u201d and \u201cenergizing.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"October_8\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tOctober 8\t\t<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>\tA potent advocacy doc.<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Release date<\/strong>: Friday, March 14<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong>: Wendy Sachs<br \/><strong>Screenwriters<\/strong>: Wendy Sachs, Inbal B. Lessner, Nimrod Erez<br \/><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hour 40 minutes\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe film includes footage of the congressional testimony of several university presidents who had trouble explaining why they failed to sufficiently protect Jewish students from the harassment that had been directed at them \u2014 and whether calls for the genocide of Jews violated their code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cWhat does it mean that the future leaders of the most important democracy in the world are chanting for revolution and intifada?\u201d asks journalist Bari Weiss, referring to the students. \u201cWhat is the country going to look like a decade from now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSeveral university students who did attempt to counter the anti-Israel hatred are profiled, including the student body president of University of California at Santa Barbara, who put out a statement supporting Israel and received a barrage of hate messages and threats as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>October 8<\/em> seeks both to explain the reasons behind the rise in hatred and condemn the relative lack of organized response to it. It points to the SJP, or Students for Justice in Palestine, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/17\/us\/students-justice-palestine-campus-protests.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a controversial group<\/a> estimated to have some 200 branches across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnother problem is that young people largely get their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> not from traditional media outlets but rather from such social media sites as TikTok, where bad actors like Iran, North Korea, China and Russia are easily able to foment disinformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe film also decries the relative lack of vocal condemnation from celebrities and politicians about the hostage-taking by Hamas, as compared to, say, the outrage expressed after the abduction of school girls by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Hollywood figures have been largely silent, with conspicuous exceptions including actors Debra Messing (an EP on this film) and Michael Rapaport, both featured prominently in the documentary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI felt completely betrayed by Hollywood,\u201d says Messing about the lack of support, while Rapaport offers an earthier comment. \u201cI know where I am on the pecking order,\u201d he says. \u201cThe fact that I was the big Hollywood name other than the great Debra Messing is some real fucking disappointing shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAmong the other talking heads passionately expressing their deep concern about the rising tide of antisemitism are congressman Ritchie Torres (who has emerged as an ardent defender of Israel), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Galloway, Douglas Murray, Sheryl Sandberg, and historian Deborah Lipstadt. We also hear from Mosab Yousef, the son of a Hamas co-founder and an ex-Palestinian militant who has since become an outspoken critic of Hamas and the pro-Palestinian movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLike many advocacy documentaries, <em>October 8<\/em> does some cherry-picking of facts and draws some questionable conclusions. But there\u2019s no denying the importance of its message and the need for corrective action by political, academic, religious and civil leaders. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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